Countries with the highest military spending


All data from the CIA World Factbook. Last updated Jan 25, 2010.



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).
Rank country (% of GDP) Date of Information
1 Oman 11.40 2005 est.
2 Qatar 10.00 2005 est.
3 Saudi Arabia 10.00 2005 est.
4 Iraq 8.60 2006
5 Jordan 8.60 2006
6 Israel 7.30 2006
7 Yemen 6.60 2006
8 Armenia 6.50 FY01
9 Eritrea 6.30 2006 est.
10 Macedonia 6.00 2005 est.
11 Burundi 5.90 2006 est.
12 Syria 5.90 2005 est.
13 Angola 5.70 2006
14 Mauritania 5.50 2006
15 Maldives 5.50 2005 est.
16 Kuwait 5.30 2006
17 Turkey 5.30 2005 est.
18 El Salvador 5.00 2006
19 Morocco 5.00 2003 est.
20 Singapore 4.90 2005 est.
21 Swaziland 4.70 2006
22 Bahrain 4.50 2006
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.50 2005 est.
24 Brunei 4.50 2006
25 China 4.30 2006
26 Greece 4.30 2005 est.
27 Chad 4.20 2006
28 United States 4.06 2005 est.
29 Libya 3.90 2005 est.
30 Russia 3.90 2005
31 Tajikistan 3.90 2005 est.
32 Cuba 3.80 2006 est.
33 Djibouti 3.80 2006
34 Cyprus 3.80 2005 est.
35 Zimbabwe 3.80 2006
36 Namibia 3.70 2006
37 Colombia 3.40 2005 est.
38 Gabon 3.40 2005 est.
39 Egypt 3.40 2005 est.
40 Turkmenistan 3.40 2005 est.
41 Algeria 3.30 2006
42 Botswana 3.30 2006
43 United Arab Emirates 3.10 2005 est.
44 Guinea-Bissau 3.10 2005 est.
45 Lebanon 3.10 2005 est.
46 Congo, Republic of the 3.10 2006
47 Solomon Islands 3.00 2006
48 Cambodia 3.00 2005 est.
49 Ethiopia 3.00 2006
50 Indonesia 3.00 2005 est.
51 Sudan 3.00 2005 est.
52 Pakistan 3.00 2007 est.
53 Rwanda 2.90 2006 est.
54 Comoros 2.80 2006
55 Ecuador 2.80 2006
56 Kenya 2.80 2006
57 Chile 2.70 2006
58 Korea, South 2.70 2006
59 Azerbaijan 2.60 2005 est.
60 Lesotho 2.60 2006
61 France 2.60 2005 est.
62 Brazil 2.60 2006 est.
63 Sri Lanka 2.60 2006
64 Bulgaria 2.60 2005 est.
65 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.50 2006
66 India 2.50 2006
67 Iran 2.50 2006
68 Vietnam 2.50 2005 est.
69 Australia 2.40 2006
70 United Kingdom 2.40 2005 est.
71 Croatia 2.39 2005 est.
72 Portugal 2.30 2005 est.
73 Sierra Leone 2.30 2006
74 Fiji 2.20 2005 est.
75 Taiwan 2.20 NA
76 Uganda 2.20 2006
77 Burma 2.10 2005 est.
78 Malaysia 2.03 2005 est.
79 Estonia 2.00 2005 est.
80 World 2.00 2005 est.
81 Uzbekistan 2.00 2005 est.
82 Seychelles 2.00 2006 est.
83 Finland 2.00 2005 est.
84 Afghanistan 1.90 2006 est.
85 Romania 1.90 2007 est.
86 Norway 1.90 2005 est.
87 Mali 1.90 2006
88 Bolivia 1.90 2006
89 Slovakia 1.87 2005 est.
90 Guyana 1.80 2006
91 Thailand 1.80 2005 est.
92 Zambia 1.80 2005 est.
93 Italy 1.80 2005 est.
94 Hungary 1.75 2005 est.
95 Poland 1.71 2005 est.
96 Benin 1.70 2006
97 Guinea 1.70 2006
98 South Africa 1.70 2006
99 Slovenia 1.70 2005 est.
100 Cote d'Ivoire 1.60 2005 est.
101 Netherlands 1.60 2005 est.
102 Togo 1.60 2005 est.
103 Uruguay 1.60 2006
104 Nepal 1.60 2006
105 Bangladesh 1.50 2006
106 Sweden 1.50 2005 est.
107 Peru 1.50 2006
108 Nigeria 1.50 2006
109 Germany 1.50 2005 est.
110 Albania 1.49 2005 est.
111 Czech Republic 1.46 2007 est.
112 Belize 1.40 2006
113 Ukraine 1.40 2005 est.
114 Tunisia 1.40 2006
115 Senegal 1.40 2005 est.
116 Mongolia 1.40 2006
117 Belarus 1.40 2005 est.
118 Papua New Guinea 1.40 2005 est.
119 Kyrgyzstan 1.40 2005 est.
120 Argentina 1.30 2005 est.
121 Cameroon 1.30 2006
122 Niger 1.30 2006
123 Malawi 1.30 2006
124 Liberia 1.30 2006 est.
125 Denmark 1.30 2007 est.
126 Belgium 1.30 2005 est.
127 Latvia 1.20 2005 est.
128 Spain 1.20 2005 est.
129 Burkina Faso 1.20 2006
130 Venezuela 1.20 2005 est.
131 Lithuania 1.20 2007 est.
132 Canada 1.10 2005 est.
133 Central African Republic 1.10 2006 est.
134 Bhutan 1.00 2005 est.
135 New Zealand 1.00 2005 est.
136 Madagascar 1.00 2006
137 Paraguay 1.00 2006 est.
138 Panama 1.00 2006
139 Switzerland 1.00 2005 est.
140 Austria 0.90 2005 est.
141 Luxembourg 0.90 2005 est.
142 Philippines 0.90 2005 est.
143 Somalia 0.90 2005 est.
144 Tonga 0.90 2006 est.
145 Kazakhstan 0.90 FY02
146 Ireland 0.90 2005 est.
147 Dominican Republic 0.80 2006
148 Sao Tome and Principe 0.80 2006
149 Mozambique 0.80 2006
150 Japan 0.80 2006
151 Ghana 0.80 2006 est.
152 Cape Verde 0.70 2005
153 Malta 0.70 2006 est.
154 Honduras 0.60 2006 est.
155 Jamaica 0.60 2006 est.
156 Suriname 0.60 2006 est.
157 Nicaragua 0.60 2006
158 Georgia 0.59 2005 est.
159 Barbados 0.50 2006 est.
160 Bahamas, The 0.50 2006
161 Mexico 0.50 2006 est.
162 Laos 0.50 2006
163 Gambia, The 0.50 2006
164 Costa Rica 0.40 2006
165 Guatemala 0.40 2006
166 Moldova 0.40 2005 est.
167 Haiti 0.40 2006
168 Mauritius 0.30 2006 est.
169 Trinidad and Tobago 0.30 2006
170 Tanzania 0.20 2005 est.
171 Bermuda 0.11 2005 est.
172 Equatorial Guinea 0.10 2006 est.
173 Iceland 0.00 2005 est.



