List of countries by military expenditures
This article contains a list of countries by military expenditure in a given year. Military expenditure figures are presented in United States dollars based on either constant or current exchange rates.[1] These results can vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the exchange rates of each country's currency. Such fluctuations may change a country's ranking from one year to the next.
Contents
Total military spending
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) 2018 fact sheet
The first list is based on the SIPRI fact sheet which includes a list of the world's top 15 military spenders in 2017, based on current market exchange rates.[1]
The second list is based on the 2019 edition of "The Military Balance" published by the (IISS) using average market exchange rates.[2]
List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 2018 Fact Sheet (for 2017)[1] SIPRI Military Expenditure Database[3] |
List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies Top 15 Defence Budgets 2018[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Spending by GDP
This first list is a list of countries by military expenditure share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the top 15 countries by percentage share in recent years—the amount spent by a nation on its military as a share of its GDP.
The second list presents this as a share of the general government expenditure. The first list is sourced from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute for the year 2017 and from Military Balance 2017 published by International Institute for Strategic Studies for the year 2016. The second list is sourced only from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute for the year 2017.
List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI Military Expenditure Database[6] |
List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies The Military Balance 2017, (for 2016)[7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | Country | % of spending |
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1 | Sudan | 30.9 |
2 | Saudi Arabia | 30.4 |
3 | Oman | 26.3 |
4 | Belarus | 25.3 |
5 | Congo | 17.9 |
6 | Singapore | 17.2 |
7 | Pakistan | 16.7 |
8 | Algeria | 16.1 |
9 | Iran | 15.8 |
9 | Jordan | 15.8 |
11 | Lebanon | 15.6 |
12 | Armenia | 15.5 |
12 | Chad | 13.8 |
14 | Mali | 12.7 |
15 | Myanmar | 12.4 |
15 | South Korea | 12.1 |
Notes
See also
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- Arms industry
- Military budget
- List of countries by past military expenditure
- List of countries by military expenditure per capita
- List of countries by Global Militarization Index
- Military budget of the United States
References
- ^ a b c Tian, Nan; Fleurant, Aude; Kuimova, Alexandra; Wezeman, Pieter D.; Wezeman, Siemon T. (May 2018). "Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2017" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies (15 February 2019). The Military Balance 2019. London: Routledge. ISBN 1857437667.
- ^ "Data for all countries from 1988–2017 in constant (2016) USD (pdf)" (PDF). SIPRI. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "IISS Military Balance 2019".
- ^ 2017 data from: "Military expenditure (% of GDP). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ( SIPRI ), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security". World Bank. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- ^ "SIPRI Military Expenditure Database | SIPRI". www.sipri.org. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
- ^ The Military Balance 2017. Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated, 2017. 2017. p. 19. ISBN 9781857439007.
External links
- SIPRI military expenditure database (sipri.org)