Rank
|
Country
|
Military expenditures - dollar figure
|
Date of Information
|
1
|
United States
|
$ 370,700,000,000
|
March 2003
|
2
|
China
|
$ 67,490,000,000
|
2004
|
3
|
Japan
|
$ 45,841,000,000
|
2004
|
4
|
France
|
$ 45,238,100,000
|
2003
|
5
|
United Kingdom
|
$ 42,836,500,000
|
2003
|
6
|
Germany
|
$ 35,063,000,000
|
2003
|
7
|
Italy
|
$ 28,182,800,000
|
2003
|
8
|
Saudi Arabia
|
$ 18,000,000,000
|
2002
|
9
|
India
|
$ 16,970,000,000
|
2004
|
10
|
Korea, South
|
$ 16,180,000,000
|
2004
|
11
|
Turkey
|
$ 12,155,000,000
|
2003
|
12
|
Brazil
|
$ 11,000,000,000
|
2004
|
13
|
Spain
|
$ 9,906,500,000
|
2003
|
14
|
Canada
|
$ 9,801,700,000
|
2003
|
15
|
Netherlands
|
$ 9,408,000,000
|
2004
|
16
|
Israel
|
$ 9,110,000,000
|
FY03
|
17
|
Taiwan
|
$ 7,574,000,000
|
2003
|
18
|
Mexico
|
$ 6,043,000,000
|
2004
|
19
|
Greece
|
$ 5,890,000,000
|
2004
|
20
|
Sweden
|
$ 5,729,000,000
|
2004
|
21
|
Korea, North
|
$ 5,217,400,000
|
FY02
|
22
|
Singapore
|
$ 4,470,000,000
|
NA
|
23
|
Argentina
|
$ 4,300,000,000
|
NA
|
24
|
Iran
|
$ 4,300,000,000
|
2003 est.
|
25
|
Norway
|
$ 4,033,500,000
|
2003
|
26
|
Belgium
|
$ 3,999,000,000
|
2003
|
27
|
Pakistan
|
$ 3,848,000,000
|
2004
|
28
|
Poland
|
$ 3,500,000,000
|
2002
|
29
|
Portugal
|
$ 3,497,800,000
|
2003
|
30
|
Chile
|
$ 3,420,000,000
|
2004
|
31
|
Colombia
|
$ 3,300,000,000
|
NA
|
32
|
Denmark
|
$ 3,271,600,000
|
2003
|
33
|
South Africa
|
$ 3,172,000,000
|
2004
|
34
|
Kuwait
|
$ 2,584,500,000
|
2004
|
35
|
Switzerland
|
$ 2,548,000,000
|
FY01
|
36
|
Algeria
|
$ 2,480,000,000
|
2004
|
37
|
Egypt
|
$ 2,440,000,000
|
2003
|
38
|
Morocco
|
$ 2,305,600,000
|
2003
|
39
|
Czech Republic
|
$ 2,170,000,000
|
2004
|
40
|
Finland
|
$ 1,800,000,000
|
FY98/99
|
41
|
Thailand
|
$ 1,775,000,000
|
NA
|
42
|
Malaysia
|
$ 1,690,000,000
|
NA
|
43
|
Venezuela
|
$ 1,687,000,000
|
2004
|
44
|
Australia
|
$ 1,665,000,000
|
2004
|
45
|
United Arab Emirates
|
$ 1,600,000,000
|
NA
|
46
|
Austria
|
$ 1,497,000,000
|
FY01/02
|
47
|
Jordan
|
$ 1,460,000,000
|
2004
|
48
|
Indonesia
|
$ 1,300,000,000
|
2004
|
49
|
Libya
|
$ 1,300,000,000
|
NA
|
50
|
Iraq
|
$ 1,300,000,000
|
FY00
|
51
|
New Zealand
|
$ 1,147,000,000
|
FY03/04
|
52
|
Hungary
|
$ 1,080,000,000
|
2002 est.
