This is a list of countries by military expenditures. The first list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) database which calculates military expenditures in 2009 (in constant 2008 US$). It also includes military expenditures as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008. The second list is based on the SIPRI Yearbook 2010 which includes a list on the world's top 15 military spenders in 2009 at current exchange rates.
SIPRI Military Expenditure Database[]
This list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database which calculates military expenditure data for 2009 (in constant 2008 US$ m). It also includes military expenditure data as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008.[1]
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| The worlds top 5 largest military budgets in 2009. Figures sourced from SIPRI. |
Military spending
| Rank | Country | Military expenditure, 2009[2] | % of GDP, 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
United States | 663,255,000,000 | 4.3% |
| 2 |  |
China | 98,800,000,000 | 2.0% |
| 3 |  |
United Kingdom | 69,271,000,000 | 2.5% |
| 4 |  |
France | 67,316,000,000 | 2.3% |
| 5 |  |
Russian Federation | 61,000,000,000 | 3.5% |
| 6 |  |
Germany | 48,022,000,000 | 1.3% |
| 7 |  |
Japan | 46,859,000,000 | 0.9% |
| 8 |  |
Saudi Arabia | 39,257,000,000 | 8.2% |
| 9 |  |
Italy | 37,427,000,000 | 1.7% |
| 10 |  |
India | 36,600,000,000 | 2.6% |
| 11 |  |
South Korea | 27,130,000,000 | 2.8% |
| 12 |  |
Brazil | 27,124,000,000 | 1.5% |
| 13 |  |
Canada | 20,564,000,000 | 1.3% |
| 14 |  |
Australia | 20,109,000,000 | 1.8% |
| 15 |  |
Spain | 19,409,000,000 | 1.2% |
| 16 |  |
Turkey | 19,009,000,000 | 2.2% |
| 17 |  |
Israel | 14,309,000,000 | 7.0% |
| 18 |  |
Greece | 13,917,000,000 | 3.6% |
| 19 |  |
United Arab Emirates | 13,052,000,000a | 5.9%a |
| 20 |  |
Netherlands | 12,642,000,000 | 1.4% |
| 21 |  |
Poland | 10,860,000,000 | 2.0% |
| 22 |  |
Colombia | 10,055,000,000 | 3.7% |
| 23 |  |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | 9,866,000,000 | 2.1% |
| 24 |  |
Iran | 9,174,000,000b | 2.7% |
| 25 |  |
Singapore | 7,966,000,000 | 4.1% |
| 26 |  |
Sweden | 6,135,000,000 | 1.3% |
| 27 |  |
Norway | 6,098,000,000 | 1.3% |
| 28 |  |
Chile | 5,683,000,000 | 3.5% |
| 29 |  |
Algeria | 5,677,000,000 | 3.0% |
| 30 |  |
Belgium | 5,674,000,000 | 1.2% |
| 31 |  |
Mexico | 5,490,000,000 | 0.5% |
| 32 |  |
Indonesia | 4,908,000,000 | 1.0% |
| 33 |  |
Thailand | 4,908,000,000 | 1.5% |
| 34 |  |
Portugal | 4,884,000,000 | 2.0% |
| 35 |  |
Pakistan | 4,823,000,000 | 2.6% |
| 36 |  |
Kuwait | 4,589,000,000 | 3.2% |
| 37 |  |
Denmark | 4,476,000,000 | 1.4% |
| 38 |  |
Ukraine | 4,258,000,000 | 2.7% |
| 39 |  |
Switzerland | 4,141,000,000 | 0.8% |
| 40 |  |
Malaysia | 4,078,000,000 | 2.0% |
| 41 |  |
Oman | 4,003,000,000 | 7.7% |
| 42 |  |
South Africa | 3,926,000,000 | 1.3% |
| 43 |  |
Iraq | 3,814,000,000 | 5.4% |
| 44 |  |
Finland | 3,768,000,000 | 1.3% |
| 45 |  |
Egypt | 3,665,000,000 | 2.3% |
| 46 |  |
Austria | 3,650,000,000 | 0.9% |
| 47 |  |
Venezuela | 3,254,000,000 | 1.4% |
| 48 |  |
Czech Republic | 3,246,000,000 | 1.3% |
| 49 |  |
Morocco | 3,143,000,000 | 3.4% |
| 50 |  |
Angola | 2,893,000,000 | 3.0% |
| 51 |  |
Romania | 2,616,000,000 | 1.5% |
| 52 |  |
Argentina | 2,608,000,000 | 0.8% |
| 53 |  |
Vietnam | 2,073,000,000 | 2.4% |
| 54 |  |
Sudan | 1,971,000,000c | 4.4%c |
| 55 |  |
Hungary | 1,900,000,000 | 1.2% |
| 56 |  |
Syria | 1,883,000,000 | 3.4% |
| 57 |  |
Nigeria | 1,681,000,000 | 0.8% |
| 58 |  |
Ireland | 1,581,000,000 | 0.6% |
| 59 |  |
Kazakhstan | 1,540,000,000 | 1.2% |
| 60 |  |
Sri Lanka | 1,525,000,000 | 3.6% |
| 61 |  |
Peru | 1,502,000,000 | 1.1% |
| 62 |  |
New Zealand | 1,447,000,000 | 1.1% |
| 63 |  |
Azerbaijan | 1,434,000,000 | 3.8% |
| 64 |  |
Philippines | 1,424,000,000 | 0.8% |
