Field Listing :: Military expenditures

This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP).

Country Comparison to the World

Country	Military expenditures(% of GDP)

Afghanistan	1.9% of GDP (2009)

Albania	1.49% of GDP (2005 est.)

Algeria	3.3% of GDP (2006)

Angola	3.6% of GDP (2009)

Antigua and Barbuda	0.5% of GDP (2009)

Argentina	0.8% of GDP (2009)

Armenia	2.8% of GDP (2010)

Australia	3% of GDP (2009)

Austria	0.8% of GDP (2009)

Azerbaijan	2.6% of GDP (2005 est.)

Bahamas, The	0.7% of GDP (2009)

Bahrain	4.5% of GDP (2006)

Bangladesh	1.3% of GDP (2009)

Barbados	0.8% of GDP (2009)

Belarus	1.4% of GDP (2005 est.)

Belgium	1.3% of GDP (2005 est.)

Belize	1.4% of GDP (2009)

Benin	1% of GDP (2009)

Bermuda	0.11% of GDP (2005 est.)

Bhutan	1% of GDP (2005 est.)

Bolivia	1.3% of GDP (2009)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.5% of GDP (2005 est.)

Botswana	3.3% of GDP (2006)

Brazil	1.7% of GDP (2009)

Brunei	4.5% of GDP (2006)

Bulgaria	2.6% of GDP (2005 est.)

Burkina Faso	1.2% of GDP (2006)

Burma	2.1% of GDP (2005 est.)

Burundi	5.9% of GDP (2006 est.)

Cambodia	3% of GDP (2005 est.)

Cameroon	1.3% of GDP (2009)

Canada	1.1% of GDP (2005 est.)

Cape Verde	0.5% of GDP (2009)

Central African Republic	0.9% of GDP (2009)

Chad	1.7% of GDP (2009)

Chile	2.7% of GDP (2006)

China	4.3% of GDP (2006)

Colombia	3.4% of GDP (2005 est.)

Comoros	2.8% of GDP (2006)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2.5% of GDP (2006)

Congo, Republic of the	0.9% of GDP (2009)

Costa Rica	0.6% of GDP (2009)

Cote d'Ivoire	1.5% of GDP (2009)

Croatia	2.39% of GDP (2005 est.)

Cuba	3.8% of GDP (2006 est.)

Cyprus	3.8% of GDP (2005 est.) (U)

Czech Republic	1.46% of GDP (2007 est.)

Denmark	1.3% of GDP (2007 est.)

Djibouti	3.8% of GDP (2006)

Dominica	NA

Dominican Republic	0.7% of GDP (2009)

Ecuador	0.9% of GDP (2009)

Egypt	3.4% of GDP (2005 est.)

El Salvador	0.6% of GDP (2009)

Equatorial Guinea	0.1% of GDP (2009)

Eritrea	6.3% of GDP (2006 est.)

Estonia	2% of GDP (2005 est.)

Ethiopia	1.2% of GDP (2009)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA

Faroe Islands	NA

Fiji	1.9% of GDP (2009)

Finland	2% of GDP (2005 est.)

France	2.6% of GDP (2005 est.)

Gabon	0.9% of GDP (2009)

Gambia, The	0.9% of GDP (2009)

Gaza Strip	NA

Georgia	1.9% of GDP (2010 est.)

Germany	1.5% of GDP (2005 est.)

Ghana	1.7% of GDP (2009)

Greece	4.3% of GDP (2005 est.)

Grenada	NA

Guatemala	0.4% of GDP (2009)

Guinea	1.1% of GDP (2009)

Guinea-Bissau	3.1% of GDP (2005 est.)

Guyana	1.8% of GDP (2006)

Haiti	0.4% of GDP (2006)

Honduras	0.6% of GDP (2006 est.)

Hong Kong	NA

Hungary	1.75% of GDP (2005 est.)

Iceland	0% of GDP (2005 est.)

India	2.5% of GDP (2006)

Indonesia	3% of GDP (2005 est.)

Iran	2.5% of GDP (2006)

Iraq	8.6% of GDP (2006)

Ireland	0.9% of GDP (2005 est.)

Israel	7.3% of GDP (2006)

Italy	1.8% of GDP (2005 est.)

Jamaica	0.6% of GDP (2006 est.)

Japan	0.8% of GDP (2006)

Jordan	8.6% of GDP (2006)

Kazakhstan	1.1% of GDP (2010)

Kenya	2.8% of GDP (2006)

Kiribati	NA

Korea, North	NA

Korea, South	2.7% of GDP (2006)

Kuwait	5.3% of GDP (2006)

Kyrgyzstan	0.5% of GDP (2009)

Laos	0.5% of GDP (2006)

Latvia	1.2% of GDP (2005 est.)

