SIPRI Military Expenditure Database edit

This list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database which calculates military expenditure data for 2009 (in constant 2008 US$). It also includes military expenditure data as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008.[1]

The world's top 5 largest military budgets in 2009. Figures sourced from SIPRI.
 
Military spending
 
Military spending as percentage of GDP
Rank Country Military expenditure, 2010[2] % of GDP, 2009
0 a 0 0
1   United States 687,105,000,000 4.7%
2   People's Republic of China 114,300,000,000 2.2%
3   France 61,285,000,000 2.5%
4   United Kingdom 57,424,000,000 2.7%
5   Russia 52,586,000,000 4.3%
6   Japan 51,420,000,000 1.0%
7   Germany 46,848,000,000 1.4%
8   Saudi Arabia 42,917,000,000 11.2%
9   Italy 38,198,000,000 1.8%
10   India 34,816,000,000 2.8%
11   Brazil 28,096,000,000 1.6%
12   South Korea 24,270,000,000 2.9%
13   Canada 20,164,000,000 1.5%
14   Australia 19,799,000,000 1.9%
15   Spain 15,803,000,000 1.1%
16   United Arab Emirates 15,749,000,000 7.3%
17   Turkey 15,634,000,000 2.7%
18   Israel 13,001,000,000 6.3%
19   Netherlands 11,604,000,000 1.5%
20   Greece 9,369,000,000 3.2%
21   Colombia 9,191,000,000 3.7%
22   Republic of China (Taiwan) 8,535,000,000 2.4%
23   Poland 8,380,000,000 1.8%
24   Singapore 7,651,000,000 4.3%
25   Iran 7,044,000,000b 1.8%b
26   Norway 6,322,000,000 1.6%
27   Chile 6,198,000,000 3.5%
28   Indonesia 6,009,000,000 0.9%
29   Algeria 5,586,000,000 3.8%
30   Belgium 5,382,000,000 1.2%
31   Sweden 5,248,000,000 1.2%
32   Portugal 5,213,000,000 2.1%
33   Pakistan 5,160,000,000 2.8%
34   Mexico 4,859,000,000 0.5%
35   Iraq 4,663,000,000 5.4%
36   Denmark 4,588,000,000 1.4%
37   Kuwait 4,411,000,000 4.4%
38   Switzerland 4,392,000,000 0.8%
39   Thailand 4,336,000,000 1.9%
40   Oman 4,047,000,000 9.7%
41   Egypt 3,914,000,000 2.1%
42   Angola 3,774,000,000 4.2%
43   South Africa 3,735,000,000 1.3%
44   Finland 3,718,000,000 1.5%
45   Austria 3,650,000,000 0.9%
46   Ukraine 3,442,000,000 2.9%
47   Malaysia 3,259,000,000 2.0%
48   Morocco 3,256,000,000 3.4%
49   Argentina 3,179,000,000 1.0%
50   Venezuela 3,106,000,000 1.3%
51   Czech Republic 2,529,000,000 1.4%
52   Vietnam 2,410,000,000 2.5%
53   Syria 2,236,000,000 4.0%
54   Romania 2,164,000,000 1.4%
55   Peru 1,992,000,000 1.4%
56   Sudan 1,991,000,000c 3.4%c
57   Nigeria 1,724,000,000 0.9%
58   Lebanon 1,564,000,000 4.1%
59   Philippines 1,486,000,000 0.8%
60   Azerbaijan 1,421,000,000 3.4%
61   Jordan 1,363,000,000 6.1%
62   New Zealand 1,358,000,000 1.2%
63   Ireland 1,354,000,000 0.6%
64   Hungary 1,323,000,000 1.1%
65   Sri Lanka 1,280,000,000 3.5%
66   Kazakhstan 1,227,000,000 1.2%
67   Yemen 1,222,000,000b 3.9%b
68   Bangladesh 1,137,000,000 1.0%
69   Libya 1,100,000,000b 1.2%b
70   Croatia 1,060,000,000 1.8%
71   Slovakia 1,010,000,000 1.4%
