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Field Listing :: Military expenditures

This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). For countries with no military forces, this figure can include expenditures on public security and police.
Country Comparison to the World

Country	Military expenditures(% of GDP)


Afghanistan	1.9% of GDP (2009)


Albania	1.49% of GDP (2005 est.)


Algeria	3.3% of GDP (2006)


Angola	3.6% of GDP (2009)


Antigua and Barbuda	0.5% of GDP (2009)


Argentina	0.8% of GDP (2009)


Armenia	2.8% of GDP (2010)


Australia	3% of GDP (2009)


Austria	0.8% of GDP (2009)


Azerbaijan	2.6% of GDP (2005 est.)


Bahamas, The	0.7% of GDP (2009)


Bahrain	4.5% of GDP (2006)


Bangladesh	1.3% of GDP (2009)


Barbados	0.8% of GDP (2009)


Belarus	1.4% of GDP (2005 est.)


Belgium	1.3% of GDP (2005 est.)


Belize	1.4% of GDP (2009)


Benin	1% of GDP (2009)


Bermuda	0.11% of GDP (2005 est.)


Bhutan	1% of GDP (2005 est.)


Bolivia	1.3% of GDP (2009)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.4% of GDP (2005 est.)


Botswana	3.3% of GDP (2006)


Brazil	1.7% of GDP (2009)


Brunei	4.5% of GDP (2006)


Bulgaria	2.6% of GDP (2005 est.)


Burkina Faso	1.2% of GDP (2006)


Burma	2.1% of GDP (2005 est.)


Burundi	5.9% of GDP (2006 est.)


Cambodia	3% of GDP (2005 est.)


Cameroon	1.3% of GDP (2009)


Canada	1.1% of GDP (2005 est.)


Cape Verde	0.5% of GDP (2009)


Central African Republic	0.9% of GDP (2009)


Chad	1.7% of GDP (2009)


Chile	2.7% of GDP (2006)


China	4.3% of GDP (2006)


Colombia	3.4% of GDP (2005 est.)


Comoros	2.8% of GDP (2006)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2.5% of GDP (2006)


Congo, Republic of the	0.9% of GDP (2009)


Costa Rica	0.6% of GDP note: includes public security and police expenditures (2009)


Cote d'Ivoire	1.5% of GDP (2009)


Croatia	2.39% of GDP (2005 est.)


Cuba	3.8% of GDP (2006 est.)


Cyprus	3.8% of GDP (2005 est.) (U)


Czech Republic	1.15% of GDP (2007 est.)


Denmark	1.3% of GDP (2007 est.)


Djibouti	3.8% of GDP (2006)


Dominica	NA


Dominican Republic	0.7% of GDP (2009)


Ecuador	0.9% of GDP (2009)


Egypt	3.4% of GDP (2005 est.)


El Salvador	0.6% of GDP (2009)


Equatorial Guinea	0.1% of GDP (2009)


Eritrea	6.3% of GDP (2006 est.)


Estonia	2% of GDP (2005 est.)


Ethiopia	1.2% of GDP (2009)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA


Faroe Islands	NA


Fiji	1.9% of GDP (2009)


Finland	2% of GDP (2005 est.)


France	2.6% of GDP (2005 est.)


Gabon	0.9% of GDP (2009)


Gambia, The	0.9% of GDP (2009)


Gaza Strip	NA


Georgia	1.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Germany	1.5% of GDP (2005 est.)


Ghana	1.7% of GDP (2009)


Greece	4.3% of GDP (2005 est.)


Grenada	NA


Guatemala	0.4% of GDP (2009)


Guinea	1.1% of GDP (2009)


Guinea-Bissau	3.1% of GDP (2005 est.)


Guyana	1.8% of GDP (2006)


Haiti	0.4% of GDP (2006)


Honduras	0.6% of GDP (2006 est.)


Hong Kong	NA


Hungary	1.75% of GDP (2005 est.)


Iceland	0% of GDP (2005 est.)


India	2.5% of GDP (2006)


Indonesia	3% of GDP (2005 est.)


Iran	2.5% of GDP (2006)


Iraq	8.6% of GDP (2006)


Ireland	0.9% of GDP (2005 est.)


Israel	7.3% of GDP (2006)


Italy	1.8% of GDP (2005 est.)


Jamaica	0.6% of GDP (2006 est.)


Japan	0.8% of GDP (2006)


Jordan	8.6% of GDP (2006)


Kazakhstan	1.1% of GDP (2010)


Kenya	2.8% of GDP (2006)


Kiribati	NA


Korea, North	NA


Korea, South	2.7% of GDP (2006)


Kuwait	5.3% of GDP (2006)


Kyrgyzstan	0.5% of GDP (2009)


Laos	0.5% of GDP (2006)


Latvia	1.1% of GDP (2005 est.)


