This is a list of countries by military expenditures. The first list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) database which gives military expenditures in 2010 (in constant 2009 US$). The second list is based on the SIPRI Yearbook 2011 which includes a list on the world's top 15 military spenders in 2010 at current exchange rates.
[edit] SIPRI Military Expenditure Database
This list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database for 2010 (in constant 2009 US$). It also includes military expenditure data as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2009.[1]
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| The world's top 7 largest military budgets in 2010. Figures sourced from SIPRI[1] |
Military spending as percentage of GDP
| Rank |
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Country |
Military expenditure, 2010[2] |
% of GDP, 2009 |
| 0 |
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a |
0 |
0 |
| 1 |
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United States |
687,105,000,000 |
4.7% |
| 2 |
 |
People's Republic of China |
114,300,000,000 |
2.2% |
| 3 |
 |
France |
61,285,000,000 |
2.5% |
| 4 |
 |
United Kingdom |
57,424,000,000 |
2.7% |
| 5 |
 |
Russia |
52,586,000,000 |
4.3% |
| 6 |
 |
Japan |
51,420,000,000 |
1.0% |
| 7 |
 |
Germany |
46,848,000,000 |
1.4% |
| 8 |
 |
Saudi Arabia |
42,917,000,000 |
11.2% |
| 9 |
 |
Italy |
38,198,000,000 |
1.8% |
| 10 |
 |
India |
34,816,000,000 |
2.8% |
| 11 |
 |
Brazil |
28,096,000,000 |
1.6% |
| 12 |
 |
South Korea |
24,270,000,000 |
2.9% |
| 13 |
 |
Canada |
20,164,000,000 |
1.5% |
| 14 |
 |
Australia |
19,799,000,000 |
1.9% |
| 15 |
 |
Spain |
15,803,000,000 |
1.1% |
| 16 |
 |
United Arab Emirates |
15,749,000,000 |
7.3% |
| 17 |
 |
Turkey |
15,634,000,000 |
2.7% |
| 18 |
 |
Israel |
13,001,000,000 |
6.3% |
| 19 |
 |
Netherlands |
11,604,000,000 |
1.5% |
| 20 |
 |
Greece |
9,369,000,000 |
3.2% |
| 21 |
 |
Colombia |
9,191,000,000 |
3.7% |
| 22 |
 |
Republic of China (Taiwan) |
8,535,000,000 |
2.4% |
| 23 |
 |
Poland |
8,380,000,000 |
1.8% |
| 24 |
 |
Singapore |
7,651,000,000 |
4.3% |
| 25 |
 |
Iran |
7,044,000,000b |
1.8%b |
| 26 |
 |
Norway |
6,322,000,000 |
1.6% |
| 27 |
 |
Chile |
6,198,000,000 |
3.5% |
| 28 |
 |
Indonesia |
6,009,000,000 |
0.9% |
| 29 |
 |
Algeria |
5,586,000,000 |
3.8% |
| 30 |
 |
Belgium |
5,382,000,000 |
1.2% |
| 31 |
 |
Sweden |
5,248,000,000 |
1.2% |
| 32 |
 |
Portugal |
5,213,000,000 |
2.1% |
| 33 |
 |
Pakistan |
5,160,000,000 |
2.8% |
| 34 |
 |
Mexico |
4,859,000,000 |
0.5% |
| 35 |
 |
Iraq |
4,663,000,000 |
5.4% |
| 36 |
 |
Denmark |
4,588,000,000 |
1.4% |
| 37 |
 |
Switzerland |
4,392,000,000 |
0.8% |
| 38 |
 |
Thailand |
4,336,000,000 |
1.9% |
| 39 |
 |
Kuwait |
4,411,000,000 |
4.4% |
| 40 |
 |
Oman |
4,047,000,000 |
9.7% |
| 41 |
 |
Egypt |
3,914,000,000 |
2.1% |
| 42 |
 |
Angola |
3,774,000,000 |
4.2% |
| 43 |
 |