|
53
|
Bangladesh
|
$ 995,300,000
|
2004
|
54
|
Romania
|
$ 985,000,000
|
2002
|
55
|
Yemen
|
$ 885,500,000
|
2003
|
56
|
Syria
|
$ 858,000,000
|
NA
|
57
|
Peru
|
$ 829,300,000
|
2003
|
58
|
Philippines
|
$ 805,500,000
|
2004
|
59
|
Qatar
|
$ 723,000,000
|
NA
|
60
|
Ireland
|
$ 700,000,000
|
FY00/01
|
61
|
Ecuador
|
$ 655,000,000
|
2004
|
62
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
$ 654,000,000
|
2002
|
63
|
Vietnam
|
$ 650,000,000
|
NA
|
64
|
Bahrain
|
$ 628,900,000
|
2004
|
65
|
Croatia
|
$ 620,000,000
|
2004
|
66
|
Ukraine
|
$ 617,900,000
|
FY02
|
67
|
Sudan
|
$ 587,000,000
|
2004
|
68
|
Cuba
|
$ 572,300,000
|
2003
|
69
|
Nigeria
|
$ 544,600,000
|
2004
|
70
|
Lebanon
|
$ 540,600,000
|
2004
|
71
|
Sri Lanka
|
$ 514,800,000
|
2004
|
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
|
Botswana
|
$ 338,500,000
|
2004
|
78
|
Ethiopia
|
$ 337,100,000
|
2004
|
79
|
Brunei
|
$ 290,700,000
|
2004
|
80
|
Uruguay
|
$ 257,500,000
|
2004
|
81
|
Oman
|
$ 252,990,000
|
2004
|
82
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
$ 234,300,000
|
NA
|
83
|
Luxembourg
|
$ 231,600,000
|
2003
|
84
|
Lithuania
|
$ 230,800,000
|
FY01
|
85
|
Kazakhstan
|
$ 221,800,000
|
FY02
|
86
|
Cameroon
|
$ 221,100,000
|
2004
|
87
|
Zimbabwe
|
$ 217,000,000
|
2004
|
88
|
Guatemala
|
$ 201,900,000
|
2004
|
89
|
Macedonia
|
$ 200,000,000
|
NA
|
90
|
Uzbekistan
|
$ 200,000,000
|
NA
|
91
|
Afghanistan
|
$ 188,400,000
|
2004
|
92
|
Gabon
|
$ 184,800,000
|
2004
|
93
|
Angola
|
$ 183,580,000
|
2004
|
94
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
$ 180,200,000
|
2004
|
95
|
Dominican Republic
|
$ 180,000,000
|
1998
|
96
|
Kenya
|
$ 177,100,000
|
2004
|
97
|
Belarus
|
$ 176,100,000
|
FY02
|
98
|
Uganda
|
$ 170,300,000
|
2004
|
99
|
Namibia
|
$ 168,400,000
|
2004
|
100
|
El Salvador
|
$ 157,000,000
|
2003
|
101
|
Estonia
|
$ 155,000,000
|
2002 est.
