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  Field Listing - Military expenditures - percent of GDP


Country
Military expenditures - percent of GDP (%)
Afghanistan 1.9% (2006 est.)
Albania 1.49% (2005 est.)
Algeria 3.3% (2006)
Angola 5.7% (2006)
Antigua and Barbuda NA (2006)
Argentina 1.3% (2005 est.)
Armenia 6.5% (FY01)
Australia 2.4% (2006)
Austria 0.9% (2005 est.)
Azerbaijan 2.6% (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The 0.5% (2006)
Bahrain 4.5% (2006)
Bangladesh 1.5% (2006)
Barbados 0.5% (2006 est.)
Belarus 1.4% (2005 est.)
Belgium 1.3% (2005 est.)
Belize 1.4% (2006)
Benin 1.7% (2006)
Bermuda 0.11% (2005 est.)
Bhutan 1% (2005 est.)
Bolivia 1.9% (2006)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.5% (2005 est.)
Botswana 3.3% (2006)
Brazil 2.6% (2006 est.)
Brunei 4.5% (2006)
Bulgaria 2.6% (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso 1.2% (2006)
Burma 2.1% (2005 est.)
Burundi 5.9% (2006 est.)
Cambodia 3% (2005 est.)
Cameroon 1.3% (2006)
Canada 1.1% (2005 est.)
Cape Verde 0.7% (2005)
Central African Republic 1.1% (2006 est.)
Chad 4.2% (2006)
Chile 2.7% (2006)
China 4.3% (2006)
Colombia 3.4% (2005 est.)
Comoros 2.8% (2006)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.5% (2006)
Congo, Republic of the 3.1% (2006)
Costa Rica 0.4% (2006)
Cote d'Ivoire 1.6% (2005 est)
Croatia 2.39% (2005 est.)
Cuba 3.8% (2006 est.)
Cyprus 3.8% (2005 est.)
Czech Republic 1.46% (2007 est.)
Denmark 1.5% (2006; 1.28% 2007 est.; 1.24% 2008 projected)
Djibouti 3.8% (2006)
Dominica NA (2006)
Dominican Republic 0.8% (2006)
Ecuador 2.8% (2006)
Egypt 3.4% (2005 est.)
El Salvador 5% (2006)
Equatorial Guinea 0.1% (2006 est.)
Eritrea 6.3% (2006 est.)
Estonia 2% (2005 est.)
Ethiopia 3% (2006)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA
Faroe Islands NA
Fiji 2.2% (2005 est.)
Finland 2% (2005 est.)
France 2.6% (2005 est.)
Gabon 3.4% (2005 est.)
Gambia, The 0.5% (2006)
Gaza Strip NA
Georgia 0.59% (2005 est.)
Germany 1.5% (2005 est.)
Ghana 0.8% (2006 est.)
Greece 4.3% (2005 est.)
Grenada NA
Guatemala 0.4% (2006)
Guinea 1.7% (2006)
Guinea-Bissau 3.1% (2005 est.)
Guyana 1.8% (2006)
Haiti 0.4% (2006)
Honduras 0.6% (2006 est.)
Hong Kong NA
Hungary 1.75% (2005 est.)
Iceland 0% (2005 est.)
India 2.5% (2006)
Indonesia 3% (2005 est.)
Iran 2.5% (2006)
Iraq 8.6% (2006)
Ireland 0.9% (2005 est.)
Israel 7.3% (2006)
Italy 1.8% (2005 est.)
Jamaica 0.6% (2006 est.)
Japan 0.8% (2006)
Jordan 8.6% (2006)
Kazakhstan 0.9% (Ministry of Defense expenditures) (FY02)
Kenya 2.8% (2006)
Kiribati NA
Korea, North NA
Korea, South 2.7% (2006)
Kuwait 5.3% (2006)
Kyrgyzstan 1.4% (2005 est.)
Laos 0.5% (2006)
Latvia 1.2% (2005 est.)
Lebanon 3.1% (2005 est.)
Lesotho 2.6% (2006)
Liberia 1.3% (2006 est.)
Libya 3.9% (2005 est.)
Lithuania 1.2% (2006; 1.23% 2007 est.)
Luxembourg 0.9% (2005 est.)
Macedonia 6% (2005 est.)
Madagascar 1% (2006)
Malawi 1.3% (2006)
Malaysia 2.03% (2005 est.)
Maldives 5.5% (2005 est.)
Mali 1.9% (2006)
Malta 0.7% (2006 est.)
Marshall Islands NA
Mauritania 5.5% (2006)
Mauritius 0.3% (2006 est.)
Mexico 0.5% (2006 est.)
Moldova 0.4% (2005 est.)
Mongolia 1.4% (2006)
Morocco 5% (2003 est.)
Mozambique 0.8% (2006)
Namibia 3.7% (2006)
Nauru NA
Nepal 1.6% (2006)
Netherlands 1.6% (2005 est.)
New Caledonia NA
New Zealand 1% (2005 est.)
Nicaragua 0.6% (2006)
Niger 1.3% (2006)
Nigeria 1.5% (2006)
Norway 1.9% (2005 est.)
Oman 11.4% (2005 est.)
Pakistan 3.2% (2006; 3% 2007 est.)
Palau NA
Panama 1% (2006)
Papua New Guinea 1.4% (2005 est.)
Paraguay 1% (2006 est.)
Peru 1.5% (2006)
Philippines 0.9% (2005 est.)
Poland 1.71% (2005 est.)
Portugal 2.3% (2005 est.)
Qatar 10% (2005 est.)
Romania 1.9% (2007 est.)
Russia 3.9% (2005)
Rwanda 2.9% (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% (2006)
Saudi Arabia 10% (2005 est.)
Senegal 1.4% (2005 est.)
Seychelles 2% (2006 est.)
Sierra Leone 2.3% (2006)
Singapore 4.9% (2005 est.)
Slovakia 1.87% (2005 est.)
Slovenia 1.7% (2005 est.)
Solomon Islands 3% (2006)
Somalia 0.9% (2005 est.)
South Africa 1.7% (2006)
Spain 1.2% (2005 est.)
Sri Lanka 2.6% (2006)
Sudan 3% (2005 est.)
Suriname 0.6% (2006 est.)
Swaziland 4.7% (2006)
Sweden 1.5% (2005 est.)
Switzerland 1% (2005 est.)
Syria 5.9% (2005 est.)
Taiwan 2.2% (2006; to increase to 2.85% in 2007)
Tajikistan 3.9% (2005 est.)
Tanzania 0.2% (2005 est.)
Thailand 1.8% (2005 est.)
Timor-Leste NA
Togo 1.6% (2005 est.)
Tonga 0.9% (2006 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 0.3% (2006)
Tunisia 1.4% (2006)
Turkey 5.3% (2005 est.)
Turkmenistan 3.4% (2005 est.)
Tuvalu NA
Uganda 2.2% (2006)
Ukraine 1.4% (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates 3.1% (2005 est.)
United Kingdom 2.4% (2005 est.)
United States 4.06% (2005 est.)
Uruguay 1.6% (2006)
Uzbekistan 2% (2005 est.)
Vanuatu NA
Venezuela 1.2% (2005 est.)
Vietnam 2.5% (2005 est.)
West Bank NA
World roughly 2% of gross world product (2005 est.)
Yemen 6.6% (2006)
Zambia 1.8% (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe 3.8% (2006)

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