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  Rank Order - Military expenditures - percent of GDP


Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Military expenditures - percent of GDP
(%)
Date of Information
1
Jordan 14.60 2004
2
Eritrea 13.40 2004
3
Oman 11.40 2003
4
Angola 10.60 2004
5
Qatar 10.00 NA
6
Saudi Arabia 10.00 2002
7
Israel 8.70 FY02
8
Yemen 7.80 2003
9
Armenia 6.50 FY01
10
Bahrain 6.30 2004
11
Burundi 6.00 2004
12
Macedonia 6.00 NA
13
Syria 5.90 NA
14
Maldives 5.50 2004
15
Kuwait 5.30 2004
16
Turkey 5.30 2003
17
Brunei 5.10 2004
18
Morocco 5.00 2004
19
Pakistan 4.90 2004
20
Singapore 4.90 NA
21
Ethiopia 4.60 2004
22
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.50 NA
23
Djibouti 4.40 2004
24
China 4.30 2004
25
Greece 4.30 2003
26
Zimbabwe 4.30 2004
27
Botswana 3.90 2004
28
Libya 3.90 NA
29
Tajikistan 3.90 FY01
30
Chile 3.80 2004
31
Cyprus 3.80 NA
32
Colombia 3.40 FY01
33
Turkmenistan 3.40 NA
34
Egypt 3.40 2004
35
Iran 3.30 2003 est.
36
United States 3.30 February 2004
37
Algeria 3.20 2004
38
Rwanda 3.20 2004
39
United Arab Emirates 3.10 NA
40
Namibia 3.10 2004
41
Guinea-Bissau 3.10 2004
42
Lebanon 3.10 2004
43
Cambodia 3.00 NA
44
Sudan 3.00 2004
45
Comoros 3.00 2004
46
Indonesia 3.00 2004
47
India 2.93 2005/06
48
Congo, Republic of the 2.80 2004
49
Korea, South 2.80 2004
50
Australia 2.70 2004
51
Afghanistan 2.60 2004
52
Azerbaijan 2.60 NA
53
Taiwan 2.60 2004
54
France 2.60 2003
55
Sri Lanka 2.60 2004
56
Bulgaria 2.60 2003
57
Equatorial Guinea 2.50 2004
58
Vietnam 2.50 NA
59
Romania 2.47 2002
60
Benin 2.40 2004
61
United Kingdom 2.40 2003
62
Croatia 2.39 2002 est.
63
Lesotho 2.30 2004
64
Portugal 2.30 2003
65
Ecuador 2.20 2004
66
Fiji 2.20 FY02
67
Mozambique 2.20 2004
68
Mongolia 2.20 FY02
69
Uganda 2.20 2004
70
Burma 2.10 NA
71
Chad 2.10 2004
72
Malaysia 2.03 NA
73
Czech Republic 2.02 2004
74
Belize 2.00 2003
75
Finland 2.00 FY98/99
76
Gabon 2.00 2004
77
Estonia 2.00 2002 est.
78
Uruguay 2.00 2004
79
World 2.00 NA
80
Uzbekistan 2.00 NA
81
Lithuania 1.90 FY01
82
Norway 1.90 2003
83
Togo 1.90 2004
84
Slovakia 1.89 2002
85
Bangladesh 1.80 2004
86
Zambia 1.80 2004
87
Thailand 1.80 2003
88
Seychelles 1.80 2004
89
Italy 1.80 2004
90
Brazil 1.80 2004
91
Cuba 1.80 2003
92
Bhutan 1.80 2004
93
Hungary 1.75 2002 est.
94
Poland 1.71 2002
95
Guinea 1.70 2004
96
Sierra Leone 1.70 2004
97
Sweden 1.70 2004
98
Slovenia 1.70 FY00
99
Mauritania 1.70 2004
100
Bolivia 1.60 2004
101
Netherlands 1.60 2004
102
Cameroon 1.60 2004
103
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.50 2004
104
Cape Verde 1.50 2004
105
Denmark 1.50 2004
106
Germany 1.50 2003
107
Nepal 1.50 2004
108
South Africa 1.50 2004
109
Venezuela 1.50 2004
110
Tunisia 1.50 NA
111
Senegal 1.50 2004
112
Albania 1.49 FY02
113
Belarus 1.40 FY02
114
Honduras 1.40 2004
115
Swaziland 1.40 2004
116
Ukraine 1.40 FY02
117
Peru 1.40 2004
118
Papua New Guinea 1.40 FY02
119
Kyrgyzstan 1.40 FY01
120
Argentina 1.30 FY00
121
Belgium 1.30 2003
122
Burkina Faso 1.30 2004
123
Kenya 1.30 2004
124
Cote d'Ivoire 1.20 2004
125
Madagascar 1.20 2004
126
Latvia 1.20 FY01
127
Spain 1.20 2003
128
Canada 1.10 2003
129
Dominican Republic 1.10 1998
130
Niger 1.10 2004
131
Panama 1.10 2004
132
El Salvador 1.10 2003
133
Central African Republic 1.00 2004
134
Japan 1.00 2004
135
Philippines 1.00 2004
136
Switzerland 1.00 FY01
137
New Zealand 1.00 FY02
138
Austria 0.90 2004
139
Ireland 0.90 FY00/01
140
Guyana 0.90 2004
141
Somalia 0.90 2003
142
Paraguay 0.90 2003
143
Mexico 0.90 2004
144
Luxembourg 0.90 2003
145
Kazakhstan 0.90 FY02
146
Haiti 0.90 2003
147
Guatemala 0.80 2003
148
Nigeria 0.80 2004
149
Sao Tome and Principe 0.80 2004
150
Malawi 0.70 2004
151
Malta 0.70 2004
152
Suriname 0.70 2003
153
Nicaragua 0.70 2004
154
Ghana 0.60 2004
155
Trinidad and Tobago 0.60 2003
156
Georgia 0.59 NA
157
Laos 0.50 2004
158
Costa Rica 0.40 2003
159
Moldova 0.40 FY02
160
Jamaica 0.40 2003
161
Mali 0.40 2004
162
Gambia, The 0.30 2004
163
Liberia 0.20 2004
164
Mauritius 0.20 2004
165
Tanzania 0.20 2004
166
Bermuda 0.11 NA

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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