| State | List | Defence minister | Political affiliation | Assumed office |
 Afghanistan | List | Mullah Yaqoob (acting) | Taliban | 7 September 2021 |
 Albania | List | Niko Peleshi | Socialist Party of Albania | 31 December 2020 |
 Algeria | | Abdelmadjid Tebboune (also President) | National Liberation Front | 19 December 2019 |
 Andorra | — |
 Angola | | João Ernesto dos Santos | Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola | 2020 |
 Antigua and Barbuda | | Gaston Browne[1] (also Prime Minister) | Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party | |
 Argentina | List | Luis Petri | Radical Civic Union | 10 December 2023 |
 Armenia | List | Suren Papikyan | Civil Contract | 15 November 2021 |
 Australia | List | Richard Marles | Labor Party of Australia | 1 June 2022 |
 Austria | List | Klaudia Tanner | Austrian People's Party | 7 January 2020 |
 Azerbaijan | List | Colonel General Zakir Hasanov | New Azerbaijan Party | 22 October 2013 |
 Bahamas | — |
 Bahrain | | Major-General Abdullah bin Hassan Al-Nuaimi | | 4 December 2018 |
 Bangladesh | | (Vacant) | | 5 August 2024[2] |
 Barbados | | Mia Mottley | Barbados Labour Party | 26 May 2018 |
 Belarus | List | Viktor Khrenin | Independent | 20 January 2020 |
 Belgium | List | Ludivine Dedonder | Socialist Party | 1 October 2020 |
 Belize | | Florencio Marin, Jr. | United Democratic Party | 13 November 2020 |
 Benin | | Alain Nouatin | Independent | 25 May 2021 |
 Bhutan | — |
 Bolivia | | Edmundo Novillo | Movement for Socialism | 9 November 2020 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | List | Zukan Helez | Social Democratic Party | 25 January 2023 |
 Botswana | List | Shaw Kgathi | Botswana Democratic Party | 31 October 2014 |
 Brazil | List | José Múcio | Brasilian Labour Party | 1 January 2023 |
 Brunei | | Hassanal Bolkiah (also Sultan) | | 7 September 1986 |
 Bulgaria | List | Atanas Zapryanov | Independent | 9 April 2024 |
 Burkina Faso | | Kassoum Coulibaly | People's Movement for Progress | 30 September 2022 |
 Burundi | | Alain Tribert Mutabazi | | June 2020 |
 Cambodia | List | General Tea Seiha | Cambodian People's Party | 22 August 2023 |
 Cameroon | | Joseph Beti Assomo | Cameroon People's Democratic Movement | 2 October 2015 |
 Canada | List | Bill Blair | Liberal Party of Canada | 26 July 2023 |
 Cape Verde | | Luís Filipe Tavares | | 22 April 2016 |
 Central African Republic | Minister of the National Defense, Veterans, War Victims and Restructuring of the Army | Claude Rameaux Bireau | | 2022 |
 Chad | | Daoud Tchari | |
 Chile | List | Maya Fernández | Socialist Party of Chile | 11 March 2022 |
 China | List | Dong Jun | Chinese Communist Party | 29 December 2023 |
 Colombia | List | Iván Velásquez Gómez | Independent | 7 August 2022 |
 Comoros | | — |
 Republic of the Congo | | Charles Mondjo | | 25 September 2012 |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo | | Alexandre Luba Ntambo | | 28 April 2012 |
 Costa Rica[nb 1] | | Michael Soto Rojas | | 9 May 2018 |
 Ivory Coast | | Patrick Achi (acting) | Rally of the Republicans | 8 March 2021 |
 Croatia | List | Ivan Anušić | | |
 Cuba | List | Corps General Álvaro López Miera | Communist Party of Cuba | 15 April 2021 |
 Cyprus | List | Vasilis Palmas | | 10 January 2023 |
 Czechia | List | Jana Černochová | Civic Democratic Party | 17 December 2021 |
