Rank
|
Country
|
Military expenditures - dollar figure
|
Date of Information
|
1
|
United States
|
$ 399,000,000,000
|
2001
|
2
|
China
|
$ 60,000,000,000
|
2003 est.
|
3
|
France
|
$ 45,238,100,000
|
2003
|
4
|
United Kingdom
|
$ 42,836,500,000
|
2003
|
5
|
Japan
|
$ 42,488,100,000
|
2003
|
6
|
Germany
|
$ 35,063,000,000
|
2003
|
7
|
Italy
|
$ 28,182,800,000
|
2003
|
8
|
Saudi Arabia
|
$ 18,000,000,000
|
2002
|
9
|
Korea, South
|
$ 14,522,000,000
|
FY03
|
10
|
Australia
|
$ 14,120,100,000
|
2003
|
11
|
India
|
$ 14,018,800,000
|
2003
|
12
|
Turkey
|
$ 12,155,000,000
|
2003
|
13
|
Brazil
|
$ 10,439,400,000
|
2003
|
14
|
Spain
|
$ 9,906,500,000
|
2003
|
15
|
Canada
|
$ 9,801,700,000
|
2003
|
16
|
Israel
|
$ 9,110,000,000
|
FY03
|
17
|
Netherlands
|
$ 8,044,400,000
|
2003
|
18
|
Taiwan
|
$ 7,611,700,000
|
2003
|
19
|
Greece
|
$ 7,288,900,000
|
2003
|
20
|
Korea, North
|
$ 5,217,400,000
|
FY02
|
21
|
Mexico
|
$ 5,168,300,000
|
2003
|
22
|
Singapore
|
$ 4,470,000,000
|
NA
|
23
|
Sweden
|
$ 4,395,000,000
|
FY01
|
24
|
Argentina
|
$ 4,300,000,000
|
NA
|
25
|
Iran
|
$ 4,300,000,000
|
2003 est.
|
26
|
Norway
|
$ 4,033,500,000
|
2003
|
27
|
Belgium
|
$ 3,999,000,000
|
2003
|
28
|
Poland
|
$ 3,500,000,000
|
2002
|
29
|
Portugal
|
$ 3,497,800,000
|
2003
|
30
|
Colombia
|
$ 3,300,000,000
|
NA
|
31
|
Denmark
|
$ 3,271,600,000
|
2003
|
32
|
Chile
|
$ 2,839,600,000
|
2003
|
33
|
Pakistan
|
$ 2,700,000,000
|
FY02/03
|
34
|
South Africa
|
$ 2,653,400,000
|
2003
|
35
|
Switzerland
|
$ 2,548,000,000
|
FY01
|
36
|
Kuwait
|
$ 2,500,400,000
|
2003
|
37
|
Egypt
|
$ 2,443,200,000
|
2003
|
38
|
Morocco
|
$ 2,297,200,000
|
2003
|
39
|
Algeria
|
$ 2,196,600,000
|
2003
|
40
|
Jordan
|
$ 2,043,200,000
|
2003
|
41
|
Finland
|
$ 1,800,000,000
|
FY98/99
|
42
|
Thailand
|
$ 1,775,000,000
|
NA
|
43
|
Malaysia
|
$ 1,690,000,000
|
NA
|
44
|
United Arab Emirates
|
$ 1,600,000,000
|
NA
|
45
|
Austria
|
$ 1,497,000,000
|
FY01/02
|
46
|
Iraq
|
$ 1,300,000,000
|
FY00
|
47
|
Libya
|
$ 1,300,000,000
|
NA
|
48
|
Czech Republic
|
$ 1,190,200,000
|
FY01
|
49
|
New Zealand
|
$ 1,147,000,000
|
FY03/04
|
50
|
Venezuela
|
$ 1,125,600,000
|
2003
|
51
|
Hungary
|
$ 1,080,000,000
|
2002 est.
