This is a list of countries by military expenditure share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the top 15 countries by percentage share in recent years—the amount spent by a nation on its military as a share of its GDP.
The second list presents this as a share of the general government expenditure. The first list is sourced from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute for the year 2017 and from Military Balance 2017 published by International Institute for Strategic Studies for the year 2016. The second list is sourced only from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute for the year 2017.
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| List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI Military Expenditure Database[1] |
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| Rank | Country | % of spending |
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| 1 |  Sudan
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30.9 |
| 2 |  Saudi Arabia
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30.4 |
| 3 |  Oman
|
26.3 |
| 4 |  Belarus
|
25.3 |
| 5 |  Congo
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17.9 |
| 6 |  Singapore
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17.2 |
| 7 |  Pakistan
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16.7 |
| 8 |  Algeria
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16.1 |
| 9 |  Iran
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15.8 |
| 9 |  Jordan
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15.8 |
| 11 |  Lebanon
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15.6 |
| 12 |  Armenia
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15.5 |
| 12 |  Chad
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13.8 |
| 14 |  Mali
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12.7 |
| 15 |  Myanmar
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12.4 |
| 15 |  South Korea
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12.1 |
See also[]
- Military budget
- List of countries by military expenditures
- List of countries by past military expenditure
References[]
- ↑ "SIPRI Military Expenditure Database | SIPRI" (in en). https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2017. Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated, 2017. 2017. pp. 19. ISBN 9781857439007.
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