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Defence spending

Annual expenditure allocated to maintaining, renewing, replacing and expanding military capability

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for defence spending. Embed

Defence spending

Annual expenditure allocated to maintaining, renewing, replacing and expanding military capability

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting 20%
  • 1 100.0 — United States
  • 2 42.3 China
  • 3 12.7 Russia
  • 4 12.2 India
  • 5 7.2 — Japan
  • 6 6.7 — South Korea
  • 7 4.1 — Australia
  • 8 2.5 — Taiwan
  • 9 2.4 — Pakistan
  • 10 +1 2.0 — Indonesia
  • 11 −1 1.9 — Singapore
  • 12 1.6 — Thailand
  • 13 1.3 — Vietnam
  • 14 1.0 — Malaysia
  • 15 0.9 — Myanmar
  • 16 +1 0.8 — Philippines
  • 17 −1 0.7 — North Korea
  • 18 +1 0.7 — Bangladesh
  • 19 −1 0.6 — Sri Lanka
  • 20 0.3 — New Zealand
  • 21 0.2 — Nepal
  • 22 +1 0.1 — Cambodia
  • 23 −1 0.1 — Brunei
  • 24 0.0 — Mongolia
  • 25 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
  • 26 0.0 — Laos
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