List of countries by military expenditures

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Military spending in 2007, in USD, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Conversion to USD done by market exchange rate.

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 somewhat higher than that given.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Sourced additions are welcome and you can help by expanding it.

1 Chart by country or organization
2 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute figures
3 List of countries by military expenditure as a percentage of GDP
4 See also
5 Notes
6 References

Chart by country or organization

Military spending

Military spending in 2005

Comparisons between figures in this table should be used with caution. There are comparison issues inherent with these figures: for example France, Italy and Spain include in their defence expenditures the costs of maintaining the Gendarmerie, Carabinieri and Guardia Civil- all of which are primarily domestic police forces. On the other hand some countries account military expenses under other budget voices: for example China, Mexico and Russia categorize spending on nuclear weapons, missile and fighter development as scientific expenses, spending on training are categorized under the education budget, and veteran pensions are afforded by welfare budget.

Rank		Military expenditures (USD)	Date of information
—	World Total	1,470,000,000,000	2008¹
—	NATO Total	1,049,875,309,000
1	United States	711,000,000,000	2009²
—	European Union Total	311,920,000,000	2007³
2	France	61,571,330,000	2008-2009⁴
3	United Kingdom	61,280,890,000	2008⁵
4	People's Republic of China	61,036,400,000	2008⁶
5	Russia	50,000,000,000	2009⁷⁸
6	Japan	48,860,000,000	2008⁹
7	Germany	45,930,000,000	2008¹⁰
8	Italy	40,060,000,000	2008 (est.)^{citation needed}
9	Saudi Arabia	31,050,000,000	2008¹¹
10	South Korea	28,940,000,000	2008¹²
11	India	26,500,000,000	2008-2009[1]
12	Australia	24,802,000,000	2008¹³
13	Brazil	23,972,836,012	2009¹⁴
14	Turkey	22,066,134,000	2008¹⁵
15	Canada	18,695,342,000	2008-2009¹⁶
16	Iraq	17,900,000,000	2008
17	Spain	17,700,000,000	2008^{citation needed}
18	Netherlands	12,000,000,000	2008¹⁷
19	Poland	11,791,000,000	2009¹⁸
20	Republic of China (Taiwan)	10,500,000,000	2008
21	Israel	9,444,000,000	2007
22	Greece	7,934,000,000	2007¹⁹
23	Pakistan	7,800,000,000	2008
24	Singapore	7,129,400,000	2007
25	Sweden	6,309,137,714	2007²⁰
26	Iran	6,300,000,000	2005²¹
27	Mexico	6,070,000,000	2006²²²³
28	Norway	5,725,000,000	2007
29	North Korea	5,500,000,000	2005²⁴
30	Chile	5,193,000,000	2007²⁵
31	Thailand	5,000,000,000	2009 ²⁶
32	Indonesia	4,740,000,000	2008
33	Argentina	4,300,000,000	NA
34	South Africa	4,067,879,840	2008-2009²⁷
35	Belgium	4,000,000,000	2007²⁸
36	Venezuela	4,000,000,000	2007
37	Portugal	3,497,800,000	2003
38	Colombia	3,300,000,000	2005
39	Egypt	3,300,000,000	2003²⁹
40	Denmark	3,271,600,000	2003
41	Vietnam	3,200,000,000	2005 ³⁰
42	Kuwait	3,007,000,000	2005
43	Algeria	2,994,000,000	2005
44	Austria	2,978,000,000	FY08³¹
45	Romania	2,900,000,000	2007³²
46	Czech Republic	2,840,000,000	2008³³
47	Finland	2,800,000,000	FY06
48	Switzerland	2,548,000,000	2005
49	Azerbaijan	2,460,000,000	2009³⁴³⁵
50	Morocco	2,306,000,000	2005
51	Ukraine	2,066,806,000	2008³⁶
52	Angola	2,000,000,000	2005
53	Peru	1,829,300,000	2008 ³⁷
54	Malaysia	1,690,000,000	NA
55	Sri Lanka	1,610,000,000	2008-2009^{citation needed}
56	United Arab Emirates	1,600,000,000	NA
57	New Zealand	1,526,000,000	2008
58	Slovakia	1,408,000,000	2008
59	Jordan	1,392,000,000	2005
60	Hungary	1,376,000,000	2007
61	Philippines	1,348,000,000	2007
62	Libya	1,300,000,000	2007
63	Ireland	1,300,000,000	2007
64	Serbia	1,200,000,000	2007
65	Georgia	1,200,000,000	2007
66	Croatia	1,140,000,000	2008
67	Yemen	992,200,000	2005
68	Syria	858,000,000	2005
69	Bangladesh	836,900,000	2007
70	Nigeria	737,600,000	2005
71	Bulgaria	730,000,000	2007
72	Qatar	694,000,000	2005
73	Cuba	694,000,000	NA
74	Bahrain	627,700,000	2005
75	Lithuania	621,000,000	2007
76	Sudan	587,000,000	2004
77	Lebanon	540,600,000	2004
78	Armenia	495,000,000	2009³⁸
79	Belarus	420,500,000	2006
80	Ethiopia	400,000,000	2008/9³⁹⁴⁰
81	Cyprus	384,000,000	NA
82	Uruguay	371,200,000	2005
83	Slovenia	370,000,000	2007
84	Tunisia	356,000,000	NA
85	Madagascar	329,000,000	2005
86	Botswana	325,500,000	2005
87	Brunei	290,700,000	2004
88	Kenya	280,500,000	2005
89	Estonia	259,000,000	FY06
90	Oman	252,990,000	2005
91	Côte d'Ivoire	246,600,000	2005
92	Albania	235,000,000	2007
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	Uzbekistan	200,000,000	NA
99	Uganda	192,800,000	2005
100	Dominican Republic	180,000,000	FY98
101	Guatemala	169,800,000	2005
102	El Salvador	161,700,000	2005
103	Equatorial Guinea	152,200,000	2005
104	Panama	150,000,000	2005
105	Namibia	149,500,000	2005
106	Bolivia	130,000,000	2005
107	Zimbabwe	124,700,000	2005
108	Afghanistan	122,400,000	2005
109	Zambia	121,700,000	2005
110	Guinea	119,700,000	2005
111	Republic of Macedonia	117,710,000	2006
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	Rwanda	53,660,000	2005
130	Paraguay	53,100,000	2003
131	Maldives	45,070,000	2005
132	Niger	44,780,000	2005
133	Malta	44,640,000	2005
134	Burundi	43,900,000	2005
135	Swaziland	41,600,000	2005
136	Lesotho	41,100,000	2005
137	Burma	NA	NA
138	Fiji	36,000,000	2004
139	Tajikistan	35,400,000	FY01
140	Nicaragua	32,270,000	2005
141	Jamaica	31,170,000	2003
142	Togo	29,980,000	2005
143	Djibouti	29,050,000	2005
144	Iceland	26,000,000	2008⁴¹
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