Lebanon	3.1% of GDP (2005 est.)

Lesotho	2.6% of GDP (2006)

Liberia	1.3% of GDP (2006 est.)

Libya	3.9% of GDP (2005 est.)

Lithuania	1.2% of GDP (2007 est.)

Luxembourg	0.9% of GDP (2005 est.)

Macedonia	6% of GDP (2005 est.)

Madagascar	1% of GDP (2006)

Malawi	1.3% of GDP (2006)

Malaysia	2.03% of GDP (2005 est.)

Maldives	5.5% of GDP (2005 est.)

Mali	1.9% of GDP (2006)

Malta	0.7% of GDP (2006 est.)

Marshall Islands	NA

Mauritania	5.5% of GDP (2006)

Mauritius	0.3% of GDP (2006 est.)

Mexico	0.5% of GDP (2006 est.)

Moldova	0.4% of GDP (2005 est.)

Mongolia	1.4% of GDP (2006)

Morocco	5% of GDP (2003 est.)

Mozambique	0.8% of GDP (2006)

Namibia	3.7% of GDP (2006)

Nauru	NA

Nepal	1.6% of GDP (2006)

Netherlands	1.6% of GDP (2005 est.)

New Caledonia	NA

New Zealand	1% of GDP (2005 est.)

Nicaragua	0.6% of GDP (2006)

Niger	1.3% of GDP (2006)

Nigeria	1.5% of GDP (2006)

Norway	1.9% of GDP (2005 est.)

Oman	11.4% of GDP (2005 est.)

Pakistan	3% of GDP (2007 est.)

Palau	NA

Panama	1% of GDP (2006)

Papua New Guinea	1.4% of GDP (2005 est.)

Paraguay	1% of GDP (2006 est.)

Peru	1.5% of GDP (2006)

Philippines	0.9% of GDP (2005 est.)

Poland	1.71% of GDP (2005 est.)

Portugal	2.3% of GDP (2005 est.)

Qatar	10% of GDP (2005 est.)

Romania	1.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Russia	3.9% of GDP (2005)

Rwanda	2.9% of GDP (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% of GDP (2006)

Saudi Arabia	10% of GDP (2005 est.)

Senegal	1.4% of GDP (2005 est.)

Seychelles	2% of GDP (2006 est.)

Sierra Leone	2.3% of GDP (2006)

Singapore	4.9% of GDP (2005 est.)

Slovakia	1.87% of GDP (2005 est.)

Slovenia	1.7% of GDP (2005 est.)

Solomon Islands	3% of GDP (2006)

Somalia	0.9% of GDP (2005 est.)

South Africa	1.7% of GDP (2006)

Spain	1.2% of GDP (2005 est.)

Sri Lanka	2.6% of GDP (2006)

Sudan	3% of GDP (2005 est.)

Suriname	0.6% of GDP (2006 est.)

Swaziland	4.7% of GDP (2006)

Sweden	1.5% of GDP (2005 est.)

Switzerland	1% of GDP (2005 est.)

Syria	5.9% of GDP (2005 est.)

Taiwan	2.2% of GDP; note - in 2009, the Taiwanese president pledged to maintain defense spending at 3.0% or higher; projected 2.73% for 2011 (2009)

Tajikistan	1.5% of GDP (2010)

Tanzania	0.2% of GDP (2005 est.)

Thailand	1.8% of GDP (2005 est.)

Timor-Leste	NA

Togo	1.6% of GDP (2005 est.)

Tonga	0.9% of GDP (2006 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago	0.3% of GDP (2006)

Tunisia	1.4% of GDP (2006)

Turkey	5.3% of GDP (2005 est.)

Turkmenistan	3.4% of GDP (2005 est.)

Tuvalu	NA

Uganda	2.2% of GDP (2006)

Ukraine	1.4% of GDP (2005 est.)

United Arab Emirates	3.1% of GDP (2005 est.)

United Kingdom	2.4% of GDP (2005 est.)

United States	4.06% of GDP (2005 est.)

Uruguay	1.6% of GDP (2006)

Uzbekistan	3.5% of GDP (2010)

Vanuatu	NA

Venezuela	1.2% of GDP (2005 est.)

Vietnam	2.5% of GDP (2005 est.)

West Bank	NA

World	roughly 2% of GDP of gross world product (2005 est.)

Yemen	6.6% of GDP (2006)

Zambia	1.8% of GDP (2005 est.)

Zimbabwe	3.8% of GDP (2006)