List of countries by military expenditures

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Military expenditure by country using CIA World Factbook figures

Military spending as a percentage of GDP using CIA World Factbook figures

This is a list of countries by military expenditures using the latest information available. Some of the information is from The World Factbook, CIA. [1]

Note that for some countries (most notably Russia), 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.

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. Consequentially, there is no corresponding expenditure made in Britain's defence budget.

1 Chart by Nation
2 Supernational Military Forces
3 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Figures
4 Notes
5 Reference
6 See also

[edit] Chart by Nation

Rank		Military expenditures (USD)	Date of information
—	World Total	1,164,254,167 ,282	—
1	United States	532,800,000,000	2007
2	United Kingdom^[1]	66,225,000,000	2007
3	France	60,000,000,000	2007
4	Germany	57,500,000,000	2007
5	Japan	46,000,000,000	2005
6	People's Republic of China^[2]	44,940,000,000	2007 (est.)
7	Russia^[3]	32,400,000,000	2007
8	Italy	32,093,537,000	2006 (est.)
9	Saudi Arabia	31,255,000,000	2006 (est.)
10	India	21,330,000,000	2007
11	South Korea	21,050,000,000	2005
12	Spain	15,792,207,000	2006
13	Australia	14,500,000,000	2006
14	Canada	12,729,586,000	2005 (est.)
15	Turkey	11,492,161,000	2006 (est.)
16	Netherlands	10,369,920,000	2006 (est.)
17	Brazil	10,233,000,000	2005
18	Israel	9,444,000,000	2005
19	Republic of China (Taiwan)	7,923,000,000	2005
20	Greece^[4]	7,648,561,000	2006 (est.)
21	Poland^[5]	7,262,500,000	2007
22	Iran	6,300,000,000	2005
23	Colombia [2] [3]	6,300,000,000	2005
24	Mexico	6,062,000,000	2005
25	Sweden	5,700,000,000	2007
26	North Korea	5,000,000,000	2005
27	Singapore	4,470,000,000	NA
28	Argentina	4,300,000,000	NA
29	Pakistan	4,253,000,000	2004
30	Norway	4,033,500,000	2003
31	Venezuela	4,000,000,000	2007
32	Belgium	3,999,000,000	2003
33	Chile	3,907,000,000	2005
34	South Africa	3,548,000,000	2005
35	Portugal	3,497,800,000	2003
36	Denmark	3,271,600,000	2003
37	Kuwait	3,007,000,000	2005
38	Algeria	2,994,000,000	2005
39	Romania ^[6]	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^[7]	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	Jordan	1,392,000,000	2005
51	Iraq	1,333,000,000	2005
52	Indonesia	1,300,000,000	2004
53	Libya	1,300,000,000	NA
54	New Zealand	1,147,000,000	2005
55	Hungary	1,080,000,000	2002 est.
56	Bangladesh	1,008,000,000	2005
57	Yemen	992,200,000	2005
58	Azerbaijan	900,000,000	2006
59	Syria	858,000,000	NA
60	Philippines	836,900,000	2005
61	Peru	829,300,000	2005
62	Nigeria	737,600,000	2005
63	Qatar	723,000,000	NA
64	Ireland	700,000,000	FY00/01
65	Cuba	694,000,000	2005
66	Ecuador	650,000,000	2005
67	Vietnam	650,000,000	NA
68	Bahrain	627,700,000	2005
69	Croatia	620,000,000	2004
70	Ukraine	617,900,000	FY02
71	Sri Lanka	606,200,000	2005
72	Sudan	587,000,000	2004
73	Lebanon	540,600,000	2004
74	Belarus	420,500,000	2006
75	Slovakia	406,000,000	2002
76	Cyprus	384,000,000	NA
77	Uruguay	371,200,000	2005
78	Slovenia	370,000,000	2005
79	Bulgaria	356,000,000	FY02
80	Tunisia	356,000,000	NA
81	Madagascar	329,000,000	2005
82	Botswana	325,500,000	2005
83	Ethiopia	295,900,000	2004
84	Brunei	290,700,000	2004
85	Kenya	280,500,000	2005
86	Gabon	253,500,000	2005
87	Oman	252,990,000	2005
88	Côte d'Ivoire	246,600,000	2005
89	Bosnia and Herzegovina	234,300,000	NA
90	Luxembourg	231,600,000	2003
91	Lithuania	230,800,000	FY01
92	Cameroon	230,200,000	2005
93	Kazakhstan	221,800,000	FY02
94	Eritrea	220,100,000	2005
95	Macedonia	200,000,000	NA
96	Uzbekistan	200,000,000	NA
97	Uganda	192,800,000	2005
98	Dominican Republic	180,000,000	FY98
99	Guatemala	169,800,000	2005
100	El Salvador	161,700,000	2005
101	Armenia	160,000,000	2006
102	Estonia	155,000,000	2002 est.
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	FY01
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	Albania	56,500,000	FY02
129	Rwanda	53,660,000	2005
130	Paraguay	53,100,000	2003
131	Maldives	45,070,000	2005
132	Niger	44,780,000	2005
133	Malta	44,640,000	2005
134	Burundi	43,900,000	2005
135	Swaziland	41,600,000	2005
136	Lesotho	41,100,000	2005
137	Burma	39,000,000	NA
138	Fiji	36,000,000	2004
139	Tajikistan	35,400,000	FY01
140	Nicaragua	32,270,000	2005
141	Jamaica	31,170,000	2003
142	Togo	29,980,000	2005
143	Djibouti	29,050,000	2005
144	Haiti	25,960,000	2003
145	Mongolia	23,100,000	FY02
146	Georgia	23,000,000	NA
147	Somalia	22,340,000	2005
148	Tanzania	21,200,000	2005
149	Mauritania	19,320,000	2005
150	Kyrgyzstan	19,200,000	FY01
151	Belize	19,000,000	2005
152	Papua New Guinea	16,900,000	2003
153	Central African Republic	16,370,000	2005
154	Malawi	15,810,000	2005
155	Seychelles	14,850,000	2005
156	Sierra Leone	14,250,000	2005
157	Comoros	12,870,000	2005
158	Mauritius	12,040,000	2005
159	Laos	11,040,000	2005
160	Guinea-Bissau	9,455,000	2005
161	Moldova	8,700,000	2004
162	Bhutan	8,281,000	2005
163	Suriname	7,494,000	2005
164	Cape Verde	7,178,000	2005
165	Guyana	6,479,000	2003
166	East Timor	4,400,000	FY03
167	Bermuda	4,030,000	2001
168	Gambia, The	1,547,000	2004
169	San Marino	700,000	2005
170	São Tomé and Príncipe	581,700	2004

