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)