|
52
|
Indonesia
|
$ 1,000,000,000
|
NA
|
53
|
Philippines
|
$ 995,000,000
|
NA
|
54
|
Romania
|
$ 985,000,000
|
2002
|
55
|
Yemen
|
$ 885,600,000
|
2003
|
56
|
Syria
|
$ 858,000,000
|
NA
|
57
|
Peru
|
$ 829,400,000
|
2003
|
58
|
Qatar
|
$ 723,000,000
|
NA
|
59
|
Ireland
|
$ 700,000,000
|
FY00/01
|
60
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
$ 654,000,000
|
2002
|
61
|
Ecuador
|
$ 650,000,000
|
2003
|
62
|
Vietnam
|
$ 650,000,000
|
NA
|
63
|
Bahrain
|
$ 618,100,000
|
2003
|
64
|
Ukraine
|
$ 617,900,000
|
FY02
|
65
|
Bangladesh
|
$ 606,800,000
|
2003
|
66
|
Sudan
|
$ 581,000,000
|
NA
|
67
|
Cuba
|
$ 572,300,000
|
2003
|
68
|
Lebanon
|
$ 541,000,000
|
NA
|
69
|
Croatia
|
$ 520,000,000
|
2002 est.
|
70
|
Sri Lanka
|
$ 518,000,000
|
2003
|
71
|
Nigeria
|
$ 469,800,000
|
2003
|
72
|
Slovakia
|
$ 406,000,000
|
2002
|
73
|
Cyprus
|
$ 384,000,000
|
NA
|
74
|
Slovenia
|
$ 370,000,000
|
FY00
|
75
|
Bulgaria
|
$ 356,000,000
|
FY02
|
76
|
Tunisia
|
$ 356,000,000
|
NA
|
77
|
Ethiopia
|
$ 345,000,000
|
2003
|
78
|
Brunei
|
$ 339,500,000
|
2003
|
79
|
Botswana
|
$ 298,900,000
|
2003
|
80
|
Nepal
|
$ 295,000,000
|
FY03
|
81
|
Angola
|
$ 265,100,000
|
2003
|
82
|
Oman
|
$ 242,070,000
|
2003
|
83
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
$ 234,300,000
|
NA
|
84
|
Luxembourg
|
$ 231,600,000
|
2003
|
85
|
Kenya
|
$ 231,000,000
|
2003
|
86
|
Lithuania
|
$ 230,800,000
|
FY01
|
87
|
Kazakhstan
|
$ 221,800,000
|
FY02
|
88
|
Uruguay
|
$ 217,900,000
|
2003
|
89
|
Guatemala
|
$ 202,600,000
|
2003
|
90
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
|
$ 200,000,000
|
NA
|
91
|
Uzbekistan
|
$ 200,000,000
|
NA
|
92
|
New Caledonia
|
$ 192,300,000
|
FY96
|
93
|
Cameroon
|
$ 189,200,000
|
2003
|
94
|
Dominican Republic
|
$ 180,000,000
|
1998
|
95
|
Belarus
|
$ 176,100,000
|
FY02
|
96
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
$ 173,600,000
|
2003
|
97
|
El Salvador
|
$ 157,000,000
|
2003
|
98
|
Estonia
|
$ 155,000,000
|
2002 est.
