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SIPRI Military Expenditure Database

This list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database which calculates military expenditure data for 2009 (in constant 2008 US$). It also includes military expenditure data as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008.

The world's top 5 largest military budgets in 2009. Figures sourced from SIPRI.

Military spending

Military spending as percentage of GDP

Rank		Country	Military expenditure, 2010	% of GDP, 2009
0		a	0	0
1		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		Kuwait	4,411,000,000	4.4%
38		Switzerland	4,392,000,000	0.8%
39		Thailand	4,336,000,000	1.9%
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	3,650,000,000	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		Cyprus	550,000,000	1.8%
79		Tunisia	548,000,000	1.3%
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		Ethiopia	338,000,000	1.0%
85		Estonia	336,000,000	2.3%
86		Armenia	404,000,000	4.2%
87		Cameroon	368,000,000	1.6%
88		Côte d'Ivoire	353,000,000b	1.5%
89		Botswana	352,000,000	3.0%
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		Chad	242,000,000	6.2%
99		Bosnia and Herzegovina	232,000,000	1.3%
100		Albania	201,000,000	2.1%
101		Zambia	251,000,000	2.0%
102		Turkmenistan	236,000,000e	2.9%e
103		Senegal	217,000,000	1.6%
104		Tanzania	216,000,000	1.1%
105		Republic of Macedonia	204,000,000	1.8%
106		Nepal	194,000,000	2.0%
107		Kyrgyzstan	185,000,000	3.7%b
108		Mali	182,000,000	1.9%
109		Guatemala	175,000,000	0.4%
110		Congo, Republic of the	142,000,000a	1.1%
111		Paraguay	140,000,000	0.8%
112		Panama	138,000,000e	1.0%e
113		El Salvador	134,000,000	0.5%
114		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	127,000,000	1.4%
115		Ghana	127,000,000	0.7%
116		Cambodia	123,000,000b	1.1%
117		Mauritania	122,000,000	3.7%
118		Burkina Faso	112,000,000	1.4%
119		Honduras	105,000,000	0.8%
120		Madagascar	103,000,000b	1.1%
121		Guinea	99,800,000f	2.2%f
122		Mozambique	92,500,000	0.8%
123		Jamaica	80,300,000	0.6%
124		Rwanda	72,700,000	1.5%
125		Mongolia	71,000,000a	1.4%a
126		Benin	67,700,000b	1.1%
127		Tajikistan	63,400,000f	2.2%f
128		Swaziland	60,000,000a	1.9%a
129		Togo	57,000,000	1.9%
130		Uzbekistan	52,000,000d	1.9%d
131		Malta	51,600,000	0.7%
132		Fiji	48,400,000b	1.3%
133		Malawi	45,100,000a	1.5%a
134		Sierra Leone	44,600,000b	2.4%
135		Burundi	43,900,000	4.0%
136		Lesotho	43,600,000	1.6%
137		Niger	43,000,000g	0.5%g
138		Nicaragua	41,700,000	0.7%
139		Papua New Guinea	37,200,000	0.4%
140		Central African Republic	36,700,000	1.6%
141		Djibouti	36,300,000b	3.7%
142		Moldova	27,500,000	0.6%
143		Laos	21,200,000g	0.4%
144		Guinea-Bissau	16,800,000g	3.8%g
145		Belize	15,600,000b	1.1%
146		Mauritius	15,300,000b	0.2%
147		Iceland	12,200,000	0.1%
148		Cape Verde	8,800,000	0.5%
149		Guyana	7,900,000h	0.8%h
150		Liberia	7,100,000	0.6%
151		Seychelles	6,600,000	1.3%
152		Gambia, The	5,300,000a	0.5%a
153		North Korea	Not reported	na i
154		Zimbabwe	Not reported	1.9%c
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^ No data available from SIPRI. Estimates from other sources claim about 25% of GDP, aprox. $6 Billion.

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