The 15 countries with the largest defense budgets (2007)

Rank	Country	Spending ($ b.)	World Share (%)
—	World Total	1339.0	100
1	United States	547.0	45
2	United Kingdom	59.7	5
3	China	58.3	5
4	France	53.6	4
5	Japan	43.6	4
6	Germany	36.9	3
7	Russia	35.4	3
8	Saudi Arabia	33.8	3
9	Italy	33.1	3
10	India	24.2	2
11	South Korea	22.6	2
12	Brazil	15.3	1
13	Canada	15.2	1
14	Australia	15.1	1
15	Spain	14.6	1

List of countries by military expenditure as a percentage of GDP

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Map of the military expenditures as a percentage of GDP by country.

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.⁴²

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	Colombia	5.70	2008 est.⁴³
14	Angola	5.70	2006
15	Mauritania	5.50	2006
16	Maldives	5.50	2005 est.

Notes

^ The FY 2009 Pentagon Spending Request - Global Military Spending http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/policy/securityspending/articles/fy09_dod_request_global/ Center for Arms Control and Non/Proliferation study
^ The FY 2009 Pentagon Spending Request - Global Military Spending http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/policy/securityspending/articles/fy09_dod_request_global/ Center for Arms Control and Non/Proliferation study
^ Sven Biscop (2006-09-15). "Ambiguous Ambition. Development of the EU security architecture; Paper presented at the colloquium The EC/EU: A World Security Actor? An Assessment after 50 Years of the External Actions of the EC/EU, Paris, EU Institute for Security Studies, 15 September 2006". The Royal Institute for International Relations - EGMONT. Retrieved on 2008-04-27. "a defence budget of over 200 billion euro" (converted into USD at the exchange rate current at end of April, 2008)
^ http://www.defense.gouv.fr/ministre/prises_de_parole/discours/projet_de_budget_2008_m_herve_morin_26_09_07 Conférence de presse de M. Hervé Morin, ministre de la Défense
^ http://www.dasa.mod.uk/UKDS2008/c1/table101.html
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