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This is a 'list of countries by military expenditures' using the latest information available. Some of the information is from the United States' Central Intelligence Agency's ''World Factbook''.^[1]
Note that for some countries, no information was available to the World Factbook's compilers; these countries were omitted from the list. Consequently, the total world expenditure on armed forces is likely to be much higher than that given.

Contents

Chart by country or organization

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Figures

List of Countries by Military Expenditure as a percentage of GDP

See also

Notes

References

Chart by country or organization

Comparisons between figures in this table should be used with caution. See the notes below regarding the figures for the People's Republic of China. There are, however, other comparison issues inherent with these figures: for example, France includes in its defence expenditure the cost of maintaining the Gendarmerie, which is primarily used for what would be described in the United Kingdom, for example, as an internal police matter. Consequently, there is no corresponding expenditure made in the UK's defence budget.

Rank	Country		Military expenditures (USD)	Date of information
—		World 'Total'	1,200,000,000,000	2007 (projected est.)[2]
—		NATO 'Total'	849,875,309,000
1		United States	533,000,000,000	2007
—		EU 'Total'	292,745,000,000
2		United Kingdom	66,894,000,000	2007
3		France	58,320,000,000	2007
4		Germany	52,100,000,000	2007
5		Japan	49,100,000,000	2007
6		People's Republic of China[3]	45,000,000,000	2007 (official figures)
7		Russia[4]	32,400,000,000	2007
8		Italy	32,093,537,000	2006 (est.)
9		Saudi Arabia	31,255,000,000	2007
10		India	21,330,000,000	2007
11		South Korea	21,050,000,000	2005
12		Australia[5]	18,200,000,000	2007
13		Canada	16,900,000,000	2007
14		Spain	15,792,207,000	2006
15		Turkey	10,936,000,000	2006 (est.)
16		Netherlands	10,800,000,000	2007 (est.)
17		Brazil	9,940,000,000	2005
18		Israel	9,444,000,000	2005
19		Republic of China	8,900,000,000	2007
20		Greece[6]	7,648,561,000	2006 (est.)
21		Poland[7]	7,262,500,000	2007
22		Singapore	7,053,000,000	2007
23		Sweden	6,309,137,714	2007
24		Iran[8]	6,300,000,000	2005
25		Mexico[9][10]	6,070,000,000	2006
26		Chile[11]	5,193,000,000	2007
27		North Korea	5,000,000,000	2005
28		Pakistan	4,800,000,000	2006
29		Argentina	4,300,000,000	NA
30		Norway	4,033,500,000	2003
31		Venezuela	4,000,000,000	2007
32		Belgium	3,999,000,000	2003
33		South Africa	3,700,000,000	2007
34		Portugal	3,497,800,000	2003
35		Colombia	3,300,000,000	NA
36		Denmark	3,271,600,000	2003
37		Kuwait	3,007,000,000	2005
38		Algeria	2,994,000,000	2005
39		Romania [12]	2,900,000,000	2007
40		Finland	2,800,000,000	FY06
41		Switzerland	2,548,000,000	2005
42		Egypt	2,440,000,000	2003
43		Austria[13]	2,334,900,000	FY06
44		Morocco	2,306,000,000	2005
45		Czech Republic	2,170,000,000	2004
46		Angola	2,000,000,000	2005
47		Thailand	1,775,000,000	NA
48		Malaysia	1,690,000,000	NA
49		United Arab Emirates	1,600,000,000	NA
50		Jordan	1,392,000,000	2005
51		Hungary	1,350,000,000	2007
52		Iraq	1,333,000,000	2005
53		Indonesia	1,300,000,000	2004
54		Libya	1,300,000,000	2007
55		Ireland	1,300,000,000	2007
56		New Zealand	1,147,000,000	2005
57		Azerbaijan	1,100,000,000	2007
58		Bangladesh	1,008,000,000	2005
59		Yemen	992,200,000	2005