 Denmark | List | Troels Lund Poulsen | Venstre | 22 August 2023 |
 Djibouti | | Hassan Darar Houffaneh | |
 Dominica | | — |
 Dominican Republic | | Luciano Díaz Morfa | | 16 August 2020 |
 East Timor | List | Pedro Klamar Fuik [de] | Independent | 1 July 2023 |
 Ecuador | | Luis Hernández Peñaherrera | | 18 October 2021 |
 Egypt | List | Lieutenant General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki | Independent | 14 June 2018 |
 El Salvador | List | René Merino Monroy | Independent | 1 June 2019 |
 Equatorial Guinea | | Victoriano Bibang Nsue Okomo | |
 Eritrea | | Filipos Woldeyohannes | | 2014 |
 Estonia | List | Hanno Pevkur | Estonian Reform Party | 18 July 2022 |
 Ethiopia | | Abraham Belay | Prosperity Party | 6 October 2021 |
 Fiji | | Pio Tikoduadua | NFP | 24 December 2022 |
 Finland | List | Antti Häkkänen | National Coalition Party | 20 June 2023 |
 France | List | Sébastien Lecornu | La République En Marche! | 20 May 2022 |
 Gabon | | Ernest Mpouho Epigat | |
 Gambia | | Sheikh Omar Faye | Independent | 22 August 2019 |
 Georgia | List | Juansher Burchuladze | Georgian Dream | 22 February 2021 |
 Germany | List | Boris Pistorius | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 19 January 2023 |
 Ghana | List | Dominic Nitiwul | New Patriotic Party | February 2012 |
 Greece | List | Nikos Dendias | | 27 June 2023 |
 Grenada | | Dickon Mitchell (also Prime Minister) | National Democratic Congress | 24 June 2022 |
 Guatemala | List | Henry Saenz Ramos | | |
 Guinea | | Aboubacar Sidiki Camara | | 20 August 2022 |
 Guinea-Bissau | | Sandji Fati | |
 Guyana | | —[clarification needed] |
 Haiti | Minister of Defense | Jean W.Dorneval | | |
 Holy See | | | | |
 Honduras | | José Manuel Zelaya Rosales [es] | | |
 Hungary | List | Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky | Independent | 24 May 2022 |
 Iceland[nb 2] | List | Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir | Independce | 28 November 2021 |
 India | List | Rajnath Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 31 May 2019 |
 Indonesia | List | General (Honorary) Prabowo Subianto | Gerindra | 23 October 2019 |
 Iran | List | Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani | | 25 August 2021 |
 Iraq | | Thabet Al Abassi | | 27 October 2022 |
 Ireland | List | Micheál Martin (also Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs) | Fine Gael | 27 June 2020 |
 Israel | List | Yoav Gallant | Likud | 29 December 2022 |
 Italy | List | Guido Crosetto | Brothers of Italy | 22 October 2022 |
 Jamaica | | — |
 Japan | List | Gen Nakatani | Liberal Democratic Party | 1 October 2024 |
 Jordan | | Bisher Al-Khasawneh[3] | | 12 October 2020 |
 Kazakhstan | List | Ruslan Jaqsylyqov | | 19 January 2022 |
 Kenya | | Aden Duale | | 31 October 2022 |
 Kiribati | | — |
 North Korea | List | General Kang Sun-nam | Workers' Party of Korea | 1 January 2023 |
 South Korea | List | Shin Won-sik | People Power Party | 7 October 2023 |
 Kuwait | List | Fahad Yusuf Al-Sabah | | 17 January 2024 |
 Kyrgyzstan | List | Lieutenant General Baktybek Bekbolotov | | 6 September 2021 |
 Laos | | Chansamone Chanyalath | Lao People's Revolutionary Party | 20 April 2016 |
 Latvia | List | Andris Sprūds | The Progressives | 15 September 2023 |
 Lebanon | List | Maurice Sleem | Independent | 10 September 2021 |
