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Field Listing :: Military expenditures

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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).
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	4.5% 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 (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	1.46% 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	1.2% 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 (2011 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 (2010 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 (2011 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	2.4% 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)

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