Lebanon	3.1% of GDP (2005 est.)


Lesotho	2.6% of GDP (2006)


Liberia	1.3% of GDP (2006 est.)


Libya	3.9% of GDP (2005 est.)


Lithuania	0.9% of GDP (2007 est.)


Luxembourg	0.9% of GDP (2005 est.)


Macedonia	6% of GDP (2005 est.)


Madagascar	1% of GDP (2006)


Malawi	1.3% of GDP (2006)


Malaysia	2.03% of GDP (2005 est.)


Maldives	5.5% of GDP (2005 est.)


Mali	1.9% of GDP (2006)


Malta	0.7% of GDP (2006 est.)


Marshall Islands	NA


Mauritania	5.5% of GDP (2006)


Mauritius	0.3% of GDP (2006 est.)


Mexico	0.5% of GDP (2006 est.)


Moldova	0.4% of GDP (2005 est.)


Mongolia	1.4% of GDP (2006)


Morocco	5% of GDP (2003 est.)


Mozambique	0.8% of GDP (2006)


Namibia	3.7% of GDP (2006)


Nauru	NA


Nepal	1.6% of GDP (2006)


Netherlands	1.6% of GDP (2005 est.)


New Caledonia	NA


New Zealand	1% of GDP (2005 est.)


Nicaragua	0.6% of GDP (2006)


Niger	1.3% of GDP (2006)


Nigeria	1.5% of GDP (2006)


Norway	1.9% of GDP (2005 est.)


Oman	11.4% of GDP (2005 est.)


Pakistan	3% of GDP (2007 est.)


Palau	NA


Panama	1% of GDP (2006)


Papua New Guinea	1.4% of GDP (2005 est.)


Paraguay	1% of GDP (2006 est.)


Peru	1.5% of GDP (2006)


Philippines	0.9% of GDP (2005 est.)


Poland	1.9% of GDP (2005 est.)


Portugal	2.3% of GDP (2005 est.)


Qatar	10% of GDP (2005 est.)


Romania	1.9% of GDP (2007 est.)


Russia	3.9% of GDP (2005)


Rwanda	2.9% of GDP (2006 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA


Saint Lucia	NA


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA


Samoa	NA


San Marino	NA


Sao Tome and Principe	0.8% of GDP (2006)


Saudi Arabia	10% of GDP (2005 est.)


Senegal	1.4% of GDP (2005 est.)


Seychelles	2% of GDP (2006 est.)


Sierra Leone	2.3% of GDP (2006)


Singapore	4.9% of GDP (2005 est.)


Slovakia	1.08% of GDP (2005 est.)


Slovenia	1.7% of GDP (2005 est.)


Solomon Islands	3% of GDP (2006)


Somalia	0.9% of GDP (2005 est.)


South Africa	1.7% of GDP (2006)


Spain	1.2% of GDP (2005 est.)


Sri Lanka	2.6% of GDP (2006)


Sudan	3% of GDP (2005 est.)


Suriname	0.6% of GDP (2006 est.)


Swaziland	4.7% of GDP (2006)


Sweden	1.5% of GDP (2005 est.)


Switzerland	1% of GDP (2005 est.)


Syria	5.9% of GDP (2005 est.)


Taiwan	2.2% of GDP; note - in 2009, the Taiwanese president pledged to maintain defense spending at 3.0% or higher; projected 2.73% for 2011 (2009)


Tajikistan	1.5% of GDP (2010)


Tanzania	0.2% of GDP (2005 est.)


Thailand	1.8% of GDP (2005 est.)


Timor-Leste	NA


Togo	1.6% of GDP (2005 est.)


Tonga	0.9% of GDP (2006 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	0.3% of GDP (2006)


Tunisia	1.4% of GDP (2006)


Turkey	5.3% of GDP (2005 est.)


Turkmenistan	3.4% of GDP (2005 est.)


Tuvalu	NA


Uganda	2.2% of GDP (2006)


Ukraine	1.4% of GDP (2005 est.)


United Arab Emirates	3.1% of GDP (2005 est.)


United Kingdom	2.7% of GDP (2005 est.)


United States	4.06% of GDP (2005 est.)


Uruguay	1.6% of GDP (2006)


Uzbekistan	3.5% of GDP (2010)


Vanuatu	NA


Venezuela	1.2% of GDP (2005 est.)


Vietnam	2.5% of GDP (2005 est.)


West Bank	NA


World	roughly 2% of GDP of gross world product (2005 est.)


Yemen	6.6% of GDP (2006)


Zambia	1.8% of GDP (2005 est.)


Zimbabwe	3.8% of GDP (2006)

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