 Lesotho | Minister of Defence and National Security | Sam Matekane | Revolution for Prosperity | November 2023 |
 Liberia | Minister of National Defense | Rt. Gen. Geraldine Janet George | | |
 Libya | List | Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (also Prime Minister) | Independent | 15 March 2021 |
 Liechtenstein | | — |
 Lithuania | List | Arvydas Anušauskas | Homeland Union | 11 December 2020 |
 Luxembourg | List | Yuriko Backes | Democratic Party | 17 November 2023 |
 Madagascar | | Josoa Rakotoarijaona | |
 Malawi | | Harry Mkandawire | Malawi Congress Party | 31 January 2023 |
 Malaysia | List | Mohamed Khaled Nordin | Barisan Nasional (United Malays National Organisation) | 12 December 2023 |
 Maldives | Minister of Defence | Mohamed Ghasson Maumoon | Maldivian Democratic Party | 17 November 2023 |
 Mali | | Sadio Camara | | 11 June 2021 |
 Malta | | Byron Camilleri | Labor Party | 15 January 2020 |
 Marshall Islands | | — |
 Mauritania | | Hanena Ould Sidi | | 7 August 2019 |
 Mauritius | | Pravind Jugnauth (also Prime Minister) | Militant Socialist Movement |
 Mexico | List | Luis Cresencio Sandoval | | 1 December 2018 |
 Micronesia | | — |
 Moldova | List | Anatolie Nosatîi | Independent | 6 August 2021 |
 Monaco | | — |
 Mongolia | List | Brigadier General Gürsediin Saikhanbayar | Mongolian People's Party | 8 July 2020 |
 Montenegro | | Filip Adzic | Social Democratic Party of Montenegro | October 2022 |
 Morocco | | Abdellatif Loudiyi | | 2 December 2010 |
 Mozambique | Minister of National Defence | Cristóvão Artur Chume | FRELIMO | November 2021 |
 Myanmar | | Admiral Tin Aung San | | 3 August 2023[4] |
 Namibia | List | Frans Kapofi | SWAPO | 22 April 2021 |
 Nauru | | — |
 Nepal | List | Purna Bahadur Khadka | Nepali Congress | 31 March 2023 |
 Netherlands | List | Ruben Brekelmans | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 2 July 2024 |
 New Zealand | | Judith Collins | National Party of New Zealand | 27 November 2023 |
 Nicaragua | | Rosa Adelina Barahona Castro | Sandinista National Liberation Front | 19 August 2019 |
 Niger | Minister of National Defense | Salifou Modi | | |
 Nigeria | List | Mohammed Badaru Abubakar | | 21 August 2023 |
 North Macedonia | List | Slavjanka Petrovska | Social Democratic Union of Macedonia | 16 January 2022 |
 Norway | List | Bjørn Arild Gram | Centre Party (Norway) | 14 October 2021 |
 Oman | | Shihab bin Tariq | | 19 August 2020 |
 Pakistan | List | Khawaja Muhammad Asif | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 19 April 2022 |
 Palau | | — |
 Palestine[5] | | | | |
 Panama | | — |
 Papua New Guinea | Minister for Defence | Solan Mirisim[6] | Pangu Party | 12 December 2020 |
 Paraguay | | Bernardino Soto | | 15 August 2018 |
 Peru | List | Jorge Chávez | Independent | 21 December 2022 |
 Philippines | List | Gilbert Teodoro | People's Reform Party | 5 June 2023 |
 Poland | List | Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz | Polish People's Party | 13 December 2023 |
 Portugal | List | Nuno Melo | CDS – People's Party (Democratic Alliance) | 2 April 2024 |
 Qatar | | Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah | | 27 January 2016 |
 Romania | List | Angel Tîlvăr | Social Democratic Party | 30 October 2022 |
 Russia | List | Andrey Belousov | Independent | 14 May 2024 |
 Rwanda | | Juvenal Marizamunda | Rwandan Patriotic Front | 6 June 2023 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | | — |
