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Rankings

Sortable ranking table for rankable numeric fields.

Population GDP (official exchange rate)Area Military expenditure Internet users

All fields (36)

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Order:Desc AscScope:Countries only Include aggregates

Rank	Entity	Military expenditure
1	North KoreaKP	defense spending is a regime priority; between 2010 and 2020, military expenditures accounted for an estimated 20-30% of North Korea's GDP annually; spending estimates ranged from $7 billion to $11 billion annually; in 2024, North Korea announced that it would spend nearly 16% of state expenditures on defense; North Korea in the 2010s and 2020s has increasingly relied on illicit activities — including cybercrime — to generate revenue for its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs to evade US and UN sanctions
2	EritreaER	10% of GDP (2019 est.)
3	AlgeriaDZ	8% of GDP (2024 est.)
4	IsraelIL	8% of GDP (2024 est.)
5	Saudi ArabiaSA	7.1% of GDP (2024 est.)