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    Energy: Coal, Australia | Crude oil, Brent | Crude oil, Dubai | Crude oil, avg, spot | Crude oil, West Texas Int. | Natural gas LNG, Japan | Natural gas, Europe | Natural gas Index | Natural gas, US
    Fertilizers:
    DAP | Phosphate rock | Pottasium chloride | TSP | Urea, E. Europe, bulk
    Metals and Minerals
    Aluminum | Copper | Gold | Iron ore | Lead | Nickel | Silver | Steel cr coilsheet | Steel hr coilsheet | Steel products (8) index | Steel, rebar | Steel wire rod | Tin | Zinc
    Non Energy Commodities / Agriculture / Beverages:
    Cocoa | Coffee, Arabica | Coffee, robusta | Tea, auctions (3), average | Tea, Colombo auctions | Tea, Kolkata auctions | Tea, Mombasa auctions
    Non Energy Commodities / Food / Fats and oils
    Coconut oil | Copra | Groundnut oil | Palm oil | Palmkernel oil | Soybeans | Soybean meal | Soybean oil
    Non Energy Commodities / Food / Grains
    Barley | Maize | Rice, Thailand, 5% | Rice, Thailand, 25% | Rice, Thailand, 35% | Rice,Thai, A1.Special | Sorghum | Wheat, Canada | Wheat, US, HRW | Wheat US SRW
    Non Energy Commodities / Food / Other food
    Bananas EU | Bananas US | Beef | Chicken meat | Fishmeal | Lamb | Oranges | Shrimp, Mexico | Sugar EU domestic | Sugar US domestic | Sugar, world
    Raw Materials / Other
    Cotton Memphis | Cotton A Index | Rubber, Singapore | Rubber, US
    Raw Materials / Timber
    Logs, Cameroon | Logs, Malaysia | Plywood | Sawnwood, Cameroon | Sawnwood, Malaysia | Woodpulp
    World Bank commodity price indices
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