SIPRI Military Expenditure Database
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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.[1]
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The world's top 5 largest military budgets in 2009. Figures sourced from SIPRI.
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Rank |
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Country |
Military expenditure, 2010[2] |
% 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 |
863,000,000 |
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
|
999 |
|
zz |
9e50 |
999
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- ^ 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.
- ^ No data available from SIPRI. Estimates from other sources claim about 25% of GDP, aprox. $6 Billion.[3]
- ^ Not updated since 2009.