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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
Korea, North 22.90 2003
2
Jordan 20.20 2003
3
Eritrea 11.80 2003
4
Oman 11.40 2003
5
Qatar 10.00 NA
6
Saudi Arabia 10.00 2002
7
Israel 8.70 FY02
8
Maldives 8.60 2003
9
Yemen 7.90 2003
10
Bahrain 7.50 2003
11
Armenia 6.50 FY01
12
Burundi 6.00 2003
13
Macedonia 6.00 NA
14
Brunei 5.90 2003
15
Syria 5.90 NA
16
Kuwait 5.80 2003
17
Turkey 5.30 2003
18
Ethiopia 5.20 2003
19
Singapore 4.90 NA
20
Lebanon 4.80 NA
21
Morocco 4.80 2003
22
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.50 NA
23
Djibouti 4.40 2003
24
Greece 4.30 2003
25
Chile 4.00 2003
26
Libya 3.90 NA
27
Tajikistan 3.90 FY01
28
Pakistan 3.90 FY02/03
29
Cyprus 3.80 NA
30
Mauritania 3.70 2003
31
Botswana 3.60 2003
32
Egypt 3.60 2003
33
Algeria 3.50 2003
34
Colombia 3.40 FY01
35
Turkmenistan 3.40 NA
36
Iran 3.30 2003 est.
37
United States 3.30 February 2004
38
Sri Lanka 3.20 2003
39
United Arab Emirates 3.10 NA
40
Cambodia 3.00 NA
41
Comoros 3.00 2003
42
Rwanda 2.90 2003
43
Australia 2.80 2003
44
Guinea-Bissau 2.80 2003
45
Congo, Republic of the 2.80 2003
46
Benin 2.70 2003
47
Korea, South 2.70 FY03
48
Taiwan 2.70 2003
49
Azerbaijan 2.60 NA
50
Bulgaria 2.60 2003
51
France 2.60 2003
52
Lesotho 2.60 2003
53
Equatorial Guinea 2.50 2003
54
Sudan 2.50 NA
55
Vietnam 2.50 NA
56
Namibia 2.50 2003
57
Romania 2.47 2002
58
Ecuador 2.40 2003
59
United Kingdom 2.40 2003
60
India 2.40 2003
61
Croatia 2.39 2002 est.
62
Portugal 2.30 2003
63
Fiji 2.20 FY02
64
Mozambique 2.20 2003
65
Mongolia 2.20 FY02
66
Burma 2.10 NA
67
Brazil 2.10 2003
68
Uganda 2.10 2003
69
Sweden 2.10 FY01
70
Chad 2.10 2003
71
Czech Republic 2.10 FY01
72
Malaysia 2.03 NA
73
Belize 2.00 2003
74
World 2.00 NA
75
Finland 2.00 FY98/99
76
Gabon 2.00 2003
77
Uzbekistan 2.00 NA
78
Uruguay 2.00 2003
79
Estonia 2.00 2002 est.
80
Angola 1.90 2003
81
Togo 1.90 2003
82
Norway 1.90 2003
83
Lithuania 1.90 FY01
84
Italy 1.90 2003
85
Bhutan 1.90 2003
86
Slovakia 1.89 2002
87
Cuba 1.80 2003
88
Kenya 1.80 2003
89
Seychelles 1.80 2003
90
Swaziland 1.80 2003
91
Thailand 1.80 2003
92
Hungary 1.75 2002 est.
93
Poland 1.71 2002
94
Guinea 1.70 2003
95
South Africa 1.70 2003
96
Zimbabwe 1.70 2003
97
Slovenia 1.70 FY00
98
Bolivia 1.60 2003
99
Nepal 1.60 2003
100
Burkina Faso 1.60 2003
101
Denmark 1.60 2003
102
Netherlands 1.60 2003
103
Cape Verde 1.50 2003
104
Tunisia 1.50 NA
105
Sierra Leone 1.50 2003
106
Senegal 1.50 2003
107
Philippines 1.50 NA
108
Honduras 1.50 2003
109
Germany 1.50 2003
110
Albania 1.49 FY02
111
Belarus 1.40 FY02
112
Papua New Guinea 1.40 FY02
113
Kyrgyzstan 1.40 FY01
114
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.40 2003
115
Ukraine 1.40 FY02
116
Cameroon 1.40 2003
117
Argentina 1.30 FY00
118
Belgium 1.30 2003
119
Venezuela 1.30 2003
120
Peru 1.30 2003
121
Mali 1.30 2003
122
Liberia 1.30 2003
123
Indonesia 1.30 NA
124
Bangladesh 1.20 2003
125
Cote d'Ivoire 1.20 2003
126
Spain 1.20 2003
127
Panama 1.20 2003
128
Nicaragua 1.20 2003
129
Madagascar 1.20 2003
130
Latvia 1.20 FY01
131
Canada 1.10 2003
132
El Salvador 1.10 2003
133
Dominican Republic 1.10 1998
134
Niger 1.10 2003
135
Central African Republic 1.10 2003
136
Afghanistan 1.00 2003
137
Switzerland 1.00 FY01
138
Japan 1.00 2003
139
New Zealand 1.00 FY02
140
Ireland 0.90 FY00/01
141
Zambia 0.90 2003
142
Somalia 0.90 2003
143
Paraguay 0.90 2003
144
Nigeria 0.90 2003
145
Mexico 0.90 2003
146
Haiti 0.90 2003
147
Luxembourg 0.90 2003
148
Kazakhstan 0.90 FY02
149
Austria 0.85 June 2004
150
Guatemala 0.80 2003
151
Guyana 0.80 2003
152
Sao Tome and Principe 0.80 2003
153
Malawi 0.70 2003
154
Suriname 0.70 2003
155
Malta 0.70 2003
156
Ghana 0.60 2003
157
Trinidad and Tobago 0.60 2003
158
Georgia 0.59 NA
159
Laos 0.50 2003
160
Costa Rica 0.40 2003
161
Jamaica 0.40 2003
162
Moldova 0.40 FY02
163
Gambia, The 0.30 2003
164
Mauritius 0.20 2003
165
Tanzania 0.20 2003
166
Bermuda 0.11 NA

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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