Rank
(total)
CountryMilitary Expenditures
(percent of GDP)
Date
1Oman11.402005 est.
2Qatar10.002005 est.
2Saudi Arabia10.002005 est.
4Iraq8.602006
4Jordan8.602006
6Israel7.302006
7Yemen6.602006
8Armenia6.50fiscal year 2001
9Eritrea6.302006 est.
10Macedonia6.002005 est.
11Burundi5.902006 est.
11Syria5.902005 est.
13Angola5.702006
14Maldives5.502005 est.
14Mauritania5.502006
16Kuwait5.302006
16Turkey5.302005 est.
18El Salvador5.002006
18Morocco5.002003 est.
20Singapore4.902005 est.
21Swaziland4.702006
22Bahrain4.502006
22Bosnia & Herzegovina4.502005 est.
22Brunei4.502006
25China4.302006
25Greece4.302005 est.
27Chad4.202006
28United States of America4.062005 est.
29Libya3.902005 est.
29Tajikistan3.902005 est.
31Cuba3.802006 est.
31Cyprus3.802005 est.
31Djibouti3.802006
31Zimbabwe3.802006
35Namibia3.702006
36Colombia3.402005 est.
36Egypt3.402005 est.
36Gabon3.402005 est.
36Turkmenistan3.402005 est.
40Algeria3.302006
40Botswana3.302006
42Pakistan3.20
43Congo (Republic)3.102006
43Guinea-Bissau3.102005 est.
43Lebanon3.102005 est.
43United Arab Emirates3.102005 est.
47Cambodia3.002005 est.
47Ethiopia3.002006
47Indonesia3.002005 est.
47Solomon Islands3.002006
47Sudan3.002005 est.
52Rwanda2.902006 est.
53Comoros2.802006
53Ecuador2.802006
53Kenya2.802006
56Chile2.702006
56Korea (South)2.702006
58Azerbaijan2.602005 est.
58Brazil2.602006 est.
58Bulgaria2.602005 est.
58France2.602005 est.
58Lesotho2.602006
58Sri Lanka2.602006
64Congo (Dem. Rep.)2.502006
64India2.502006
64Iran2.502006
64Vietnam2.502005 est.
68Romania2.472005 est.
69Australia2.402006
69Great Britain & Northern Ireland2.402005 est.
71Croatia2.392005 est.
72Portugal2.302005 est.
72Sierra Leone2.302006
74Fiji Islands2.202005 est.
74Taiwan (Rep. of China)2.20
74Uganda2.202006
77Myanmar2.102005 est.
78Malaysia2.032005 est.
79Estonia2.002005 est.
79Finland2.002005 est.
79Seychelles2.002006 est.
79Uzbekistan2.002005 est.
83Afghanistan1.902006 est.
83Bolivia1.902006
83Mali1.902006
83Norway1.902005 est.
87Slovakia1.872005 est.
88Czech Republic1.812005 est.
89Guyana1.802006
89Italy1.802005 est.
89Thailand1.802005 est.
89Zambia1.802005 est.
93Hungary1.752005 est.
94Poland1.712005 est.
95Benin1.702006
95Guinea1.702006
95Slovenia1.702005 est.
95South Africa1.702006
99Cote d'Ivoire1.602005 est
99Nepal1.602006
99Netherlands1.602005 est.
99Togo1.602005 est.
99Uruguay1.602006
104Bangladesh1.502006
104Denmark1.50
104Germany1.502005 est.
104Nigeria1.502006
104Peru1.502006
104Sweden1.502005 est.
110Albania1.492005 est.
111Belarus1.402005 est.
111Belize1.402006
111Kyrgyzstan1.402005 est.
111Mongolia1.402006
111Papua New Guinea1.402005 est.
111Senegal1.402005 est.
111Tunisia1.402006
111Ukraine1.402005 est.
119Argentina1.302005 est.
119Belgium1.302005 est.
119Cameroon1.302006
119Liberia1.302006 est.
119Malawi1.302006
119Niger1.302006
125Burkina Faso1.202006
125Latvia1.202005 est.
125Lithuania1.20
125Spain1.202005 est.
125Venezuela1.202005 est.
130Canada1.102005 est.
130Central African Republic1.102006 est.
132Bhutan1.002005 est.
132Madagascar1.002006
132New Zealand1.002005 est.
132Panama1.002006
132Paraguay1.002006 est.
132Switzerland1.002005 est.
138Austria0.902005 est.
138Ireland0.902005 est.
138Kazakhstan0.90FY02
138Luxembourg0.902005 est.
138Philippines0.902005 est.
138Somalia0.902005 est.
138Tonga0.902006 est.
145Dominican Republic0.802006
145Ghana0.802006 est.
145Japan0.802006
145Mozambique0.802006
145Sao Tome and Principe0.802006
150Cape Verde0.702005
150Malta0.702006 est.
152Honduras0.602006 est.
152Jamaica0.602006 est.
152Nicaragua0.602006
152Suriname0.602006 est.
156Georgia0.592005 est.
157Bahamas0.502006
157Barbados0.502006 est.
157Gambia0.502006
157Laos0.502006
157Mexico0.502006 est.
162Costa Rica0.402006
162Guatemala0.402006
162Haiti0.402006
162Moldova0.402005 est.
166Mauritius0.302006 est.
166Trinidad & Tobago0.302006
168Tanzania0.202005 est.
169Bermuda0.112005 est.
170Equatorial Guinea0.102006 est.
171Iceland0.002005 est.
 World2.002005 est.

For non-listed countries is no information available.

This page reports 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.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2007-12-13)

(c) Thomas Brinkhoff, 2008-01-01