[edit] Supernational Military Forces

This is a list of named organizations which member-states are bound to. Spending figures may not be comparable between organizations as the source for numbers may differ dramatically.

Rank	Organization		Military expenditures (USD)	Date of information
1		NATO^[8]	849,875,309,000	2007
2		European Union	256,467,800,000	2005

[edit] Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Figures

This is a list of the fifteen countries with the highest defence budgets for the year 2005. The information is the most up-to-date from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute,^[9] which is used to calculate defense spending by the British Ministry of Defence and many other government ministries in the European Union. Total World spending amounted to $1.0 trillion in 2005, with about half of the total amount spent by the United States.

Rank	Country	Military expenditures, USD	Date of information
—	World Total	1,000,000,000,000	2005
1	United States	478,200,000,000	2005
2	United Kingdom	48,300,000,000	2005
3	France	46,200,000,000	2005
4	Japan	42,100,000,000	2005
5	People's Republic of China	41,000,000,000	2005 est.
6	Germany	33,200,000,000	2005
7	Italy	27,200,000,000	2005
8	Saudi Arabia	25,200,000,000	2005
9	Russia	21,000,000,000	2005 est.
10	India	20,400,000,000	2005
11	South Korea	16,400,000,000	2005
12	Canada	10,600,000,000	2005
13	Australia	10,500,000,000	2005
14	Spain	9,900,000,000	2005
15	Israel	9,600,000,000	2005

[edit] Notes

^ http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/Organisation/KeyFactsAboutDefence/DefenceSpending.htm
^ China's military budget is a controversial topic. See "China's military budget".
^ Russia intensifies efforts to rebuild its military machine
^ NATO-RUSSIA COMPENDIUM OF DATA
^ Polish Ministry of National Defense - 2007 Budget (PowerPoint)
^ (MoND Budget as of 2007)
^ Austrian Military Budget for 2006: 1,81 Billion Euros/ Exchangerate 1:1,29
^ Contents of the expenditures by country chart above as of April 3, 2007
^ Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Website - Open (PDF) table "The fifteen major spenders in 2005"

[edit] Reference

Military expenditures, The World Factbook, CIA

[edit] See also

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