Military spending

[edit] Stockholm International Peace Research Institute figures

Military spending in 2005

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute produces a list of the top 10 biggest spenders of military expenditure annually in their Yearbook publication. The following figures for 2008 are from the SIPRI Yearbook 2009 and were calculated 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	84.9a	5.8a
3	France	65.7	4.5
4	United Kingdom	65.3	4.5
5	Russia	58.6a	4.0a
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

Note a: SIPRI estimate

[edit] List of countries by military expenditure as a percentage of GDP

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

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		Ecuador	2.8	2006
56		Kenya	2.8	2006
57		Chile	2.7	2006
58		Korea, South	2.7	2006
59		Azerbaijan	2.6	2005 est.
60		Lesotho	2.6	2006
61		France	2.6	2005 est.
62		Brazil	2.6	2006 est.
63		Sri Lanka	2.6	2006
64		Bulgaria	2.6	2005 est.
65		Iran	2.6	2007
66		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2.5	2006
67		India	2.5	2006
68		Vietnam	2.5	2005 est.
69		Australia	2.4	2006
70		United Kingdom	2.4	2005 est.
71		Croatia	2.39	2005 est.
72		Portugal	2.3	2005 est.
73		Sierra Leone	2.3	2006
74		Fiji	2.2	2005 est.
75		Republic of China	2.2
76		Uganda	2.2	2006
77		Burma	2.1	2005 est.
78		Malaysia	2.03	2005 est.
79		Estonia	2	2005 est.
80		World	2	2005 est.
81		Uzbekistan	2	2005 est.
82		Seychelles	2	2006 est.
83		Finland	2	2005 est.
84		Afghanistan	1.9	2006 est.
85		Romania	1.9	2007 est.
86		Norway	1.9	2005 est.
87		Mali	1.9	2006
88		Bolivia	1.9	2006
89		Slovakia	1.87	2005 est.
90		Guyana	1.8	2006
91		Thailand	1.8	2005 est.
92		Zambia	1.8	2005 est.
93		Italy	1.8	2005 est.
94		Hungary	1.75	2005 est.
95		Poland	1.71	2005 est.
96		People's Republic of China	1.7	2009
97		Benin	1.7	2006
98		Guinea	1.7	2006
99		South Africa	1.7	2006
100		Slovenia	1.7	2005 est.
101		Cote d'Ivoire	1.6	2005 est
102		Netherlands	1.6	2005 est.
103		Togo	1.6	2005 est.
104		Uruguay	1.6	2006
105		Nepal	1.6	2006
106		Bangladesh	1.5	2006
107		Sweden	1.5	2005 est.
108		Peru	1.5	2006
109		Nigeria	1.5	2006
110		Denmark	1.5
111		Germany	1.5	2005 est.
112		Albania	1.49	2005 est.
113		Czech Republic	1.46	2007 est.
114		Belize	1.4	2006
115		Ukraine	1.4	2005 est.
116		Belarus	1.4	2005 est.
117		Kyrgyzstan	1.4	2005 est.
118		Papua New Guinea	1.4	2005 est.
119		Tunisia	1.4	2006
120		Senegal	1.4	2005 est.
121		Mongolia	1.4	2006
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		Argentina	0.8	2009 est.
148		Dominican Republic	0.8	2006
149		São Tomé and Príncipe	0.8	2006
150		Japan	0.8	2006
151		Mozambique	0.8	2006
152		Ghana	0.8	2006 est.
153		Cape Verde	0.7	2005
154		Malta	0.7	2006 est.
155		Honduras	0.6	2006 est.
156		Nicaragua	0.6	2006
157		Suriname	0.6	2006 est.
158		Jamaica	0.6	2006 est.
159		Georgia	0.59	2005 est.
160		Barbados	0.5	2006 est.
161		Gambia, The	0.5	2006
162		Bahamas, The	0.5	2006
163		Mexico	0.5	2006 est.
164		Laos	0.5	2006
165		Costa Rica[3]	0.4	2006
166		Guatemala	0.4	2006
167		Moldova	0.4	2005 est.
168		Haiti	0.4	2006
169		Mauritius	0.3	2006 est.
170		Trinidad and Tobago	0.3	2006
171		Tanzania	0.2	2005 est.
172		Bermuda	0.11	2005 est.
173		Equatorial Guinea	0.1	2006 est.
174		Iceland	0.0	2005 est.
-		European Union	0.7-4.3	2005-2007 est.

[edit] See also

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

[edit] References

[edit] External Links

• Military expenditures, The World Factbook, CIA