List of countries by military expenditures

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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.

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.

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Comparisons between figures in this table should be used with caution. There are comparison issues inherent with these figures: for example France and Italy include in their defence expenditures the costs of maintaining the Gendarmerie and Carabinieri both are mainly used as domestic police forces.

Rank		Military expenditures (USD)	Date of information
—	World Total	1,200,000,000,000	2007 (projected est.)
—	NATO Total	849,875,309,000
1	United States	583,283,000,000	2008
—	European Union Total	304,000,000,000	2007
2	France	72,974,470,000	2008-2009
3	United Kingdom	67,536,400,000	FY 2008-09
4	China	59,000,000,000	2008
5	Germany	44,712,300,000	2008
6	Japan	41,750,000,000	2007
7	Russia	40,000,000,000	2008
8	Italy	32,600,000,000	2008 (est.)
9	Saudi Arabia	31,050,000,000	2008
10	South Korea	29,539,193,034	2008
11	India	26,500,000,000	2008-2009
12	Brazil	25,396,731,055	2008
13	Australia	20,727,710,000	2008
14	Canada	17,150,002,540	2008
15	Spain	15,792,207,000	2007
16	Turkey	15,166,000,000	2008
17	Netherlands	11,790,000,000	2008 (est.)
18	Republic of China	10,500,000,000	2008
19	Poland	9,650,000,000	2008
20	Israel	9,444,000,000	2007
21	Greece	7,648,561,000	2007 (est.)
22	Singapore	7,129,400,000	2007
23	Sweden	6,309,137,714	2007
24	Iran	6,300,000,000	2005
25	Mexico	6,070,000,000	2006
26	Norway	5,725,000,000	2007
27	North Korea	5,500,000,000	2005
28	Chile	5,193,000,000	2007
29	Pakistan	4,800,000,000	2006
30	Argentina	4,300,000,000	NA
31	South Africa	4,067,879,840	2008-2009
32	Venezuela	4,000,000,000	2007
33	Belgium	3,999,000,000	2003
34	Portugal	3,497,800,000	2003
35	Colombia	3,300,000,000	2005
35	Egypt	3,300,000,000	2003
36	Denmark	3,271,600,000	2003
37	Vietnam	3,200,000,000	2005
38	Kuwait	3,007,000,000	2005
39	Algeria	2,994,000,000	2005
40	Romania	2,900,000,000	2007
41	Finland	2,800,000,000	FY06
42	Switzerland	2,548,000,000	2005
43	Austria	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	Ukraine	1,598,997,000	2007
51	Slovakia	1,408,000,000	2008
52	Jordan	1,392,000,000	2005
53	Hungary	1,376,000,000	2007
54	Philippines	1,348,000,000	2007
55	Indonesia	1,300,000,000	2007
56	Libya	1,300,000,000	2007
57	Ireland	1,300,000,000	2007
58	Serbia	1,200,000,000	2007
59	Georgia	1,200,000,000	2007
60	New Zealand	1,147,000,000	2005
61	Azerbaijan	1,100,000,000	2007
62	Iraq	1,008,000,000	2007
63	Yemen	992,200,000	2005
64	Syria	858,000,000	2005
65	Bangladesh	836,900,000	2007
66	Peru	829,300,000	2005
67	Croatia	804,000,000	2007
68	Nigeria	737,600,000	2005
69	Bulgaria	730,000,000	2007
70	Qatar	694,000,000	2005
71	Cuba	694,000,000	NA
72	Bahrain	627,700,000	2005
73	Sri Lanka	606,200,000	2005
74	Sudan	587,000,000	2004
75	Lebanon	540,600,000	2004
76	Lithuania	490,800,000	FY01
77	Belarus	420,500,000	2006
78	Armenia	400,000,000	FY08
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	Ethiopia	295,900,000	2004
86	Brunei	290,700,000	2004
87	Kenya	280,500,000	2005
88	Estonia	259,000,000	FY06
89	Oman	252,990,000	2005
90	Côte d'Ivoire	246,600,000	2005
91	Albania	235,000,000	2007
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina	234,300,000	NA
93	Luxembourg	231,076,480	2003
94	Cameroon	230,200,000	2005
95	Kazakhstan	221,800,000	FY02
96	Eritrea	220,100,000	2005
97	Uzbekistan	200,000,000	NA
98	Uganda	192,800,000	2005
99	Dominican Republic	180,000,000	FY98
100	Guatemala	169,800,000	2005
101	El Salvador	161,700,000	2005
102	Equatorial Guinea	152,200,000	2005
103	Panama	150,000,000	2005
104	Namibia	149,500,000	2005
105	Bolivia	130,000,000	2005
106	Zimbabwe	124,700,000	2005
107	Afghanistan	122,400,000	2005
108	Zambia	121,700,000	2005
109	Guinea	119,700,000	2005
110	Republic of Macedonia	117,710,000	2006
111	Senegal	117,300,000	2005
112	Cambodia	112,000,000	NA
113	Mali	106,300,000	2005
114	Nepal	104,900,000	2005
115	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	103,700,000	2005
116	Benin	100,900,000	2005
117	Honduras	99,410,000	2005
118	Turkmenistan	90,000,000	NA
119	Latvia	87,000,000	2007
120	Congo, Republic of the	85,220,000	2005
121	Ghana	83,650,000	2005
122	Costa Rica	83,460,000	2005
123	Mozambique	78,030,000	2005
124	Burkina Faso	74,830,000	2005
125	Chad	68,950,000	2005
126	Liberia	67,400,000	2005
127	Trinidad and Tobago	66,720,000	2003
128	Rwanda	53,660,000	2005
129	Paraguay	53,100,000	2003
130	Maldives	45,070,000	2005
131	Niger	44,780,000	2005
132	Malta	44,640,000	2005
133	Burundi	43,900,000	2005
134	Swaziland	41,600,000	2005
135	Lesotho	41,100,000	2005
136	Burma	39,000,000	NA
137	Fiji	36,000,000	2004
138	Tajikistan	35,400,000	FY01
139	Nicaragua	32,270,000	2005
140	Jamaica	31,170,000	2003
141	Togo	29,980,000	2005
142	Djibouti	29,050,000	2005
143	Iceland	26,000,000	2008
144	Haiti	25,960,000	2003
145	Mongolia	23,100,000	FY02
146	Somalia	22,340,000	2005
147	Tanzania	21,200,000	2005
148	Mauritania	19,320,000	2005
149	Kyrgyzstan	19,200,000	FY01
150	Belize	19,000,000	2005
151	Papua New Guinea	16,900,000	2003
152	Central African Republic	16,370,000	2005
153	Malawi	15,810,000	2005
154	Seychelles	14,850,000	2005
155	Sierra Leone	14,250,000	2005
156	Comoros	12,870,000	2005
157	Mauritius	12,040,000	2005
158	Laos	11,040,000	2005
159	Guinea-Bissau	9,455,000	2005
160	Moldova	8,700,000	2004
161	Bhutan	8,281,000	2005
162	Suriname	7,494,000	2005
163	Cape Verde	7,178,000	2005
164	Guyana	6,479,000	2003
165	East Timor	4,400,000	FY03
166	Bermuda, UK overseas territory	4,030,000	2001
167	Gambia, The	1,547,000	2004
168	San Marino	700,000	2005
169	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 2006. The information is the most up-to-date from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which is used to calculate defence spending by the British Ministry of Defence and many other government ministries in the European Union. Total World spending amounted to $1.158 trillion in 2006, with about half of the total amount spent by the United States.

