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Military spending

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute figures

Military spending in 2005

The top 15 countries with the highest military expenditure for 2008 by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute using market exchange rates.^[1]

Rank	Country	Spending ($ b.)	World Share (%)
—	World Total	1464.0	100
1	United States	607.0	41.5
2	China*	84.9	5.8
3	France	65.7	4.5
4	United Kingdom	65.3	4.5
5	Russia*	58.6	4.0
6	Germany	46.8	3.2
7	Japan	46.3	3.2
8	Italy	40.6	2.8
9	Saudi Arabia	38.2	2.6
10	India	30.0	2.1
11	South Korea	24.2	1.7
12	Brazil	23.3	1.6
13	Canada	19.3	1.3
14	Spain	19.2	1.3
15	Australia	18.4	1.3

• SIPRI estimate*

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 priority 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.^[2]

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.

The source of this table is the World Fact Book 2008, published by the Central Intelligence Agency, available at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2034rank.html. Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.

Rank		Country	Military expenditures as % of GDP	Date of information
1		Oman	11.4	2005 est.
2		Qatar	10	2005 est.
3		Saudi Arabia	10	2005 est.
4		Iraq	8.6	2006
5		Jordan	8.6	2006
6		Israel	7.3	2006
7		Yemen	6.6	2006
8		Armenia	6.5	FY01
9		Eritrea	6.3	2006 est.
10		Macedonia	6	2005 est.
11		Burundi	5.9	2006 est.
12		Syria	5.9	2005 est.
13		Angola	5.7	2006
14		Mauritania	5.5	2006
15		Maldives	5.5	2005 est.
16		Kuwait	5.3	2006
17		Turkey	5.3	2005 est.
18		El Salvador	5	2006
19		Morocco	5	2003 est.
20		Singapore	4.9	2005 est.
21		Swaziland	4.7	2006
22		Bahrain	4.5	2006
23		Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.5	2005 est.
24		Brunei	4.5	2006
25		Greece	4.3	2005 est.
26		Chad	4.2	2006
27		United States	4.06	2005 est.
28		Libya	3.9	2005 est.
29		Russian Federation	3.9	2005
30		Tajikistan	3.9	2005 est.
31		Cuba	3.8	2006 est.
32		Djibouti	3.8	2006
33		Cyprus	3.8	2005 est.
34		Zimbabwe	3.8	2006
35		Namibia	3.7	2006
36		Colombia	3.5	2007 est.
37		Ecuador	3.4	2008 est.
38		Gabon	3.4	2005 est.
39		Egypt	3.4	2005 est.
40		Turkmenistan	3.4	2005 est.
41		Algeria	3.3	2006
42		Botswana	3.3	2006
43		United Arab Emirates	3.1	2005 est.
44		Guinea-Bissau	3.1	2005 est.
45		Lebanon	3.1	2005 est.
46		Congo, Republic of the	3.1	2006
47		Solomon Islands	3	2006
48		Cambodia	3	2005 est.
49		Ethiopia	3	2006
50		Indonesia	3	2005 est.
51		Sudan	3	2005 est.
52		Pakistan	3	2007 est.
53		Rwanda	2.9	2006 est.
54		Comoros	2.8	2006
55		Kenya	2.8	2006
56		Chile	2.7	2006
57		Korea, South	2.7	2006
58		Azerbaijan	2.6	2005 est.
59		Lesotho	2.6	2006
60		France	2.6	2005 est.
61		Brazil	2.6	2006 est.
62		Sri Lanka	2.6	2006
63		Bulgaria	2.6	2005 est.
64		Iran	2.5	2006
65		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2.5	2006
66		India	2.5	2006
67		Vietnam	2.5	2005 est.
68		Australia	2.4	2006
