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The World Factbook 2002
  Field Listing - Military expenditures - percent of GDP


This entry gives current military expenditures as an estimated percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
Country
Military expenditures - percent of GDP (%)
Afghanistan NA%
Albania 1.49% (FY02)
Algeria 4.1% (FY99)
Angola 22% (1999)
Antigua and Barbuda NA%
Argentina 1.3% (FY00)
Armenia 6.5% (FY01)
Australia 2% (FY01/02)
Austria 0.8% (FY01/02)
Azerbaijan 2.6% (FY99)
Bahamas, The 0.7% (FY99)
Bahrain 6.7% (FY01)
Bangladesh 1.8% (FY96/97)
Barbados NA%
Belarus 1% (FY01)
Belgium 1.4% (FY01/02)
Belize 1.87% (FY00/01)
Benin 1.2% (FY96)
Bermuda 0.11% (FY00/01)
Bhutan 1.9% (FY01)
Bolivia 1.8% (FY99)
Bosnia and Herzegovina NA%
Botswana 3.5% (FY01/02)
Brazil 1.9% (FY99)
Brunei 5.1% (FY98)
Bulgaria 2.7% (FY02)
Burkina Faso 1.4% (FY01)
Burma 2.1% (FY97/98)
Burundi 5.3% (FY01)
Cambodia 3% (FY01 est.)
Cameroon 1.4% (FY98/99)
Canada 1.1% (FY01/02)
Cape Verde 1.6% (FY01)
Central African Republic 2.2% (FY96)
Chad 1.9% (FY01)
Chile 3.1% (FY99)
China 1.6% (2002); note - this is the officially announced figure, but actual defense spending is more likely between 3.5% to 5.0% of GDP for 2002
Colombia 3.4% (FY01)
Comoros 3% (FY01)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.6% (FY97)
Congo, Republic of the 2.8% (FY01)
Costa Rica 1.6% (FY99)
Cote d'Ivoire 1.3% (FY01)
Croatia 2.39% (2002 est.)
Cuba roughly 4% (FY95 est.)
Cyprus 4.2% (FY00)
Czech Republic 2.1% (FY01)
Denmark 1.4% (FY99/00)
Djibouti 4.4% (FY01)
Dominica NA%
Dominican Republic 1.1% (FY98)
East Timor NA%
Ecuador 3.4% (FY98)
Egypt 4.1% (FY99/00)
El Salvador 0.7% (FY99)
Equatorial Guinea 2.5% (FY01)
Eritrea 19.8% (FY01)
Estonia 2% (2002 est.)
Ethiopia 12.6% (FY00)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA%
Faroe Islands NA%
Fiji 2.2% (FY00)
Finland 2% (FY98/99)
France 2.57% (2002)
French Guiana NA%
Gabon 2% (FY01)
Gambia, The 0.3% (FY01)
Gaza Strip NA%
Georgia 0.59% (FY00)
Germany 1.38% (2002)
Ghana 0.7% (FY01)
Greece 4.91% (FY99/00 est.)
Grenada NA%
Guatemala 0.6% (FY99)
Guinea 3.3% (FY01)
Guinea-Bissau 2.8% (FY01)
Guyana NA%
Haiti 1.3% (FY00)
Honduras 0.6% (FY99)
Hong Kong NA%
Hungary 1.75% (2002 est.)
India 2.5% (FY01)
Indonesia 1.3% (FY98/99)
Iran 3.1% (FY00)
Iraq NA%
Ireland 0.9% (FY00/01)
Israel 8% (FY01)
Italy 1.64% (2002)
Jamaica NA%
Japan 1% (FY01)
Jordan 8.6% (FY01)
Kazakhstan 1% (Ministry of Defense expenditures) (FY01)
Kenya 1.8% (FY01)
Kiribati NA%
Korea, North 31.3% (FY01)
Korea, South 2.8% (FY00)
Kuwait 5.5% (FY01)
Kyrgyzstan 1.4% (FY01)
Laos 4.2% (FY96/97)
Latvia 1.2% (FY01)
Lebanon 4.8% (FY99/00)
Lesotho NA%
Liberia 1.3% (FY01)
Libya 3.9% (FY99/00)
Lithuania 1.9% (FY01)
Luxembourg 0.8% (FY01/02)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 6% (FY01/02 est.)
Madagascar 1.2% (FY01)
Malawi 0.76% (FY00/01)
Malaysia 2.03% (FY00)
Maldives 8.6% (FY01)
Mali 2% (FY01)
Malta 1.7% (2000)
Marshall Islands NA%
Mauritania 3.7% (FY01)
Mauritius 0.2% (FY01)
Mexico 1% (FY99)
Moldova 0.4% (FY01)
Mongolia 2.5% (FY01)
Morocco 4% (FY99/00)
Mozambique 1% (2000 est.)
Namibia 2.6% (FY97/98)
Nauru NA%
Nepal 1% (FY01)
Netherlands 1.5% (FY00/01 est.)
New Caledonia 5.3% (FY96)
New Zealand 1.2% (FY2001/02)
Nicaragua 1.2% (FY98)
Niger 1.3% (FY01)
Nigeria 1% (FY01)
Norway 2.13% (2002)
Oman 12.2% (FY01)
Pakistan 4.6% (FY01)
Palau NA%
Panama 1.3% (FY99)
Papua New Guinea 1% (FY98)
Paraguay 1.4% (FY98)
Peru 1.8% (FY01)
Philippines 1.5% (FY98)
Poland 1.71% (2002)
Portugal 2.2% (FY99/00)
Qatar 10% (FY00/01)
Romania 2.47% (2002)
Russia NA%
Rwanda 3.1% (FY01)
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% (FY01)
Saudi Arabia 13% (FY00)
Senegal 1.4% (FY02)
Seychelles 1.8% (FY01)
Sierra Leone 1.5% (FY01)
Singapore 4.9% (FY01/02)
Slovakia 1.89% (2002)
Slovenia 1.7% (FY00)
Solomon Islands NA%
Somalia 0.9% (FY01)
South Africa 1.6% (FY01)
Spain 1.15% (2002)
Sri Lanka 4.2% (FY98)
Sudan 2.5% (1999)
Suriname 1.6% (FY97 est.)
Swaziland 4.75% (FY00/01)
Sweden 2.1% (FY01)
Switzerland 1% (FY01)
Syria 5.9% (FY98)
Taiwan 2.8% (FY01)
Tajikistan 3.9% (FY01)
Tanzania 0.2% (FY01)
Thailand 1.4% (FY00)
Togo 1.8% (FY01)
Tonga NA%
Trinidad and Tobago 1.4% (1999)
Tunisia 1.5% (FY99)
Turkey 4.5% (2002 est.)
Turkmenistan 3.4% (FY99)
Tuvalu NA%
Uganda 2.1% (FY01)
Ukraine 1.4% (FY99)
United Arab Emirates 3.1% (FY00)
United Kingdom 2.32% (2002)
United States 3.2% (FY99 est.)
Uruguay 1.1% (2000)
Uzbekistan 2% (FY97)
Vanuatu NA%
Venezuela 0.9% (FY99)
Vietnam 2.5% (FY98)
West Bank NA%
Western Sahara NA%
World roughly 2% of gross world product (1999 est.)
Yemen 5.2% (FY01)
Yugoslavia NA%
Zambia 0.9% (FY01)
Zimbabwe 3.8% (FY01)

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002
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