60		Ecuador	916,440,000	2007
61		Syria	858,000,000	2005
62		Philippines	836,900,000	2005
63		Peru	829,300,000	2005
64		Croatia	804,000,000	2007
65		Nigeria	737,600,000	2005
66		Bulgaria	730,000,000	2007
67		Qatar	694,000,000	2005
68		Cuba	694,000,000	NA
69		Vietnam	650,000,000	NA
70		Bahrain	627,700,000	2005
71		Ukraine	617,900,000	FY02
72		Sri Lanka	606,200,000	2005
73		Sudan	587,000,000	2004
74		Georgia	567,200,000	2007
75		Lebanon	540,600,000	2004
76		Lithuania	490,800,000	FY01
77		Belarus	420,500,000	2006
78		Slovakia	406,000,000	2002
79		Cyprus	384,000,000	NA
80		Uruguay	371,200,000	2005
81		Slovenia	370,000,000	2007
82		Tunisia	356,000,000	NA
83		Madagascar	329,000,000	2005
84		Botswana	325,500,000	2005
85		Armenia	300,000,000	2007
86		Ethiopia	295,900,000	2004
87		Brunei	290,700,000	2004
88		Kenya	280,500,000	2005
89		Estonia	259,000,000	FY06
90		Gabon	253,500,000	2005
91		Oman	252,990,000	2005
92		Côte d'Ivoire	246,600,000	2005
93		Bosnia and Herzegovina	234,300,000	NA
94		Luxembourg	231,076,480	2003
95		Cameroon	230,200,000	2005
96		Kazakhstan	221,800,000	FY02
97		Eritrea	220,100,000	2005
98		Republic of Macedonia	200,000,000	NA
99		Uzbekistan	200,000,000	NA
100		Uganda	192,800,000	2005
101		Dominican Republic	180,000,000	FY98
102		Guatemala	169,800,000	2005
103		El Salvador	161,700,000	2005
104		Equatorial Guinea	152,200,000	2005
105		Panama	150,000,000	2005
106		Namibia	149,500,000	2005
107		Bolivia	130,000,000	2005
108		Zimbabwe	124,700,000	2005
109		Afghanistan	122,400,000	2005
110		Zambia	121,700,000	2005
111		Guinea	119,700,000	2005
112		Senegal	117,300,000	2005
113		Cambodia	112,000,000	NA
114		Mali	106,300,000	2005
115		Nepal	104,900,000	2005
116		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	103,700,000	2005
117		Benin	100,900,000	2005
118		Honduras	99,410,000	2005
119		Turkmenistan	90,000,000	NA
120		Latvia	87,000,000	2007
121		Congo, Republic of the	85,220,000	2005
122		Ghana	83,650,000	2005
123		Costa Rica	83,460,000	2005
124		Mozambique	78,030,000	2005
125		Burkina Faso	74,830,000	2005
126		Chad	68,950,000	2005
127		Liberia	67,400,000	2005
128		Trinidad and Tobago	66,720,000	2003
129		Albania	56,500,000	FY02
130		Rwanda	53,660,000	2005
131		Paraguay	53,100,000	2003
132		Maldives	45,070,000	2005
133		Niger	44,780,000	2005
134		Malta	44,640,000	2005
135		Burundi	43,900,000	2005
136		Swaziland	41,600,000	2005
137		Lesotho	41,100,000	2005
138		Burma	39,000,000	NA
139		Fiji	36,000,000	2004
140		Tajikistan	35,400,000	FY01
141		Nicaragua	32,270,000	2005
142		Jamaica	31,170,000	2003
143		Togo	29,980,000	2005
144		Djibouti	29,050,000	2005
145		Haiti	25,960,000	2003
146		Mongolia	23,100,000	FY02
147		Somalia	22,340,000	2005
148		Tanzania	21,200,000	2005
149		Mauritania	19,320,000	2005
150		Kyrgyzstan	19,200,000	FY01
151		Belize	19,000,000	2005
152		Papua New Guinea	16,900,000	2003
153		Central African Republic	16,370,000	2005
154		Malawi	15,810,000	2005
155		Seychelles	14,850,000	2005
156		Sierra Leone	14,250,000	2005
157		Comoros	12,870,000	2005
158		Mauritius	12,040,000	2005
159		Laos	11,040,000	2005
160		Guinea-Bissau	9,455,000	2005
161		Moldova	8,700,000	2004
162		Bhutan	8,281,000	2005
163		Suriname	7,494,000	2005
164		Cape Verde	7,178,000	2005
165		Guyana	6,479,000	2003
166		East Timor	4,400,000	FY03
167		''Bermuda'', ''UK overseas territory''	4,030,000	2001
168		Gambia, The	1,547,000	2004
169		San Marino	700,000	2005
170		São Tomé and Príncipe	581,700	2004

