CIA - The World Factbook -- Rank Order - Military expenditures

Rank Order - Military expenditures - percent of GDP

Home Reference Maps Appendixes Download Datafile

Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.

Rank	Country	Military expenditures - percent of GDP (%)	Date of Information
1	Jordan	14.60	2004
2	Eritrea	13.40	2004
3	Oman	11.40	2003
4	Angola	10.60	2004
5	Qatar	10.00	NA
6	Saudi Arabia	10.00	2002
7	Israel	8.70	FY02
8	Yemen	7.80	2003
9	Armenia	6.50	FY01
10	Bahrain	6.30	2004
11	Burundi	6.00	2004
12	Macedonia	6.00	NA
13	Syria	5.90	NA
14	Maldives	5.50	2004
15	Kuwait	5.30	2004
16	Turkey	5.30	2003
17	Brunei	5.10	2004
18	Morocco	5.00	2004
19	Pakistan	4.90	2004
20	Singapore	4.90	NA
21	Ethiopia	4.60	2004
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.50	NA
23	Djibouti	4.40	2004
24	China	4.30	2004
25	Greece	4.30	2003
26	Zimbabwe	4.30	2004
27	Botswana	3.90	2004
28	Libya	3.90	NA
29	Tajikistan	3.90	FY01
30	Chile	3.80	2004
31	Cyprus	3.80	NA
32	Colombia	3.40	FY01
33	Turkmenistan	3.40	NA
34	Egypt	3.40	2004
35	Iran	3.30	2003 est.
36	United States	3.30	February 2004
37	Algeria	3.20	2004
38	Rwanda	3.20	2004
39	United Arab Emirates	3.10	NA
40	Namibia	3.10	2004
41	Guinea-Bissau	3.10	2004
42	Lebanon	3.10	2004
43	Cambodia	3.00	NA
44	Sudan	3.00	2004
45	Comoros	3.00	2004
46	Indonesia	3.00	2004
47	India	2.93	2005/06
48	Congo, Republic of the	2.80	2004
49	Korea, South	2.80	2004
50	Australia	2.70	2004
51	Afghanistan	2.60	2004
52	Azerbaijan	2.60	NA
53	Taiwan	2.60	2004
54	France	2.60	2003
55	Sri Lanka	2.60	2004
56	Bulgaria	2.60	2003
57	Equatorial Guinea	2.50	2004
58	Vietnam	2.50	NA
59	Romania	2.47	2002
60	Benin	2.40	2004
61	United Kingdom	2.40	2003
62	Croatia	2.39	2002 est.
63	Lesotho	2.30	2004
64	Portugal	2.30	2003
65	Ecuador	2.20	2004
66	Fiji	2.20	FY02
67	Mozambique	2.20	2004
68	Mongolia	2.20	FY02
69	Uganda	2.20	2004
70	Burma	2.10	NA
71	Chad	2.10	2004
72	Malaysia	2.03	NA
73	Czech Republic	2.02	2004
74	Belize	2.00	2003
75	Finland	2.00	FY98/99
76	Gabon	2.00	2004
77	Estonia	2.00	2002 est.
78	Uruguay	2.00	2004
79	World	2.00	NA
80	Uzbekistan	2.00	NA
81	Lithuania	1.90	FY01
82	Norway	1.90	2003
83	Togo	1.90	2004
84	Slovakia	1.89	2002
85	Bangladesh	1.80	2004
86	Zambia	1.80	2004
87	Thailand	1.80	2003
88	Seychelles	1.80	2004
89	Italy	1.80	2004
90	Brazil	1.80	2004
91	Cuba	1.80	2003
92	Bhutan	1.80	2004
93	Hungary	1.75	2002 est.
94	Poland	1.71	2002
95	Guinea	1.70	2004
96	Sierra Leone	1.70	2004
97	Sweden	1.70	2004
98	Slovenia	1.70	FY00
99	Mauritania	1.70	2004
100	Bolivia	1.60	2004
101	Netherlands	1.60	2004
102	Cameroon	1.60	2004
103	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1.50	2004
104	Cape Verde	1.50	2004
105	Denmark	1.50	2004
106	Germany	1.50	2003
107	Nepal	1.50	2004
108	South Africa	1.50	2004
109	Venezuela	1.50	2004
110	Tunisia	1.50	NA
111	Senegal	1.50	2004
112	Albania	1.49	FY02
113	Belarus	1.40	FY02
114	Honduras	1.40	2004
115	Swaziland	1.40	2004
116	Ukraine	1.40	FY02
117	Peru	1.40	2004
118	Papua New Guinea	1.40	FY02
119	Kyrgyzstan	1.40	FY01
120	Argentina	1.30	FY00
121	Belgium	1.30	2003
122	Burkina Faso	1.30	2004
123	Kenya	1.30	2004
124	Cote d'Ivoire	1.20	2004
125	Madagascar	1.20	2004
126	Latvia	1.20	FY01
127	Spain	1.20	2003
128	Canada	1.10	2003
129	Dominican Republic	1.10	1998
130	Niger	1.10	2004
131	Panama	1.10	2004
132	El Salvador	1.10	2003
133	Central African Republic	1.00	2004
134	Japan	1.00	2004
135	Philippines	1.00	2004
136	Switzerland	1.00	FY01
137	New Zealand	1.00	FY02
138	Austria	0.90	2004
139	Ireland	0.90	FY00/01
140	Guyana	0.90	2004
141	Somalia	0.90	2003
142	Paraguay	0.90	2003
143	Mexico	0.90	2004
144	Luxembourg	0.90	2003
145	Kazakhstan	0.90	FY02
146	Haiti	0.90	2003
147	Guatemala	0.80	2003
148	Nigeria	0.80	2004
149	Sao Tome and Principe	0.80	2004
150	Malawi	0.70	2004
151	Malta	0.70	2004
152	Suriname	0.70	2003
153	Nicaragua	0.70	2004
154	Ghana	0.60	2004
155	Trinidad and Tobago	0.60	2003
156	Georgia	0.59	NA
157	Laos	0.50	2004
158	Costa Rica	0.40	2003
159	Moldova	0.40	FY02
160	Jamaica	0.40	2003
161	Mali	0.40	2004
162	Gambia, The	0.30	2004
163	Liberia	0.20	2004
164	Mauritius	0.20	2004
165	Tanzania	0.20	2004
166	Bermuda	0.11	NA

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005