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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.

Contents 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

Comparisons between figures in this table should be used with caution. See the notes below regarding the figures for the People's Republic of China. There are, however, other comparison issues inherent with these figures: for example, France includes in its defence expenditure the cost of maintaining the Gendarmerie, which is primarily used for what would be described in the United Kingdom, for example, as an internal police matter. Consequently, there is no corresponding expenditure made in the UK's defence budget.

Rank	Country		Military expenditures (USD)	Date of information
—		World Total	1,200,000,000,000	2007 (projected est.)[1]
—		NATO Total	849,875,309,000
1		United States	623,000,000,000	2008 (Projected)[2]
—		European Union Total	300,745,000,000
2		United Kingdom	70,000,000,000	2007-2008[3]
3		France	65,370,000,000	2007
4		Germany	52,100,000,000	2007
5		Japan	49,100,000,000	2007
6		China	45,000,000,000	2007[citation needed]
7		Italy	34,000,000,000	2007 (est.)
8		Russia[4]	32,400,000,000 [5]	2007
9		Poland[citation needed]	31,500,000,000	2008
10		South Korea	26,050,000,000	2005
11		India	21,330,000,000	2007
12		Canada	16,900,000,000	2007
13		Spain	15,792,207,000	2006
14		Turkey	15,166,000,000	2007
15		Netherlands	11,790,000,000	2008 (est.)
16		Brazil	9,940,000,000	2005
17		Saudi Arabia	9,255,000,000	2007
18		Israel	9,444,000,000	2005
19		Australia[6]	9,412,502,000	2007
20		Republic of China	9,200,000,000	2007
21		Greece[7]	7,648,561,000	2006 (est.)
22		Singapore	7,053,000,000	2007
23		Sweden	6,309,137,714[8]	2007
24		Iran[9]	6,300,000,000	2005
25		Mexico[10][11]	6,070,000,000	2006
26		Norway	5,725,000,000	2007
27		Chile[12]	5,193,000,000	2007
28		North Korea	5,000,000,000	2005
29		Pakistan	4,800,000,000	2006
30		Argentina	4,300,000,000	NA
31		Venezuela	4,000,000,000	2007
32		Belgium	3,999,000,000	2003
33		South Africa	3,700,000,000	2007
34		Portugal	3,497,800,000	2003
35		Colombia	3,300,000,000	NA
36		Denmark	3,271,600,000	2003
37		Kuwait	3,007,000,000	2005
38		Algeria	2,994,000,000	2005
39		Romania [13]	2,900,000,000	2007
40		Finland	2,800,000,000	FY06
41		Switzerland	2,548,000,000	2005
42		Egypt	2,440,000,000	2003
43		Austria[14]	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	1,520,000,000 [15]	2006
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
56		Ireland	1,300,000,000	2007
57		Serbia	1,200,000,000	2007
58		New Zealand	1,147,000,000	2005
59		Azerbaijan	1,100,000,000	2007
60		Iraq	1,008,000,000	2007
61		Yemen	992,200,000	2005
62		Albania	916,440,000	2007
63		Syria	858,000,000	2005
64		Bangladesh	836,900,000	2007
65		Peru	829,300,000	2005
66		Croatia	804,000,000	2007
67		Nigeria	737,600,000	2005
68		Bulgaria	730,000,000	2007
69		Qatar	694,000,000	2005
69		Cuba	694,000,000	NA
70		Vietnam	650,000,000	NA
71		Bahrain	627,700,000	2005
72		Sri Lanka	606,200,000	2005
73		Sudan	587,000,000	2004
77		Georgia	567,200,000	2007
75		Lebanon	540,600,000	2004
76		Lithuania	490,800,000	FY01
77		Belarus	420,500,000	2006
78		Cyprus	384,000,000	NA
79		Armenia	382,300,000	FY
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		Albania	258,500,000	2007
90		Oman	252,990,000	2005
91		Côte d'Ivoire	246,600,000	2005
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		Republic of Macedonia	200,000,000	NA
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		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[16]	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

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,^[17] 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	59,200,000,000	2006
3		France	53,100,000,000	2006
4		People's Republic of China	49,500,000,000	2006 est.
5		Japan	43,700,000,000	2006
6		Germany	37,000,000,000	2006
7		Russia	34,700,000,000	2006 est.
8		Italy	29,900,000,000	2006
9		Saudi Arabia	29,000,000,000	2006
10		India	23,900,000,000	2006
11		South Korea	21,900,000,000	2006
12		Australia	13,800,000,000	2006
13		Canada	13,500,000,000	2006
14		Brazil	13,400,000,000	2006
15		Spain	12,300,000,000	2006

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. ^[18]

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	Country		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		Macedonia	6.00	2005 est.
12		Burundi	5.90	2006 est.
13		Syria	5.90	2005 est.
14		Angola	5.70	2006
15		Mauritania	5.50	2006
16		Maldives	5.50	2005 est.

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

• Military expenditures, The World Factbook, CIA

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