69		United Kingdom	2.4	2005 est.
70		Croatia	2.39	2005 est.
71		Portugal	2.3	2005 est.
72		Sierra Leone	2.3	2006
73		Fiji	2.2	2005 est.
74		Republic of China (Taiwan)	2.2
75		Uganda	2.2	2006
76		Burma	2.1	2005 est.
77		Malaysia	2.03	2005 est.
78		Estonia	2	2005 est.
79		World	2	2005 est.
80		Uzbekistan	2	2005 est.
81		Seychelles	2	2006 est.
82		Finland	2	2005 est.
83		Afghanistan	1.9	2006 est.
84		Romania	1.9	2007 est.
85		Norway	1.9	2005 est.
86		Mali	1.9	2006
87		Bolivia	1.9	2006
88		Slovakia	1.87	2005 est.
89		Guyana	1.8	2006
90		Thailand	1.8	2005 est.
91		Zambia	1.8	2005 est.
92		Italy	1.8	2005 est.
93		Hungary	1.75	2005 est.
94		Poland	1.71	2005 est.
95		People's Republic of China	1.7	2009
96		Benin	1.7	2006
97		Guinea	1.7	2006
98		South Africa	1.7	2006
99		Slovenia	1.7	2005 est.
100		Côte d'Ivoire	1.6	2005 est
101		Netherlands	1.6	2005 est.
102		Togo	1.6	2005 est.
103		Uruguay	1.6	2006
104		Nepal	1.6	2006
105		Bangladesh	1.5	2006
106		Sweden	1.5	2005 est.
107		Peru	1.5	2006
108		Nigeria	1.5	2006
109		Denmark	1.5
110		Germany	1.5	2005 est.
111		Albania	1.49	2005 est.
112		Czech Republic	1.46	2007 est.
113		Belize	1.4	2006
114		Ukraine	1.4	2005 est.
115		Belarus	1.4	2005 est.
116		Kyrgyzstan	1.4	2005 est.
117		Papua New Guinea	1.4	2005 est.
118		Tunisia	1.4	2006
119		Senegal	1.4	2005 est.
120		Mongolia	1.4	2006
121		Cameroon	1.3	2006
122		Niger	1.3	2006
123		Malawi	1.3	2006
124		Liberia	1.3	2006 est.
125		Belgium	1.3	2005 est.
126		Latvia	1.2	2005 est.
127		Burkina Faso	1.2	2006
128		Venezuela	1.2	2005 est.
129		Spain	1.2	2005 est.
130		Lithuania	1.2
131		Canada	1.1	2005 est.
132		Central African Republic	1.1	2006 est.
133		Bhutan	1	2005 est.
134		Madagascar	1	2006
135		Switzerland	1	2005 est.
136		Panama	1	2006
137		Paraguay	1	2006 est.
138		New Zealand	1	2005 est.
139		Austria	0.9	2005 est.
140		Kazakhstan	0.9	FY02
141		Luxembourg	0.9	2005 est.
142		Tonga	0.9	2006 est.
143		Somalia	0.9	2005 est.
144		Philippines	0.9	2005 est.
145		Ireland	0.9	2005 est.
146		Argentina	0.8	2009 est.
147		Dominican Republic	0.8	2006
148		São Tomé and Príncipe	0.8	2006
149		Japan	0.8	2006
150		Mozambique	0.8	2006
151		Ghana	0.8	2006 est.
152		Cape Verde	0.7	2005
153		Malta	0.7	2006 est.
154		Honduras	0.6	2006 est.
155		Nicaragua	0.6	2006
156		Suriname	0.6	2006 est.
157		Jamaica	0.6	2006 est.
158		Georgia	0.59	2005 est.
159		Barbados	0.5	2006 est.
160		Gambia, The	0.5	2006
161		Bahamas, The	0.5	2006
162		Mexico	0.5	2006 est.
163		Laos	0.5	2006
164		Costa Rica[3]	0.4	2006
165		Guatemala	0.4	2006
166		Moldova	0.4	2005 est.
167		Haiti	0.4	2006
168		Mauritius	0.3	2006 est.
169		Trinidad and Tobago	0.3	2006
170		Tanzania	0.2	2005 est.
171		Bermuda	0.11	2005 est.
172		Equatorial Guinea	0.1	2006 est.
173		Iceland	0.0	2005 est.
-		European Union	0.7-4.3	2005-2007 est.

See also

• List of countries by size of armed forces
• List of countries without armed forces

References

External links

• Military expenditures, The World Factbook, CIA