|
102
|
Eritrea
|
$ 151,000,000
|
2004
|
103
|
Panama
|
$ 147,000,000
|
2004
|
104
|
Armenia
|
$ 135,000,000
|
FY01
|
105
|
Bolivia
|
$ 132,200,000
|
2004
|
106
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
$ 126,500,000
|
2004
|
107
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
$ 126,200,000
|
2004
|
108
|
Azerbaijan
|
$ 121,000,000
|
NA
|
109
|
Mozambique
|
$ 117,300,000
|
2004
|
110
|
Cambodia
|
$ 112,000,000
|
NA
|
111
|
Senegal
|
$ 107,300,000
|
2004
|
112
|
Zambia
|
$ 106,800,000
|
2004
|
113
|
Chad
|
$ 101,300,000
|
2004
|
114
|
Honduras
|
$ 100,600,000
|
2004
|
115
|
Nepal
|
$ 99,200,000
|
2004
|
116
|
Benin
|
$ 96,500,000
|
2004
|
117
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
$ 93,500,000
|
2004
|
118
|
Turkmenistan
|
$ 90,000,000
|
NA
|
119
|
Latvia
|
$ 87,000,000
|
FY01
|
120
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
$ 66,700,000
|
2003
|
121
|
Costa Rica
|
$ 64,200,000
|
2004
|
122
|
Burkina Faso
|
$ 64,200,000
|
2004
|
123
|
Guinea
|
$ 56,700,000
|
2004
|
124
|
Albania
|
$ 56,500,000
|
FY02
|
125
|
Paraguay
|
$ 53,100,000
|
2004
|
126
|
Rwanda
|
$ 50,100,000
|
2004
|
127
|
Ghana
|
$ 49,200,000
|
2004
|
128
|
Madagascar
|
$ 44,600,000
|
2004
|
129
|
Maldives
|
$ 41,100,000
|
2004
|
130
|
Swaziland
|
$ 40,500,000
|
2004
|
131
|
Burma
|
$ 39,000,000
|
NA
|
132
|
Burundi
|
$ 38,700,000
|
2004
|
133
|
Fiji
|
$ 36,000,000
|
2004
|
134
|
Togo
|
$ 35,500,000
|
2004
|
135
|
Tajikistan
|
$ 35,400,000
|
FY01
|
136
|
Niger
|
$ 33,300,000
|
2004
|
137
|
Nicaragua
|
$ 32,800,000
|
2004
|
138
|
Lesotho
|
$ 32,300,000
|
2004
|
139
|
Jamaica
|
$ 31,200,000
|
2003
|
140
|
Malta
|
$ 31,100,000
|
2004
|
141
|
Djibouti
|
$ 28,600,000
|
2004
|
142
|
Haiti
|
$ 26,000,000
|
2003
|
143
|
Mongolia
|
$ 23,100,000
|
FY02
|
144
|
Georgia
|
$ 23,000,000
|
NA
|
145
|
Mali
|
$ 22,400,000
|
2004
|
146
|
Mauritania
|
$ 20,800,000
|
2004
|
147
|
Tanzania
|
$ 20,600,000
|
2004
|
148
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
$ 19,200,000
|
FY01
|
149
|
Somalia
|
$ 18,900,000
|
2003
|
150
|
Belize
|
$ 18,000,000
|
2003
|
151
|
Papua New Guinea
|
$ 16,900,000
|
2003
|
152
|
Central African Republic
|
$ 15,500,000
|
2004
|
153
|
Cape Verde
|
$ 14,100,000
|
2004
|
154
|
Bhutan
|
$ 13,700,000
|
2004
|
155
|
Sierra Leone
|
$ 13,200,000
|
2004
|
156
|
Mauritius
|
$ 12,500,000
|
2004
|
157
|
Seychelles
|
$ 12,300,000
|
2004
|
158
|
Comoros
|
$ 11,600,000
|
2004
|
159
|
Malawi
|
$ 11,100,000
|
2004
|
160
|
Laos
|
$ 10,700,000
|
2004
|
161
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
$ 8,900,000
|
2004
|
162
|
Moldova
|
$ 8,700,000
|
2004
|
163
|
Suriname
|
$ 7,500,000
|
2003
|
164
|
Guyana
|
$ 6,500,000
|
2003
|
165
|
East Timor
|
$ 4,400,000
|
FY03
|
166
|
Bermuda
|
$ 4,030,000
|
2001
|
167
|
Liberia
|
$ 1,500,000
|
2004
|
168
|
Gambia, The
|
$ 1,000,000
|
2004
|
169
|
San Marino
|
$ 700,000
|
FY00/01
|
170
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
$ 700,000
|
2004
|
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