Defence Budget By Country and GDP 2010

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – Military Spending by country and GDP. Note*** These are 2010 figures and some countries have experienced regime change and radical shifts in systems of government. Tawanda Kanhema

Rank		Country	Military expenditure, 2010[2]	% of GDP, 2009
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		Switzerland	4,392,000,000	0.8%
38		Thailand	4,336,000,000	1.9%
39		Kuwait	4,411,000,000	4.4%
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	3,446,000,000	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	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	469,000,000d	20.9%d
82		Georgia	452,000,000	5.6%
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	353,000,000b	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%
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		Zambia	243,000,000	1.7%
99		Chad	242,000,000	6.2%
100		Honduras	235,000,000	1.5%
101		Turkmenistan	233,000,000e	2.9%e
102		Bosnia and Herzegovina	232,000,000	1.3%
103		Tanzania	217,000,000j	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	191,000,000j	1.1%
108		Mali	183,000,000	1.9%
109		Kyrgyzstan	167,000,000j	3.6%
110		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	163,000,000	1.0%
111		Guatemala	161,000,000	0.4%
112		Panama	146,000,000e	1.0%e
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%b
116		El Salvador	133,000,000	0.7%
118		Ghana	115,000,000	0.7%
118		Mauritania	115,000,000j	3.8%
120		Swaziland	102,000,000	3.1%
121		Guinea	99,900,000f	2.2%f
122		Jamaica	95,200,000	0.9%
123		Zimbabwe	93,800,000	1.9%c
124		Mozambique	86,300,000	0.9%
125		Rwanda	77,200,000	1.4%
126		Uzbekistan	70,100,000d	0.5%d
127		Benin	65,600,000b	1.0%b
128		Malta	58,800,000	0.7%
129		Madagascar	55,700,000	0.8%
130		Tajikistan	55,400,000f	2.2%f
131		Togo	55,100,000b	1.7%b
132		Central African Republic	52,900,000	1.8%
133		Fiji	50,200,000j	1.7%
134		Niger	49,200,000	0.5%b
135		Malawi	48,600,000a	1.2%a
136		Mongolia	47,400,000	1.0%
137		Burundi	46,900,000b	3.8%
138		Lesotho	45,600,000j	2.8%j
139		Nicaragua	44,100,000	0.7%
140		Sierra Leone	42,900,000b	2.4%
141		Papua New Guinea	39,100,000	0.5%
142		Djibouti	36,900,000b	3.7%b
143		Moldova	19,000,000	0.5%
144		Laos	18,400,000j	0.3%
145		Guinea-Bissau	15,700,000g	2.1%g
146		Belize	14,900,000	1.2%
147		Mauritius	14,000,000b	0.2%b
148		Iceland	9,900,000j	0.1%
149		Cape Verde	8,800,000	0.5%
150		Guyana	8,100,000h	0.8%h
151		Liberia	7,200,000j	0.8%
152		Seychelles	6,600,000	1.2%
153		Gambia, The	4,600,000a	0.6%a
154		North Korea	Not reported