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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 somewhat higher than that given.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with sourced additions.

Contents 1 Chart by country or organization 2 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute figures (2007) 3 List of countries by military expenditure as a percentage of GDP 4 List of countries by military expenditure as purchasing power parity (PPP) 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References

[edit] Chart by country or organization

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.

Note that this data is typically compiled by attempting to compute the local currency military expenditures, and then converting them at market exchange rates into a common currency. Therefore changes in the currency markets can cause a nations estimated military expenditures to change, even if that nation's budget remains constant. For developing economies, including China and India, this will result a smaller estimate than if the conversion were done using purchasing power parity. The differences can be substantial. For example, the Chinese Renminbi has a market price of 6.992 per US dollar at the market exchange rate, and an estimated purchasing power parity conversion of 3.694^[1]. Using the purchasing power conversion would almost double the estimate of China's military expenditure. On the other hand, converting its entire military budget using a single purchasing power equivalent would be dramatically misleading, as many elements of the budget are not amenable to such a conversion and/or do not share the same conversion factor. For example, typical international commodities such as steel, copper, oil, used in the construction of various military equipment, high tech basic research, and foreign military purchases.

Rank		Country	Military expenditures (USD)	Date of information
—		World Total	1,470,000,000,000	2008[2]
—		NATO Total	1,049,875,309,000	[citation needed]
1		United States	651,163,000,000	2009[3][4]
—		European Union Total	312,259,000,000	2008-2009
2		People's Republic of China	70,242,645,000	2009[5]
3		France	61,571,330,000	2008-2009[6]
4		United Kingdom	61,280,890,000	2008[7]
5		Russia	50,000,000,000	2009[8][9]
6		Japan	48,860,000,000	2008[10]
7		Germany	45,930,000,000	2008[11]
8		Italy	40,050,000,000	2008[12]
9		India	32,700,000,000	2009-2010[13]
10		Saudi Arabia	31,050,000,000	2008[14]
11		Turkey	30,936,000,000	2008[15]
12		South Korea	28,500,000,000	2008[16]
13		Australia	24,802,000,000	2008[17]
14		Brazil	23,972,836,012	2009[18]
15		Spain	18,974,000,000	2008 (est.)[19]
16		Iraq	17,900,000,000	2008
17		Canada	15,892,090,000	2008-2009[20]
18		Israel	13,300,000,000	2009[21]
19		Netherlands	12,000,000,000	2008[22]
20		Poland	11,791,000,000	2009[23]
21		Republic of China (Taiwan)	10,500,000,000	2008
22		Greece	7,934,000,000	2007[24]
23		Pakistan	7,800,000,000	2008
24		Singapore	7,600,000,000	2009[25]
25		Colombia	7,480,000,000	2007[26]
26		Sweden	6,309,137,714	2007[27]
27		Iran	6,300,000,000	2005[28]
28		Mexico	6,070,000,000	2006[29][30]
29		Norway	5,725,000,000	2007
30		North Korea	5,500,000,000	2005[31]
31		Chile	5,193,000,000	2007[32]
32		Thailand	5,000,000,000	2009 [33]
33		Algeria	4,997,000,000	2009
34		Indonesia	4,740,000,000	2008
35		Argentina	4,300,000,000	NA
36		Morocco	4,143,000,000	2009
37		South Africa	4,067,879,840	2008-2009[34]
38		Belgium	4,000,000,000	2007[35]
39		Venezuela	4,000,000,000	2007
40		Finland	3,700,000,000	2009[36]
41		Portugal	3,497,800,000	2003
42		Egypt	3,300,000,000	2003[37]
43		Denmark	3,271,600,000	2003
44		Vietnam	3,200,000,000	2005 [38]
45		Kuwait	3,007,000,000	2005
46		Austria	2,978,000,000	FY08[39]
47		Romania	2,900,000,000	2007[40]
48		Czech Republic	2,840,000,000	2008[41]
49		Switzerland	2,548,000,000	2005
50		Azerbaijan	2,460,000,000	2009[42][43]
51		Ukraine	2,066,806,000	2008[44]
52		Angola	2,000,000,000	2005
53		Peru	1,829,300,000	2008 [45]
54		Malaysia	1,690,000,000	NA
55		Sri Lanka	1,610,000,000	2009 [46]
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
61		Hungary	1,376,000,000	2007
62		Philippines	1,348,000,000	2007
63		Bulgaria	1,339,000,000	2008[47]
64		Libya	1,300,000,000	2007
65		Ireland	1,300,000,000	2007
66		Serbia	1,200,000,000	2007
67		Croatia	1,140,000,000	2008
68		Yemen	992,200,000	2005
69		Syria	858,000,000	2005
70		Bangladesh	836,900,000	2007
71		Georgia	780,000,000	2007
72		Nigeria	737,600,000	2005
73		Qatar	694,000,000	2005
74		Cuba	694,000,000	NA
75		Bahrain	627,700,000	2005
76		Lithuania	621,000,000	2007
77		Sudan	587,000,000	2004
78		Lebanon	540,600,000	2004
79		Armenia	495,000,000	2009[48]
80		Belarus	420,500,000	2006
81		Ethiopia	400,000,000	2008/9[49][50]
82		Cyprus	384,000,000	NA
83		Uruguay	371,200,000	2005
84		Slovenia	370,000,000	2007
85		Tunisia	356,000,000	NA
86		Madagascar	329,000,000	2005
87		Botswana	325,500,000	2005
88		Brunei	290,700,000	2004
89		Kenya	280,500,000	2005
90		Estonia	259,000,000	FY06
91		Oman	252,990,000	2005
92		Côte d'Ivoire	246,600,000	2005
93		Albania	235,000,000	2007
94		Bosnia and Herzegovina	234,300,000	NA
95		Luxembourg	231,076,480	2003
96		Cameroon	230,200,000	2005
97		Kazakhstan	221,800,000	FY02
98		Eritrea	220,100,000	2005
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		Republic of Macedonia	117,710,000	2006
113		Senegal	117,300,000	2005
114		Cambodia	112,000,000	NA
115		Mali	106,300,000	2005
116		Nepal	104,900,000	2005
117		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	103,700,000	2005
118		Benin	100,900,000	2005
119		Honduras	99,410,000	2005
120		Turkmenistan	90,000,000	NA
121		Latvia	87,000,000	2007
122		Congo, Republic of the	85,220,000	2005
123		Ghana	83,650,000	2005
124		Costa Rica [51]	83,460,000	2005
125		Mozambique	78,030,000	2005
126		Burkina Faso	74,830,000	2005
127		Chad	68,950,000	2005
128		Liberia	67,400,000	2005
129		Trinidad and Tobago	66,720,000	2003
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	NA	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		Iceland	26,000,000	2008[52]
146		Haiti	25,960,000	2003
147		Mongolia	23,100,000	FY02
148		Somalia	22,340,000	2005
149		Tanzania	21,200,000	2005
150		Mauritania	19,320,000	2005
151		Kyrgyzstan	19,200,000	FY01
152		Belize	19,000,000	2005
153		Papua New Guinea	16,900,000	2003
154		Central African Republic	16,370,000	2005
155		Malawi	15,810,000	2005
156		Seychelles	14,850,000	2005
157		Sierra Leone	14,250,000	2005
158		Comoros	12,870,000	2005
159		Mauritius	12,040,000	2005
160		Laos	11,040,000	2005
161		Guinea-Bissau	9,455,000	2005
162		Moldova	8,700,000	2004
163		Bhutan	8,281,000	2005
164		Suriname	7,494,000	2005
165		Cape Verde	7,178,000	2005
166		Guyana	6,479,000	2003
167		East Timor	4,400,000	FY03
168		Bermuda, UK overseas territory	4,030,000	2001
169		Gambia, The	1,547,000	2004
170		San Marino	700,000	2005
171		São Tomé and Príncipe	581,700	2004