 Saint Lucia | | Hermangild Francis | |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | — |
 San Marino | | — |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | | Óscar Sousa | 3 December 2018 |
 Saudi Arabia | List | Khalid Bin Salman | | 27 September 2022 |
 Senegal | Minister of Armed Forces | Sidiki Kaba | |
 Serbia | List | Milos Vucevic | Serbian Progressive Party | 26 October 2022 |
 Seychelles | | Wavel Ramkalawan (also President) | Linyon Demokratik Seselwa | 26 October 2020 |
 Sierra Leone | | Major Alfred Paolo Conteh | All People's Congress | 26 October 2007 |
 Singapore | List | Dr. Ng Eng Hen | People's Action Party | 21 May 2011 |
 Slovakia | | Robert Kalinak | Direction – Social Democracy | 25 October 2023 |
 Slovenia | | Marjan Šarec | Freedom Movement | 1 June 2022 |
 Solomon Islands | | Christopher Laore | Independent | 22 October 2012 |
 Somalia | List | Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur | UPD | 25 August 2022 |
 South Africa | List | Angie Motshekga | African National Congress | 30 June 2024 |
 South Sudan | | Kuol Manyang Juuk[clarification needed] | Sudan People's Liberation Movement-Juba |
 Spain | List | Margarita Robles | Independent | 7 June 2018 |
 Sri Lanka | List | Ranil Wickremesinghe (also President) | United National Party | 15 July 2022 |
 Sudan | | Yassin Ibrahim Yassin | | 2 June 2020 |
 Suriname | | Krishna Mathoera | Progressive Reform Party | 16 July 2020 |
 Swaziland | | — |
 Sweden | List | Pål Jonson | Moderate Party | 18 October 2022 |
 Switzerland | List | Viola Amherd | Christian Democratic People's Party | 1 January 2019 |
 Syria | List | Lieutenant general Ali Mahmoud Abbas | Ba'ath Party | 28 April 2022 |
 Tajikistan | List | Colonel General Sherali Mirzo | | 20 November 2013 |
 Tanzania | | Stergomena Tax | | 1 September 2023 |
 Thailand | List | Phumtham Wechayachai | Pheu Thai Party | 3 September 2024 |
 Togo | | Essozimna Marguerite Gnakade | Union for the Republic | 1 October 2020 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | Minister of National Security | Fitzgerald Hinds | | |
 Tunisia | List | Imed Memmich | Independent | 11 October 2021 |
 Turkey | List | General Yaşar Güler | Independent | 4 June 2023 |
 Turkmenistan | List | Lieutenant General Begench Gundogdyev | Democratic Party of Turkmenistan | 14 June 2018 |
 Tuvalu | | — |
 Uganda | | Vincent Ssempijja | | June 2021 |
 Ukraine | List | Rustem Umerov | Holos | 6 September 2023 |
 United Arab Emirates | | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | | 9 December 1971 |
 United Kingdom | List | John Healey | Labour Party | 5 July 2024 |
 United States | List | Lloyd Austin | Independent | 22 January 2021 |
 Uruguay | | Javier García Duchini | National Party | 1 March 2020 |
 Uzbekistan | List | Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov | | 4 September 2017 |
 Vanuatu | | — |
 Venezuela | | Gen. Vladimir Padrino López | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 24 October 2014 |
 Vietnam | List | General Phan Văn Giang | Communist Party of Vietnam | 8 April 2021 |
 Yemen | | Mohsen Mohammed Al-Daeri | | 28 July 2022 |
 Zambia | | Ambrose Lufuma | United Party for National Development | 2021 |
 Zimbabwe | | Oppah Muchinguri | Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front | 7 September 2018 |
