Rank
|
Country
|
Military expenditures - dollar figure
|
Date of Information
|
1
|
United States
|
$ 518,100,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
2
|
China
|
$ 81,480,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
3
|
France
|
$ 45,000,000,000
|
2005
|
4
|
Japan
|
$ 44,310,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
5
|
United Kingdom
|
$ 42,836,500,000
|
2003
|
6
|
Germany
|
$ 35,063,000,000
|
2003
|
7
|
Italy
|
$ 28,182,800,000
|
2003
|
8
|
Korea, South
|
$ 21,060,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
9
|
India
|
$ 19,040,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
10
|
Saudi Arabia
|
$ 18,000,000,000
|
2002
|
11
|
Australia
|
$ 17,840,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
12
|
Turkey
|
$ 12,155,000,000
|
2003
|
13
|
Brazil
|
$ 9,940,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
14
|
Spain
|
$ 9,906,500,000
|
2003
|
15
|
Canada
|
$ 9,801,700,000
|
2003
|
16
|
Israel
|
$ 9,450,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
17
|
Netherlands
|
$ 9,408,000,000
|
2004
|
18
|
Taiwan
|
$ 7,930,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
19
|
Mexico
|
$ 6,070,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
20
|
Greece
|
$ 5,890,000,000
|
2004
|
21
|
Sweden
|
$ 5,510,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
22
|
Korea, North
|
$ 5,000,000,000
|
FY02
|
23
|
Singapore
|
$ 4,470,000,000
|
NA
|
24
|
Argentina
|
$ 4,300,000,000
|
NA
|
25
|
Iran
|
$ 4,300,000,000
|
2003 est.
|
26
|
Pakistan
|
$ 4,260,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
27
|
Norway
|
$ 4,033,500,000
|
2003
|
28
|
Belgium
|
$ 3,999,000,000
|
2003
|
29
|
Chile
|
$ 3,910,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
30
|
South Africa
|
$ 3,550,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
31
|
Poland
|
$ 3,500,000,000
|
2002
|
32
|
Portugal
|
$ 3,497,800,000
|
2003
|
33
|
Colombia
|
$ 3,300,000,000
|
NA
|
34
|
Denmark
|
$ 3,271,600,000
|
2003
|
35
|
Kuwait
|
$ 3,010,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
36
|
Algeria
|
$ 3,000,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
37
|
Switzerland
|
$ 2,548,000,000
|
FY01
|
38
|
Egypt
|
$ 2,440,000,000
|
2003
|
39
|
Morocco
|
$ 2,310,000,000
|
2003 est.
|
40
|
Czech Republic
|
$ 2,170,000,000
|
2004
|
41
|
Angola
|
$ 2,000,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
42
|
Finland
|
$ 1,800,000,000
|
FY98/99
|
43
|
Thailand
|
$ 1,775,000,000
|
NA
|
44
|
Malaysia
|
$ 1,690,000,000
|
NA
|
45
|
Venezuela
|
$ 1,610,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
46
|
United Arab Emirates
|
$ 1,600,000,000
|
NA
|
47
|
Austria
|
$ 1,497,000,000
|
FY01/02
|
48
|
Jordan
|
$ 1,400,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
49
|
Iraq
|
$ 1,340,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
50
|
Indonesia
|
$ 1,300,000,000
|
2004
|
51
|
Libya
|
$ 1,300,000,000
|
NA
|
52
|
New Zealand
|
$ 1,147,000,000
|
FY03/04
|
53
|
Hungary
|
$ 1,080,000,000
|
2002 est.
|
54
|
Bangladesh
|
$ 1,010,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
55
|
Yemen
|
$ 992,200,000
|
2005 est.
|
56
|
Romania
|
$ 985,000,000
|
2002
|
57
|
Syria
|
$ 858,000,000
|
NA
|
58
|
Philippines
|
$ 836,900,000
|
2005 est.
|
59
|
Peru
|
$ 829,300,000
|
2003 est.