[edit] Stockholm International Peace Research Institute figures (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

[edit] 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.^[53]

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		Russia	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		Gabon	3.4	2005 est.
38		Egypt	3.4	2005 est.
39		Turkmenistan	3.4	2005 est.
40		Algeria	3.3	2006
41		Botswana	3.3	2006
42		United Arab Emirates	3.1	2005 est.
43		Guinea-Bissau	3.1	2005 est.
44		Lebanon	3.1	2005 est.
45		Congo, Republic of the	3.1	2006
46		Solomon Islands	3	2006
47		Cambodia	3	2005 est.
48		Ethiopia	3	2006
49		Indonesia	3	2005 est.
50		Sudan	3	2005 est.
51		Pakistan	3	2007 est.
52		Rwanda	2.9	2006 est.
53		Comoros	2.8	2006
54		Ecuador	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		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2.5	2006
65		India	2.5	2006
66		Iran	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		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		Benin	1.7	2006
96		Guinea	1.7	2006
97		South Africa	1.7	2006
98		Slovenia	1.7	2005 est.
99		Cote d'Ivoire	1.6	2005 est
100		Netherlands	1.6	2005 est.
101		Togo	1.6	2005 est.
102		Uruguay	1.6	2006
103		Nepal	1.6	2006
104		Bangladesh	1.5	2006
105		Sweden	1.5	2005 est.
106		Peru	1.5	2006
107		Nigeria	1.5	2006
108		Denmark	1.5
109		Germany	1.5	2005 est.
110		Albania	1.49	2005 est.
111		Czech Republic	1.46	2007 est.
112		China	1.4	2008[54]
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		Argentina	1.3	2005 est.
122		Cameroon	1.3	2006
123		Niger	1.3	2006
124		Malawi	1.3	2006
125		Liberia	1.3	2006 est.
126		Belgium	1.3	2005 est.
127		Latvia	1.2	2005 est.
128		Burkina Faso	1.2	2006
129		Venezuela	1.2	2005 est.
130		Spain	1.2	2005 est.
131		Lithuania	1.2
132		Canada	1.1	2005 est.
133		Central African Republic	1.1	2006 est.
134		Bhutan	1	2005 est.
135		Madagascar	1	2006
136		Switzerland	1	2005 est.
137		Panama	1	2006
138		Paraguay	1	2006 est.
139		New Zealand	1	2005 est.
140		Austria	0.9	2005 est.
141		Kazakhstan	0.9	FY02
142		Luxembourg	0.9	2005 est.
143		Tonga	0.9	2006 est.
144		Somalia	0.9	2005 est.
145		Philippines	0.9	2005 est.
146		Ireland	0.9	2005 est.
147		Dominican Republic	0.8	2006
148		Sao Tome and Principe	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 [51]	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.

[edit] List of countries by military expenditure as purchasing power parity (PPP)

Here is a list of major spenders in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) estimated by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). These figures should be treated with caution since estimating defence expenditure using PPP can be misleading^[55].

Rank	Country		Military expenditures as PPP (USD billion)
1		USA	547
2		China	140
3		Russia	78.7
4		India	72.7
5		United Kingdom	54.7
6		Saudi Arabia	52.8
7		France	47.9
8		Japan	37.0
9		Germany	33.0
10		Italy	29.6
11		South Korea	29.4
12		Brazil	26.1
13		Iran	22.1
14		Turkey	16.5
15		Taiwan	15.8

[edit] See also

Wikinews has related news: Global annual military spending tops $1.2 trillion

• Military budget of the United States
• List of countries by size of armed forces
• List of countries without an army

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Military expenditures, The World Factbook, CIA

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