List of countries by military expenditures

Military spending

This article is a list of countries by military expenditure, the amount spent on defence by a nation in a given year. Military expenditure figures are presented in US$ at either constant or current exchange rates, the results can vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the exchange rates of the country's currency. Such fluctuations may change a country's ranking from one year to the next. Currently, the worlds five largest military spenders (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) are recognised to be world powers with each being a veto-wielding permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

The first list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Yearbook 2011 which includes a list on the world's top 15 military spenders in 2010 at current market exchange rates. The second list is based on the SIPRI military expenditure database for the year 2010 (in constant 2009 US$).

SIPRI Yearbook 2011 - world's top 15 military spenders

The world's top 7 military spenders in 2010. Figures sourced from the SIPRI Yearbook 2011.

Rank	Country	Spending ($ Bn.)	% of GDP	World Share (%)
—	World Total	1 630	2.6	100
1	United States	698	4.8	43
2	China	119	2.1	7.3
3	United Kingdom	59.6	2.7	3.7
4	France	59.3	2.3	3.6
5	Russia	58.7	4.0	3.5
6	Japan	54.5	1.0	3.3
7	Saudi Arabia	45.2	10.4	2.8
8	Germany	45.2	1.3	2.8
9	India	41.3	2.7	2.5
10	Italy	37.0	1.8	2.3
11	Brazil	33.5	1.6	2.1
12	South Korea	27.6	2.8	1.7
13	Australia	24.0	2.0	1.5
14	Canada	22.8	1.5	1.4
15	Turkey	17.5	2.4	1.1

^ SIPRI estimate

^ The figures for Saudi Arabia include expenditure for public order and safety and might be slight overestimates.

SIPRI military expenditure database

The world's top 7 military spenders in 2010. Figures sourced from the SIPRI military expenditure database.

Military spending as percentage of GDP

Rank		Country	Spending ($)	% of GDP	Per capita ($)
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	7,044,000,000	1.8%	89
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%	410
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	1,991,000,000	3.4%
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	1,222,000,000	3.9%
68		Bangladesh	1,137,000,000	1.0%
69		Libya	1,100,000,000	1.2%
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%	911
75		Belarus	726,000,000	1.4%
76		Bulgaria	698,000,000	2.0%
77		Kenya	594,000,000	2.0%
78		Tunisia	548,000,000	1.3%
79		Cyprus	510,000,000	1.8%
80		Uruguay	491,000,000	1.6%
81		Eritrea	469,000,000	20.9%
82		Georgia	452,000,000	5.6%	151
83		Lithuania	427,000,000	1.4%
84		Armenia	404,000,000	4.2%
85		Cameroon	368,000,000	1.6%
86		Côte d'Ivoire	353,000,000	1.5%
87		Botswana	352,000,000	3.0%
88		Ethiopia	338,000,000	1.0%
89		Estonia	336,000,000	2.3%
90		Namibia	329,000,000	3.7%
91		Brunei	327,000,000	3.1%	866
92		Dominican Republic	322,000,000	0.7%
93		Bolivia	314,000,000	2.0%
94		Luxembourg	301,000,000	0.6%	809
95		Uganda	276,000,000	1.8%
96		Latvia	268,000,000	1.4%
97		Afghanistan	250,000,000	1.8%
98		Zambia	243,000,000	1.7%
99		Chad	242,000,000	6.2%
100		Honduras	235,000,000	1.5%
101		Turkmenistan	233,000,000	2.9%
102		Bosnia and Herzegovina	232,000,000	1.3%
103		Tanzania	217,000,000	1.1%
104		Senegal	207,000,000	1.6%
104		Nepal	207,000,000	2.0%
106		Albania	201,000,000	2.1%
107		Cambodia	191,000,000	1.1%
108		Mali	183,000,000	1.9%
109		Kyrgyzstan	167,000,000	3.6%
110		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	163,000,000	1.0%
111		Guatemala	161,000,000	0.4%
112		Panama	146,000,000	1.0%
112		Paraguay	146,000,000	0.9%
114		Republic of Macedonia	145,000,000	1.7%
115		Burkina Faso	140,000,000	1.2%
116		Congo, Republic of the	133,000,000	1.1%
116		El Salvador	133,000,000	0.7%
118		Ghana	115,000,000	0.7%
118		Mauritania	115,000,000	3.8%
120		Swaziland	102,000,000	3.1%
121		Guinea	99,900,000	2.2%
122		Jamaica	95,200,000	0.9%
123		Zimbabwe	93,800,000	1.9%
124		Mozambique	86,300,000	0.9%
125		Rwanda	77,200,000	1.4%
126		Uzbekistan	70,100,000	0.5%
127		Benin	65,600,000	1.0%
128		Malta	58,800,000	0.7%
129		Madagascar	55,700,000	0.8%
130		Tajikistan	55,400,000	2.2%
131		Togo	55,100,000	1.7%
132		Central African Republic	52,900,000	1.8%
133		Fiji	50,200,000	1.7%
134		Niger	49,200,000	0.5%
135		Malawi	48,600,000	1.2%
136		Mongolia	47,400,000	1.0%
137		Burundi	46,900,000	3.8%
138		Lesotho	45,600,000	2.8%
139		Nicaragua	44,100,000	0.7%
140		Sierra Leone	42,900,000	2.4%
141		Papua New Guinea	39,100,000	0.5%
142		Djibouti	36,900,000	3.7%
143		Moldova	19,000,000	0.5%
144		Laos	18,400,000	0.3%
145		Guinea-Bissau	15,700,000	2.1%
146		Belize	14,900,000	1.2%
147		Mauritius	14,000,000	0.2%
148		Iceland	9,900,000	0.1%
149		Cape Verde	8,800,000	0.5%
150		Guyana	8,100,000	0.8%
151		Liberia	7,200,000	0.8%
152		Seychelles	6,600,000	1.2%
153		Gambia, The	4,600,000	0.6%
999		zz	9e50	999

See also

• Military budget
• Arms industry
• Military budget of the United States
• Military of the European Union
• List of countries by number of troops
• Number of warships in service worldwide
• List of countries by level of military equipment
• List of countries without armed forces
• List of countries by Global Militarization Index

Footnotes

Notes

^ 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.

^ Not updated since 2009.

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