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 6.5% of GDP (FY01)
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.)
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 0.59% of GDP (2005 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 0.9% of GDP (Ministry of Defense expenditures) (FY02)
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 1.4% of GDP (2005 est.)
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 (2006)
Tajikistan 3.9% of GDP (2005 est.)
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 2% of GDP (2005 est.)
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)