South Africa |
3,735,000,000 |
1.3% |
| 44 |
 |
Finland |
3,718,000,000 |
1.5% |
| 45 |
 |
Austria |
3,446,000,000 |
0.9% |
| 46 |
 |
Ukraine |
3,442,000,000 |
2.9% |
| 47 |
 |
Malaysia |
3,259,000,000 |
2.0% |
| 48 |
 |
Morocco |
3,256,000,000 |
3.4% |
| 49 |
 |
Argentina |
3,179,000,000 |
1.0% |
| 50 |
 |
Venezuela |
3,106,000,000 |
1.3% |
| 51 |
 |
Czech Republic |
2,529,000,000 |
1.4% |
| 52 |
 |
Vietnam |
2,410,000,000 |
2.5% |
| 53 |
 |
Syria |
2,236,000,000 |
4.0% |
| 54 |
 |
Romania |
2,164,000,000 |
1.4% |
| 55 |
 |
Peru |
1,992,000,000 |
1.4% |
| 56 |
 |
Sudan |
1,991,000,000c |
3.4%c |
| 57 |
 |
Nigeria |
1,724,000,000 |
0.9% |
| 58 |
 |
Lebanon |
1,564,000,000 |
4.1% |
| 59 |
 |
Philippines |
1,486,000,000 |
0.8% |
| 60 |
 |
Azerbaijan |
1,421,000,000 |
3.4% |
| 61 |
 |
Jordan |
1,363,000,000 |
6.1% |
| 62 |
 |
New Zealand |
1,358,000,000 |
1.2% |
| 63 |
 |
Ireland |
1,354,000,000 |
0.6% |
| 64 |
 |
Hungary |
1,323,000,000 |
1.1% |
| 65 |
 |
Sri Lanka |
1,280,000,000 |
3.5% |
| 66 |
 |
Kazakhstan |
1,227,000,000 |
1.2% |
| 67 |
 |
Yemen |
1,222,000,000b |
3.9%b |
| 68 |
 |
Bangladesh |
1,137,000,000 |
1.0% |
| 69 |
 |
Libya |
1,100,000,000b |
1.2%b |
| 70 |
 |
Croatia |
1,060,000,000 |
1.8% |
| 71 |
 |
Slovakia |
1,010,000,000 |
1.4% |
| 72 |
 |
Serbia |
920,000,000 |
2.3% |
| 73 |
 |
Slovenia |
788,000,000 |
1.6% |
| 74 |
 |
Bahrain |
731,000,000 |
3.7% |
| 75 |
 |
Belarus |
726,000,000 |
1.4% |
| 76 |
 |
Bulgaria |
698,000,000 |
2.0% |
| 77 |
 |
Kenya |
594,000,000 |
2.0% |
| 78 |
 |
Tunisia |
548,000,000 |
1.3% |
| 79 |
 |
Cyprus |
510,000,000 |
1.8% |
| 80 |
 |
Uruguay |
491,000,000 |
1.6% |
| 81 |
 |
Eritrea |
469,000,000d |
20.9%d |
| 82 |
 |
Georgia |
452,000,000 |
5.6% |
| 83 |
 |
Lithuania |
427,000,000 |
1.4% |
| 84 |
 |
Armenia |
404,000,000 |
4.2% |
| 85 |
 |
Cameroon |
368,000,000 |
1.6% |
| 86 |
 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
353,000,000b |
1.5% |
| 87 |
 |
Botswana |
352,000,000 |
3.0% |
| 88 |
 |
Ethiopia |
338,000,000 |
1.0% |
| 89 |
 |
Estonia |
336,000,000 |
2.3% |
| 90 |
 |
Namibia |
329,000,000 |
3.7% |
| 91 |
 |
Brunei |
327,000,000 |
3.1% |
| 92 |
 |
Dominican Republic |
322,000,000 |
0.7% |
| 93 |
 |
Bolivia |
314,000,000 |
2.0% |
| 94 |
 |
Luxembourg |
301,000,000a |
0.6% |
| 95 |
 |
Uganda |
276,000,000 |
1.8% |
| 96 |
 |
Latvia |
268,000,000 |
1.4% |
| 97 |
 |
Afghanistan |
250,000,000j |
1.8% |
| 98 |
 |
Zambia |
243,000,000 |
1.7% |
| 99 |
 |
Chad |
242,000,000 |
6.2% |
| 100 |
 |
Honduras |
235,000,000 |
1.5% |
| 101 |
 |
Turkmenistan |
233,000,000e |
2.9%e |
| 102 |
 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
232,000,000 |
1.3% |
| 103 |
 |
Tanzania |
217,000,000j |
1.1% |
| 104 |
 |
Senegal |
207,000,000 |
1.6% |
| 104 |
 |
Nepal |
207,000,000 |
2.0% |
| 106 |
 |
Albania |
201,000,000 |
2.1% |
| 107 |
 |
Cambodia |
191,000,000j |
1.1% |
| 108 |
 |
Mali |
183,000,000 |
1.9% |
| 109 |
 |
