Defence Economics - Defence Budget Analysis

Figures sourced from the SIPRI military expenditure database.

Rank		Country	Spending ($)[2]	% of GDP	Per capita ($)
0		a	0	0	0
—		World Total	1,546,529,200,000	2.2%
1		United States	687,105,000,000	4.7%	2,141
2		People's Republic of China	114,300,000,000	2.2%	74
3		France	61,285,000,000	2.5%	931
4		United Kingdom	57,424,000,000	2.7%	922
5		Russia	52,586,000,000	4.3%	430
6		Japan	51,420,000,000	1.0%	401
7		Germany	46,848,000,000	1.4%	558
8		Saudi Arabia	42,917,000,000	11.2%	1,524
9		Italy	38,198,000,000	1.8%	593
10		India	34,816,000,000	2.8%	30
11		Brazil	28,096,000,000	1.6%	142
12		South Korea	24,270,000,000	2.9%	493
13		Canada	20,164,000,000	1.5%	560
14		Australia	19,799,000,000	1.9%	893
15		Spain	15,803,000,000	1.1%	398
16		United Arab Emirates	15,749,000,000	7.3%	2,653
17		Turkey	15,634,000,000	2.7%	244
18		Israel	13,001,000,000	6.3%	1,882
19		Netherlands	11,604,000,000	1.5%	759
20		Greece	9,369,000,000	3.2%	1,230
21		Colombia	9,191,000,000	3.7%	198
22		Republic of China (Taiwan)	8,535,000,000	2.4%	380
23		Poland	8,380,000,000	1.8%	285
24		Singapore	7,651,000,000	4.3%	1,593
25		Iran	7,044,000,000b	1.8%b
26		Norway	6,322,000,000	1.6%	1,245
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%	525
31		Sweden	5,248,000,000	1.2%	657
32		Portugal	5,213,000,000	2.1%
33		Pakistan	5,160,000,000	2.8%	28
34		Mexico	4,859,000,000	0.5%	48
35		Iraq	4,663,000,000	5.4%
36		Denmark	4,588,000,000	1.4%	804
37		Switzerland	4,392,000,000	0.8%	526
38		Thailand	4,336,000,000	1.9%
39		Kuwait	4,411,000,000	4.4%	1,289
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%	78
44		Finland	3,718,000,000	1.5%	702
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%	65
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		Georgia	823,000,000 [3].	5.9%
74		Slovenia	788,000,000	1.6%
75		Bahrain	731,000,000	3.7%	911
76		Belarus	726,000,000	1.4%
77		Bulgaria	698,000,000	2.0%
78		Kenya	594,000,000	2.0%
79		Tunisia	548,000,000	1.3%
80		Cyprus	510,000,000	1.8%
81		Uruguay	491,000,000	1.6%
82		Eritrea	469,000,000d	20.9%d
84		Lithuania	427,000,000	1.4%
85		Armenia	404,000,000	4.2%
86		Cameroon	368,000,000	1.6%
87		Côte d'Ivoire	353,000,000b	1.5%
88		Botswana	352,000,000	3.0%
89		Ethiopia	338,000,000	1.0%
90		Estonia	336,000,000	2.3%
91		Namibia	329,000,000	3.7%
92		Brunei	327,000,000	3.1%	866
93		Dominican Republic	322,000,000	0.7%
94		Bolivia	314,000,000	2.0%
95		Luxembourg	301,000,000a	0.6%	809
96		Uganda	276,000,000	1.8%
97		Latvia	268,000,000	1.4%
98		Afghanistan	250,000,000j	1.8%
99		Zambia	243,000,000	1.7%
100		Chad	242,000,000	6.2%
101		Honduras	235,000,000	1.5%
102		Turkmenistan	233,000,000e	2.9%e
103		Bosnia and Herzegovina	232,000,000	1.3%
104		Tanzania	217,000,000j	1.1%
105		Senegal	207,000,000	1.6%
106		Nepal	207,000,000	2.0%
107		Albania	201,000,000	2.1%
108		Cambodia	191,000,000j	1.1%
109		Mali	183,000,000	1.9%
110		Kyrgyzstan	167,000,000j	3.6%
111		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	163,000,000	1.0%
112		Guatemala	161,000,000	0.4%
113		Panama	146,000,000e	1.0%e
114		Paraguay	146,000,000	0.9%
115		Republic of Macedonia	145,000,000	1.7%
116		Burkina Faso	140,000,000	1.2%
117		Congo, Republic of the	133,000,000	1.1%b
118		El Salvador	133,000,000	0.7%
119		Ghana	115,000,000	0.7%
120		Mauritania	115,000,000j	3.8%
121		Swaziland	102,000,000	3.1%
122		Guinea	99,900,000f	2.2%f
123		Jamaica	95,200,000	0.9%
124		Zimbabwe	93,800,000	1.9%c
125		Mozambique	86,300,000	0.9%
126		Rwanda	77,200,000	1.4%
127		Uzbekistan	70,100,000d	0.5%d
128		Benin	65,600,000b	1.0%b
129		Malta	58,800,000	0.7%
130		Madagascar	55,700,000	0.8%
131		Tajikistan	55,400,000f	2.2%f
132		Togo	55,100,000b	1.7%b
133		Central African Republic	52,900,000	1.8%
134		Fiji	50,200,000j	1.7%
135		Niger	49,200,000	0.5%b
136		Malawi	48,600,000a	1.2%a
137		Mongolia	47,400,000	1.0%
138		Burundi	46,900,000b	3.8%
139		Lesotho	45,600,000j	2.8%j
140		Nicaragua	44,100,000	0.7%
141		Sierra Leone	42,900,000b	2.4%
142		Papua New Guinea	39,100,000	0.5%
143		Djibouti	36,900,000b	3.7%b
144		Moldova	19,000,000	0.5%
145		Laos	18,400,000j	0.3%
146		Guinea-Bissau	15,700,000g	2.1% g
147		Belize	14,900,000	1.2%
148		Mauritius	14,000,000b	0.2%b
149		Iceland	9,900,000j	0.1%
150		Cape Verde	8,800,000	0.5%
151		Guyana	8,100,000h	0.8%h
152		Liberia	7,200,000j	0.8%
153		Seychelles	6,600,000	1.2%
154		Gambia, The	4,600,000a	0.6%a

References

^ SIPRI Yearbook 2011 - 15 countries with the highest military expenditure in 2010

^ SIPRI military expenditure database

^ http://mod.gov.ge/files/lgrrphxjrgeng.pdf

^ http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2792.htm

References

1. ^ SIPRI Yearbook 2011 - 15 countries with the highest military expenditure in 2010
2. ^ SIPRI military expenditure database
3. ^ http://mod.gov.ge/files/lgrrphxjrgeng.pdf
4. ^ http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2792.htm