72   Serbia 920,000,000 2.3%
73   Slovenia 788,000,000 1.6%
74   Bahrain 731,000,000 3.7%
75   Belarus 726,000,000 1.4%
76   Bulgaria 698,000,000 2.0%
77   Kenya 594,000,000 2.0%
78   Cyprus 550,000,000 1.8%
79   Tunisia 548,000,000 1.3%
80   Uruguay 491,000,000 1.6%
81   Eritrea 469,000,000d 20.9%d
82   Georgia 452,000,000 5.6%
83   Lithuania 427,000,000 1.4%
84   Ethiopia 338,000,000 1.0%
85   Estonia 336,000,000 2.3%
86   Armenia 404,000,000 4.2%
87   Cameroon 368,000,000 1.6%
88   Côte d'Ivoire 353,000,000b 1.5%
89   Botswana 352,000,000 3.0%
90   Namibia 329,000,000 3.7%
91   Brunei 327,000,000 3.1%
92   Dominican Republic 322,000,000 0.7%
93   Bolivia 314,000,000 2.0%
94   Luxembourg 301,000,000a 0.6%
95   Uganda 276,000,000 1.8%
96   Latvia 268,000,000 1.4%
97   Afghanistan 250,000,000j 1.8%
98   Chad 242,000,000 6.2%
99   Bosnia and Herzegovina 232,000,000 1.3%
100   Albania 201,000,000 2.1%
101   Zambia 251,000,000 2.0%
102   Turkmenistan 236,000,000e 2.9%e
103   Senegal 217,000,000 1.6%
104   Tanzania 216,000,000 1.1%
105   Republic of Macedonia 204,000,000 1.8%
106   Nepal 194,000,000 2.0%
107   Kyrgyzstan 185,000,000 3.7%b
108   Mali 182,000,000 1.9%
109   Guatemala 175,000,000 0.4%
110   Congo, Republic of the 142,000,000a 1.1%
111   Paraguay 140,000,000 0.8%
112   Panama 138,000,000e 1.0%e
113   El Salvador 134,000,000 0.5%
114   Congo, Democratic Republic of the 127,000,000 1.4%
115   Ghana 127,000,000 0.7%
116   Cambodia 123,000,000b 1.1%
117   Mauritania 122,000,000 3.7%
118   Burkina Faso 112,000,000 1.4%
119   Honduras 105,000,000 0.8%
120   Madagascar 103,000,000b 1.1%
121   Guinea 99,800,000f 2.2%f
122   Mozambique 92,500,000 0.8%
123   Jamaica 80,300,000 0.6%
124   Rwanda 72,700,000 1.5%
125   Mongolia 71,000,000a 1.4%a
126   Benin 67,700,000b 1.1%
127   Tajikistan 63,400,000f 2.2%f
128   Swaziland 60,000,000a 1.9%a
129   Togo 57,000,000 1.9%
130   Uzbekistan 52,000,000d 1.9%d
131   Malta 51,600,000 0.7%
132   Fiji 48,400,000b 1.3%
133   Malawi 45,100,000a 1.5%a
134   Sierra Leone 44,600,000b 2.4%
135   Burundi 43,900,000 4.0%
136   Lesotho 43,600,000 1.6%
137   Niger 43,000,000g 0.5%g
138   Nicaragua 41,700,000 0.7%
139   Papua New Guinea 37,200,000 0.4%
140   Central African Republic 36,700,000 1.6%
141   Djibouti 36,300,000b 3.7%
142   Moldova 27,500,000 0.6%
143   Laos 21,200,000g 0.4%
144   Guinea-Bissau 16,800,000g 3.8%g
145   Belize 15,600,000b 1.1%
146   Mauritius 15,300,000b 0.2%
147   Iceland 12,200,000 0.1%
148   Cape Verde 8,800,000 0.5%
149   Guyana 7,900,000h 0.8%h
150   Liberia 7,100,000 0.6%
151   Seychelles 6,600,000 1.3%
152   Gambia, The 5,300,000a 0.5%a
153   North Korea Not reported na i
154   Zimbabwe Not reported 1.9%c
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^ No data available from SIPRI. Estimates from other sources claim about 25% of GDP, aprox. $6 Billion.[3]
^ Not updated since 2009.