Kyrgyzstan |
167,000,000j |
3.6% |
| 110 |
 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
163,000,000 |
1.0% |
| 111 |
 |
Guatemala |
161,000,000 |
0.4% |
| 112 |
 |
Panama |
146,000,000e |
1.0%e |
| 112 |
 |
Paraguay |
146,000,000 |
0.9% |
| 114 |
 |
Republic of Macedonia |
145,000,000 |
1.7% |
| 115 |
 |
Burkina Faso |
140,000,000 |
1.2% |
| 116 |
 |
Congo, Republic of the |
133,000,000 |
1.1%b |
| 116 |
 |
El Salvador |
133,000,000 |
0.7% |
| 118 |
 |
Ghana |
115,000,000 |
0.7% |
| 118 |
 |
Mauritania |
115,000,000j |
3.8% |
| 120 |
 |
Swaziland |
102,000,000 |
3.1% |
| 121 |
 |
Guinea |
99,900,000f |
2.2%f |
| 122 |
 |
Jamaica |
95,200,000 |
0.9% |
| 123 |
 |
Zimbabwe |
93,800,000 |
1.9%c |
| 124 |
 |
Mozambique |
86,300,000 |
0.9% |
| 125 |
 |
Rwanda |
77,200,000 |
1.4% |
| 126 |
 |
Uzbekistan |
70,100,000d |
0.5%d |
| 127 |
 |
Benin |
65,600,000b |
1.0%b |
| 128 |
 |
Malta |
58,800,000 |
0.7% |
| 129 |
 |
Madagascar |
55,700,000 |
0.8% |
| 130 |
 |
Tajikistan |
55,400,000f |
2.2%f |
| 131 |
 |
Togo |
55,100,000b |
1.7%b |
| 132 |
 |
Central African Republic |
52,900,000 |
1.8% |
| 133 |
 |
Fiji |
50,200,000j |
1.7% |
| 134 |
 |
Niger |
49,200,000 |
0.5%b |
| 135 |
 |
Malawi |
48,600,000a |
1.2%a |
| 136 |
 |
Mongolia |
47,400,000 |
1.0% |
| 137 |
 |
Burundi |
46,900,000b |
3.8% |
| 138 |
 |
Lesotho |
45,600,000j |
2.8%j |
| 139 |
 |
Nicaragua |
44,100,000 |
0.7% |
| 140 |
 |
Sierra Leone |
42,900,000b |
2.4% |
| 141 |
 |
Papua New Guinea |
39,100,000 |
0.5% |
| 142 |
 |
Djibouti |
36,900,000b |
3.7%b |
| 143 |
 |
Moldova |
19,000,000 |
0.5% |
| 144 |
 |
Laos |
18,400,000j |
0.3% |
| 145 |
 |
Guinea-Bissau |
15,700,000g |
2.1%g |
| 146 |
 |
Belize |
14,900,000 |
1.2% |
| 147 |
 |
Mauritius |
14,000,000b |
0.2%b |
| 148 |
 |
Iceland |
9,900,000j |
0.1% |
| 149 |
 |
Cape Verde |
8,800,000 |
0.5% |
| 150 |
 |
Guyana |
8,100,000h |
0.8%h |
| 151 |
 |
Liberia |
7,200,000j |
0.8% |
| 152 |
 |
Seychelles |
6,600,000 |
1.2% |
| 153 |
 |
Gambia, The |
4,600,000a |
0.6%a |
| 999 |
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9e50 |
999 |
- ^ Not updated since 2007.
- ^ Not updated since 2008.
- ^ Not updated since 2006.
- ^ Not updated since 2003.
- ^ Not updated since 1999.
- ^ Not updated since 2004.
- ^ Not updated since 2005.
- ^ Not updated since 1996.
- ^ No data available from SIPRI. Estimates from other sources claim about 25% of GDP, aprox. $6 Billion.[3]
- ^ Not updated since 2009.
[edit] SIPRI Yearbook 2011
The following is a table of the top 15 countries with the highest military expenditure for 2010 published in the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Yearbook 2011 using current market exchange rates in current (2010) US dollars.[4][5]
- ^ SIPRI estimate
- ^ The figures for Saudi Arabia include expenditure for public order and safety and might be slight overestimates.
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