Rank	Country	Military expenditures, USD	Date of information
—	World Total	1,158,000,000,000	2006 est.
1	United States	540,700,000,000	2007
2	United Kingdom	58,400,000,000	2007
3	France	53,100,000,000	2006
4	People's Republic of China	45,000,000,000	2007
5	Japan	42,700,000,000	2006
6	Germany	37,000,000,000	2006
7	Russia	34,200,000,000	2006 est.
8	Italy	28,100,000,000	2006
9	Saudi Arabia	27,200,000,000	2006
10	India	24,100,000,000	2006
11	South Korea	23,900,000,000	2006
12	Australia	14,100,000,000	2006
13	Canada	13,200,000,000	2006
14	Brazil	12,800,000,000	2006
15	Spain	12,300,000,000	2006

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.

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		Military expenditures as % of GDP	Date of information
1	North Korea	22.90	2003 est.
2	Oman	11.40	2005 est.
3	Qatar	10.00	2005 est.
4	Saudi Arabia	10.00	2005 est.
5	Iraq	8.60	2006
6	Jordan	8.60	2006
7	Israel	7.30	2006
8	Yemen	6.60	2006
9	Armenia	6.50	2001
10	Eritrea	6.30	2006 est.
11	Burundi	5.90	2006 est.
12	Syria	5.90	2005 est.
13	Angola	5.70	2006
14	Mauritania	5.50	2006
15	Maldives	5.50	2005 est.

Notes

References

Military expenditures, The World Factbook, CIA