|
60
|
Nigeria
|
$ 737,600,000
|
2005 est.
|
61
|
Qatar
|
$ 723,000,000
|
NA
|
62
|
Ireland
|
$ 700,000,000
|
FY00/01
|
63
|
Cuba
|
$ 694,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
64
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
$ 654,000,000
|
2002
|
65
|
Ecuador
|
$ 650,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
66
|
Vietnam
|
$ 650,000,000
|
NA
|
67
|
Bahrain
|
$ 627,700,000
|
2005 est.
|
68
|
Croatia
|
$ 620,000,000
|
2004
|
69
|
Ukraine
|
$ 617,900,000
|
FY02
|
70
|
Sri Lanka
|
$ 606,200,000
|
2005 est.
|
71
|
Sudan
|
$ 587,000,000
|
2004
|
72
|
Lebanon
|
$ 540,600,000
|
2004
|
73
|
Belarus
|
$ 420,500,000
|
2006
|
74
|
Slovakia
|
$ 406,000,000
|
2002
|
75
|
Cyprus
|
$ 384,000,000
|
NA
|
76
|
Uruguay
|
$ 371,200,000
|
2005 est.
|
77
|
Slovenia
|
$ 370,000,000
|
FY00
|
78
|
Bulgaria
|
$ 356,000,000
|
FY02
|
79
|
Tunisia
|
$ 356,000,000
|
NA
|
80
|
Madagascar
|
$ 329,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
81
|
Botswana
|
$ 325,500,000
|
2005 est.
|
82
|
Ethiopia
|
$ 295,900,000
|
2005 est.
|
83
|
Brunei
|
$ 290,700,000
|
2003 est.
|
84
|
Kenya
|
$ 280,500,000
|
2005 est.
|
85
|
Gabon
|
$ 253,500,000
|
2005 est.
|
86
|
Oman
|
$ 252,990,000
|
2004
|
87
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
$ 246,600,000
|
2005 est.
|
88
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
$ 234,300,000
|
NA
|
89
|
Luxembourg
|
$ 231,600,000
|
2003
|
90
|
Lithuania
|
$ 230,800,000
|
FY01
|
91
|
Cameroon
|
$ 230,200,000
|
2005 est.
|
92
|
Kazakhstan
|
$ 221,800,000
|
FY02
|
93
|
Eritrea
|
$ 220,100,000
|
2005 est.
|
94
|
Macedonia
|
$ 200,000,000
|
NA
|
95
|
Uzbekistan
|
$ 200,000,000
|
NA
|
96
|
Uganda
|
$ 192,800,000
|
2005 est.
|
97
|
Guatemala
|
$ 169,800,000
|
2005 est.
|
98
|
El Salvador
|
$ 161,700,000
|
2005 est.
|
99
|
Estonia
|
$ 155,000,000
|
2002 est.
|
100
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
$ 152,200,000
|
2005 est.
|
101
|
Panama
|
$ 150,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
102
|
Namibia
|
$ 149,500,000
|
2005 est.
|
103
|
Armenia
|
$ 135,000,000
|
FY01
|
104
|
Bolivia
|
$ 130,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
105
|
Zimbabwe
|
$ 124,700,000
|
2005 est.
|
106
|
Afghanistan
|
$ 122,400,000
|
2005 est.
|
107
|
Zambia
|
$ 121,700,000
|
2005 est.
|
108
|
Azerbaijan
|
$ 121,000,000
|
NA
|
109
|
Guinea
|
$ 119,700,000
|
2005 est.
|
110
|
Senegal
|
$ 117,300,000
|
2005 est.
|
111
|
Cambodia
|
$ 112,000,000
|
NA
|
112
|
Mali
|
$ 106,300,000
|
2005 est.
|
113
|
Nepal
|
$ 104,900,000
|
2005 est.
|
114
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
$ 103,700,000
|
2005 est.
|
115
|
Benin
|
$ 100,900,000
|
2005 est.
