List of countries by military expenditures

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.

Contents 1 SIPRI Military Expenditure Database 2 SIPRI Yearbook 2010 3 See also 4 References

[edit] 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$). It also includes military expenditure data as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008.^[1]

The worlds top 5 largest military budgets in 2009. Figures sourced from SIPRI.

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.

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[edit] SIPRI Yearbook 2010

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.

[edit] See also

Wikinews has related news: Global annual military spending tops $1.2 trillion

• List of countries by military expenditures per capita
• List of countries by number of troops
• List of countries without armed forces

[edit] References

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