| 65 |  |
Lebanon | 1,408,000,000 | 3.9% |
| 66 |  |
Jordan | 1,392,000,000 | 5.9% |
| 67 |  |
Slovakia | 1,316,000,000 | 1.5% |
| 68 |  |
Yemen | 1,196,000,000 | 4.2% |
| 69 |  |
Croatia | 1,191,000,000 | 1.9% |
| 70 |  |
Bulgaria | 1,127,000,000 | 2.4% |
| 71 |  |
Libya | 1,100,000,000b | 1.0% |
| 72 |  |
Serbia | 1,070,000,000 | 2.4% |
| 73 |  |
Belarus | 1,036,000,000 | 1.5% |
| 74 |  |
Bangladesh | 938,000,000 | 1.0% |
| 75 |  |
Slovenia | 888,000,000 | 1.5% |
| 76 |  |
Bahrain | 721,000,000 | 3.0% |
| 77 |  |
Latvia | 692,000,000 | 1.9% |
| 78 |  |
Georgia | 665,000,000 | 8.5% |
| 79 |  |
Lithuania | 648,000,000 | 1.5% |
| 80 |  |
Tunisia | 571,000,000 | 1.3% |
| 81 |  |
Cyprus | 550,000,000 | 1.8% |
| 82 |  |
Kenya | 518,000,000 | 1.9% |
| 83 |  |
Uruguay | 496,000,000 | 1.3% |
| 84 |  |
Estonia | 460,000,000 | 2.2% |
| 85 |  |
Ethiopia | 422,000,000 | 1.4% |
| 86 |  |
Chad | 412,000,000 | 6.6% |
| 87 |  |
Luxembourg | 406,000,000a | 0.7% |
| 88 |  |
Armenia | 405,000,000 | 3.3% |
| 89 |  |
Côte d'Ivoire | 369,000,000b | 1.5% |
| 90 |  |
Botswana | 353,000,000 | 2.7% |
| 91 |  |
Cameroon | 352,000,000 | 1.5% |
| 92 |  |
Uganda | 341,000,000 | 2.3% |
| 93 |  |
Brunei | 336,000,000 | 3.9% |
| 94 |  |
Eritrea | 327,000,000d | 20.9%d |
| 95 |  |
Namibia | 283,000,000 | 3.5% |
| 96 |  |
Albania | 276,000,000 | 2.0% |
| 97 |  |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 276,000,000 | 1.4% |
| 98 |  |
Afghanistan | 272,000,000 | 1.9% |
| 99 |  |
Dominican Republic | 272,000,000 | 0.6% |
| 100 |  |
Bolivia | 268,000,000 | 1.5% |
| 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 |  |
Cape Verde | 8,800,000 | 0.5% |
| 148 |  |
Guyana | 7,900,000h | 0.8%h |
| 149 |  |
Liberia | 7,100,000 | 0.6% |
| 150 |  |
Seychelles | 6,600,000 | 1.3% |
| 151 |  |
Gambia, The | 5,300,000a | 0.5%a |
| 152 |  |
Zimbabwe | Not reported | 1.9%c |
- ^ 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.
SIPRI Yearbook 2010[]
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| The worlds top 5 largest military budgets in graph. (also permanent members of the United Nations Security Council) Figures sourced from SIPRI. |
The follow is a table of the top 15 countries with the highest military expenditure for 2009 published in the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Yearbook 2010 using current market exchange rates in current (2009) US dollars.[3]
| Rank | Country | 2009 Spending ($ b.) | Share of 2008 GDP (%) | World Share (%) |
| — | World Total | 1531 | 2.7 | 100 |
| 1 | United States |
661 | 4.3 | 43 |
| 2 | China |
100a | 2.0a | 6.6a |
| 3 | France |
63.9 | 2.3 | 4.2 |
| 4 | United Kingdom |
58.3 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| 5 | Russia |
53.3a | 3.5a | 3.5a |
| 6 | Japan |
51.0 | 0.9 | 3.3 |
| 7 | Germany |
45.6 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabiab |
41.3 | 8.2 | 2.7 |
| 9 | India |
36.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 10 | Italy |
35.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| 11 | Brazil |
26.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 12 | South Korea |
24.1 | 2.8 | 1.6 |
| 13 | Canada |
19.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 14 | Australia |
19.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 15 | Spain |
18.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
- ^ SIPRI estimate
- ^ The figures for Saudi Arabia include expenditure for public order and safety and might be slight
overestimates.
See also[]
- List of countries by military expenditures per capita
- List of countries by number of troops
- List of countries without armed forces
References[]
- ↑ The SIPRI Military Expenditure Database
- ↑ at constant prices and exchange rates (2008 US$)
- ↑ The 15 countries with the highest military expenditure in 2009
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