|
116
|
Turkmenistan
|
$ 90,000,000
|
NA
|
117
|
Latvia
|
$ 87,000,000
|
FY01
|
118
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
$ 85,220,000
|
2005 est.
|
119
|
Ghana
|
$ 83,650,000
|
2005 est.
|
120
|
Costa Rica
|
$ 83,460,000
|
2005 est.
|
121
|
Mozambique
|
$ 78,030,000
|
2005 est.
|
122
|
Burkina Faso
|
$ 74,830,000
|
2005 est.
|
123
|
Chad
|
$ 68,950,000
|
2005 est.
|
124
|
Liberia
|
$ 67,400,000
|
2005 est.
|
125
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
$ 66,720,000
|
2003 est.
|
126
|
Albania
|
$ 56,500,000
|
FY02
|
127
|
Rwanda
|
$ 53,660,000
|
2005 est.
|
128
|
Paraguay
|
$ 53,100,000
|
2003 est.
|
129
|
Honduras
|
$ 52,800,000
|
2005 est.
|
130
|
Maldives
|
$ 45,070,000
|
2005 est.
|
131
|
Niger
|
$ 44,780,000
|
2005 est.
|
132
|
Burundi
|
$ 43,900,000
|
2005 est.
|
133
|
Swaziland
|
$ 41,600,000
|
2005 est.
|
134
|
Lesotho
|
$ 41,100,000
|
2005 est.
|
135
|
Burma
|
$ 39,000,000
|
NA
|
136
|
Malta
|
$ 38,168,000
|
2005 est.
|
137
|
Fiji
|
$ 36,000,000
|
2004
|
138
|
Tajikistan
|
$ 35,400,000
|
FY01
|
139
|
Nicaragua
|
$ 32,270,000
|
2005 est.
|
140
|
Jamaica
|
$ 31,170,000
|
2003 est.
|
141
|
Togo
|
$ 29,980,000
|
2005 est.
|
142
|
Djibouti
|
$ 29,050,000
|
2005 est.
|
143
|
Haiti
|
$ 25,960,000
|
2003 est.
|
144
|
Mongolia
|
$ 23,100,000
|
FY02
|
145
|
Georgia
|
$ 23,000,000
|
NA
|
146
|
Somalia
|
$ 22,340,000
|
2005 est.
|
147
|
Tanzania
|
$ 21,200,000
|
2005 est.
|
148
|
Mauritania
|
$ 19,320,000
|
2005 est.
|
149
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
$ 19,200,000
|
FY01
|
150
|
Belize
|
$ 19,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
151
|
Papua New Guinea
|
$ 16,900,000
|
2003
|
152
|
Central African Republic
|
$ 16,370,000
|
2005 est.
|
153
|
Malawi
|
$ 15,810,000
|
2005 est.
|
154
|
Seychelles
|
$ 14,850,000
|
2005 est.
|
155
|
Sierra Leone
|
$ 14,250,000
|
2005 est.
|
156
|
Comoros
|
$ 12,870,000
|
2005 est.
|
157
|
Mauritius
|
$ 12,040,000
|
2005 est.
|
158
|
Laos
|
$ 11,040,000
|
2005 est.
|
159
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
$ 9,460,000
|
2005 est.
|
160
|
Moldova
|
$ 8,700,000
|
2004
|
161
|
Bhutan
|
$ 8,290,000
|
2005 est.
|
162
|
Suriname
|
$ 7,500,000
|
2003 est.
|
163
|
Cape Verde
|
$ 7,180,000
|
2005 est.
|
164
|
Guyana
|
$ 6,480,000
|
2003 est.
|
165
|
East Timor
|
$ 4,400,000
|
FY03
|
166
|
Bermuda
|
$ 4,030,000
|
2001
|
167
|
Gambia, The
|
$ 1,550,000
|
2005 est.
|
168
|
San Marino
|
$ 700,000
|
FY00/01
|
169
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
$ 581,729
|
2005 est.
|
170
|
Dominican Republic
|
$ 0
|
2002 est.
|
This page was last updated on 16 May, 2006
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