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Figures

This is a 'list of the fifteen countries with the highest defence budgets' for the year 2005. The information is the most up-to-date from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute,^[14] which is used to calculate defense spending by the British Ministry of Defence and many other government ministries in the European Union. Total World spending amounted to $1.0 trillion in 2005, with about half of the total amount spent by the United States.

'Rank'		'Country'	'Military expenditures, USD'	'Date of information'
—		'World Total '	'1,000,000,000,000'	2005
1		United States	478,200,000,000	2005
2		United Kingdom	48,300,000,000	2005
3		France	46,200,000,000	2005
4		Japan	42,100,000,000	2005
5		People's Republic of China	41,000,000,000	2005 est.
6		Germany	33,200,000,000	2005
7		Italy	27,200,000,000	2005
8		Saudi Arabia	25,200,000,000	2005
9		Russia	21,000,000,000	2005 est.
10		India	20,400,000,000	2005
11		South Korea	16,400,000,000	2005
12		Canada	10,600,000,000	2005
13		Australia	10,500,000,000	2005
14		Spain	9,900,000,000	2005
15		Israel	9,600,000,000	2005

List of Countries by Military Expenditure as a percentage of GDP

Below is a list of countries ranked by order of military expenditure as a percentage of GDP. This statistic reflects the importance of military buildup and army modernization for all countries. It also indicated how much prioirty each country places in military expenditure.
The greater a country spends on its military as a percentage of its GDP, the less money it will have to spend on other crucial aspects such as infrastructure and education, and the more likely it will come under scrutiny from other countries. ^[15]
The trend is that developing countries, especially Middle Eastern countries with emerging markets due to their oil wealth, and countries in proximity of conflict zones seem to be spending the most as a percentage of their GDP to modernize their military and to try to catch up with Western countries, which spend less as a result of having built a strong modernized military over the past few decades.

Rank	Country		Military expenditures as % of GDP	Date of information
1		Oman	11.40	2005 est.
2		Qatar	10.00	2005 est.
3		Saudi Arabia	10.00	2005 est.
4		Iraq	8.60	2006
5		Jordan	8.60	2006
6		Israel	7.30	2006
7		Yemen	6.60	2006
8		Armenia	6.50	2001
9		Eritrea	6.30	2006 est.
10		Macedonia	6.00	2005 est.

See also

★ Military budget of the United States

★ List of countries by size of armed forces

★ List of countries without an army

Notes

1. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2067rank.html
2. http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Global_annual_military_spending_tops_.2_trillion
3. China's military budget is a controversial topic. See "Military budget of the People's Republic of China".
4. Russia intensifies efforts to rebuild its military machine
5. Australian Department of Defence (2006). ''Portfolio Budget Statements 2006-07.'' Page 19.
6. NATO-RUSSIA COMPENDIUM OF DATA
7. Polish Ministry of National Defense - 2007 Budget (PowerPoint)
8. [1]
9. Global Firepower, Mexico profile
10. CIA World Factbook, Military expenditures
11. Saorbats, Chile profile
12. (MoND Budget as of 2007)
13. Austrian Military Budget for 2006: 1,81 Billion Euros/ Exchangerate 1:1,29
14. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Website - ''Open (PDF) table "The fifteen major spenders in 2005"''
15. http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=622

References

★ Military expenditures, The World Factbook, CIA