|
99
|
Gabon
|
$ 149,300,000
|
2003
|
100
|
Panama
|
$ 145,000,000
|
2003
|
101
|
Armenia
|
$ 135,000,000
|
FY01
|
102
|
Uganda
|
$ 128,200,000
|
2003
|
103
|
Bolivia
|
$ 127,000,000
|
2003
|
104
|
Azerbaijan
|
$ 121,000,000
|
NA
|
105
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
$ 115,500,000
|
2003
|
106
|
Cambodia
|
$ 112,000,000
|
NA
|
107
|
Namibia
|
$ 111,600,000
|
2003
|
108
|
Zimbabwe
|
$ 105,000,000
|
2003
|
109
|
Mozambique
|
$ 101,300,000
|
2003
|
110
|
Honduras
|
$ 99,800,000
|
2003
|
111
|
Benin
|
$ 98,300,000
|
2003
|
112
|
Senegal
|
$ 95,800,000
|
2003
|
113
|
Turkmenistan
|
$ 90,000,000
|
NA
|
114
|
Latvia
|
$ 87,000,000
|
FY01
|
115
|
Eritrea
|
$ 77,900,000
|
2003
|
116
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
$ 75,100,000
|
2003
|
117
|
Madagascar
|
$ 69,800,000
|
2003
|
118
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
$ 68,600,000
|
2003
|
119
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
$ 66,700,000
|
2003
|
120
|
Costa Rica
|
$ 64,000,000
|
2003
|
121
|
Afghanistan
|
$ 61,000,000
|
2003
|
122
|
Guinea
|
$ 58,500,000
|
2003
|
123
|
Albania
|
$ 56,500,000
|
FY02
|
124
|
Chad
|
$ 55,400,000
|
2003
|
125
|
Paraguay
|
$ 52,700,000
|
2003
|
126
|
Burkina Faso
|
$ 52,700,000
|
2003
|
127
|
Mali
|
$ 51,100,000
|
2003
|
128
|
Rwanda
|
$ 47,700,000
|
2003
|
129
|
Ghana
|
$ 44,000,000
|
2003
|
130
|
Maldives
|
$ 43,100,000
|
2003
|
131
|
Zambia
|
$ 42,600,000
|
2003
|
132
|
Mauritania
|
$ 40,800,000
|
2003
|
133
|
Burma
|
$ 39,000,000
|
NA
|
134
|
Tajikistan
|
$ 35,400,000
|
FY01
|
135
|
Fiji
|
$ 34,000,000
|
2003
|
136
|
Burundi
|
$ 33,300,000
|
2003
|
137
|
Malta
|
$ 33,300,000
|
2003
|
138
|
Togo
|
$ 32,600,000
|
2003
|
139
|
Lesotho
|
$ 32,500,000
|
2003
|
140
|
Jamaica
|
$ 31,000,000
|
2003
|
141
|
Nicaragua
|
$ 30,800,000
|
2003
|
142
|
Swaziland
|
$ 29,000,000
|
2003
|
143
|
Djibouti
|
$ 26,500,000
|
2003
|
144
|
Haiti
|
$ 25,800,000
|
2003
|
145
|
Mongolia
|
$ 23,100,000
|
FY02
|
146
|
Georgia
|
$ 23,000,000
|
NA
|
147
|
Niger
|
$ 21,700,000
|
2003
|
148
|
Tanzania
|
$ 20,300,000
|
2003
|
149
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
$ 19,200,000
|
FY01
|
150
|
Somalia
|
$ 18,900,000
|
2003
|
151
|
Belize
|
$ 18,000,000
|
2003
|
152
|
Papua New Guinea
|
$ 16,900,000
|
2003
|
153
|
Central African Republic
|
$ 14,500,000
|
2003
|
154
|
Cape Verde
|
$ 12,300,000
|
2003
|
155
|
Sierra Leone
|
$ 11,700,000
|
2003
|
156
|
Seychelles
|
$ 11,600,000
|
2003
|
157
|
Malawi
|
$ 11,500,000
|
2003
|
158
|
Bhutan
|
$ 11,200,000
|
2003
|
159
|
Mauritius
|
$ 11,200,000
|
2003
|
160
|
Laos
|
$ 10,900,000
|
2003
|
161
|
Liberia
|
$ 10,000,000
|
2003
|
162
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
$ 8,400,000
|
2003
|
163
|
Suriname
|
$ 7,500,000
|
2003
|
164
|
Guyana
|
$ 6,500,000
|
2003
|
165
|
Moldova
|
$ 6,400,000
|
FY02
|
166
|
Comoros
|
$ 6,000,000
|
2003
|
167
|
East Timor
|
$ 4,400,000
|
FY03
|
168
|
Bermuda
|
$ 4,030,000
|
2001
|
169
|
Gambia, The
|
$ 900,000
|
2003
|
170
|
San Marino
|
$ 700,000
|
FY00/01
|
171
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
$ 500,000
|
2003
|
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