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).

List in alphabetical order

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
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	.	Eritrea	6.30		2006 est.
9	.	Macedonia	6.00		2005 est.
10	.	Syria	5.90		2005 est.
11	.	Burundi	5.90		2006 est.
12	.	Maldives	5.50		2005 est.
13	.	Mauritania	5.50		2006
14	.	Turkey	5.30		2005 est.
15	.	Kuwait	5.30		2006
16	.	Morocco	5.00		2003 est.
17	.	Singapore	4.90		2005 est.
18	.	Swaziland	4.70		2006
19	.	Bahrain	4.50		2006
20	.	Brunei	4.50		2006
21	.	China	4.30		2006
22	.	Greece	4.30		2005 est.
23	.	United States	4.06		2005 est.
24	.	Russia	3.90		2005
25	.	Libya	3.90		2005 est.
26	.	Zimbabwe	3.80		2006
27	.	Cyprus	3.80		2005 est.
28	.	Djibouti	3.80		2006
29	.	Cuba	3.80		2006 est.
30	.	Namibia	3.70		2006
31	.	Angola	3.60		2009
32	.	Uzbekistan	3.50		2010
33	.	Colombia	3.40		2005 est.
34	.	Egypt	3.40		2005 est.
35	.	Turkmenistan	3.40		2005 est.
36	.	Botswana	3.30		2006
37	.	Algeria	3.30		2006
38	.	United Arab Emirates	3.10		2005 est.
39	.	Guinea-Bissau	3.10		2005 est.
40	.	Lebanon	3.10		2005 est.
41	.	Pakistan	3.00		2007 est.
42	.	Solomon Islands	3.00		2006
43	.	Sudan	3.00		2005 est.
44	.	Cambodia	3.00		2005 est.
45	.	Indonesia	3.00		2005 est.
46	.	Australia	3.00		2009
47	.	Rwanda	2.90		2006 est.
48	.	Comoros	2.80		2006
49	.	Kenya	2.80		2006
50	.	Armenia	2.80		2010
51	.	Chile	2.70		2006
52	.	United Kingdom	2.70		2010 est.
53	.	Korea, South	2.70		2006
54	.	Sri Lanka	2.60		2006
55	.	Bulgaria	2.60		2005 est.
56	.	France	2.60		2005 est.
57	.	Lesotho	2.60		2006
58	.	Azerbaijan	2.60		2005 est.
59	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2.50		2006
60	.	Vietnam	2.50		2005 est.
61	.	India	2.50		2006
62	.	Iran	2.50		2006
63	.	Croatia	2.39		2005 est.
64	.	Portugal	2.30		2005 est.
65	.	Sierra Leone	2.30		2006
66	.	Uganda	2.20		2006
67	.	Burma	2.10		2005 est.
68	.	Malaysia	2.03		2005 est.
69	.	Seychelles	2.00		2006 est.
70	.	Estonia	2.00		2011 est.
71	.	Finland	2.00		2005 est.
72	.	Romania	1.90		2007 est.
73	.	Poland	1.90		2010 est.
74	.	Norway	1.90		2005 est.
75	.	Georgia	1.90		2010 est.
76	.	Fiji	1.90		2009
77	.	Mali	1.90		2006
78	.	Afghanistan	1.90		2009
79	.	Zambia	1.80		2005 est.
80	.	Thailand	1.80		2005 est.
81	.	Italy	1.80		2005 est.
82	.	Guyana	1.80		2006
83	.	Hungary	1.75		2005 est.
84	.	Slovenia	1.70		2005 est.
85	.	South Africa	1.70		2006
86	.	Brazil	1.70		2009
87	.	Chad	1.70		2009
88	.	Ghana	1.70		2009
89	.	Togo	1.60		2005 est.
90	.	Uruguay	1.60		2006
91	.	Nepal	1.60		2006
92	.	Netherlands	1.60		2005 est.
93	.	Nigeria	1.50		2006
94	.	Peru	1.50		2006
95	.	Tajikistan	1.50		2010
96	.	Sweden	1.50		2005 est.
97	.	Cote d'Ivoire	1.50		2009
98	.	Germany	1.50		2005 est.
99	.	Albania	1.49		2005 est.
100	.	Papua New Guinea	1.40		2005 est.
101	.	Senegal	1.40		2005 est.
102	.	Belize	1.40		2009
103	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.40		2011 est.
104	.	Belarus	1.40		2005 est.
105	.	Ukraine	1.40		2005 est.
106	.	Tunisia	1.40		2006
107	.	Mongolia	1.40		2006
108	.	Niger	1.30		2006
109	.	Cameroon	1.30		2009
110	.	Belgium	1.30		2005 est.
111	.	Bolivia	1.30		2009
112	.	Denmark	1.30		2007 est.
113	.	Malawi	1.30		2006
114	.	Liberia	1.30		2006 est.
115	.	Bangladesh	1.30		2009
116	.	Spain	1.20		2005 est.
117	.	Burkina Faso	1.20		2006
118	.	Ethiopia	1.20		2009
119	.	Venezuela	1.20		2005 est.
120	.	Czech Republic	1.15		2011 est.
121	.	Canada	1.10		2005 est.
122	.	Guinea	1.10		2009
123	.	Kazakhstan	1.10		2010
124	.	Latvia	1.10		2011 est.
125	.	Slovakia	1.08		2011 est.
126	.	New Zealand	1.00		2005 est.
127	.	Panama	1.00		2006
128	.	Paraguay	1.00		2006 est.
129	.	Switzerland	1.00		2005 est.
130	.	Bhutan	1.00		2005 est.
131	.	Benin	1.00		2009
132	.	Madagascar	1.00		2006
133	.	Philippines	0.90		2005 est.
134	.	Somalia	0.90		2005 est.
135	.	Tonga	0.90		2006 est.
136	.	Central African Republic	0.90		2009
137	.	Ecuador	0.90		2009
138	.	Congo, Republic of the	0.90		2009
139	.	Gambia, The	0.90		2009
140	.	Gabon	0.90		2009
141	.	Ireland	0.90		2005 est.
142	.	Luxembourg	0.90		2005 est.
143	.	Lithuania	0.90		2011 est.
144	.	Sao Tome and Principe	0.80		2006
145	.	Mozambique	0.80		2006
146	.	Japan	0.80		2006
147	.	Austria	0.80		2009
148	.	Argentina	0.80		2009
149	.	Barbados	0.80		2009
150	.	Dominican Republic	0.70		2009
151	.	Malta	0.70		2006 est.
152	.	Bahamas, The	0.70		2009
153	.	Nicaragua	0.60		2006
154	.	Suriname	0.60		2006 est.
155	.	Costa Rica	0.60		2009
156	.	El Salvador	0.60		2009
157	.	Jamaica	0.60		2006 est.
158	.	Honduras	0.60		2006 est.
159	.	Cape Verde	0.50		2009
160	.	Mexico	0.50		2006 est.
161	.	Laos	0.50		2006
162	.	Kyrgyzstan	0.50		2009
163	.	Antigua and Barbuda	0.50		2009
164	.	Moldova	0.40		2005 est.
165	.	Haiti	0.40		2006
166	.	Guatemala	0.40		2009
167	.	Trinidad and Tobago	0.30		2006
168	.	Mauritius	0.30		2006 est.
169	.	Tanzania	0.20		2005 est.
170	.	Bermuda	0.11		2005 est.
171	.	Equatorial Guinea	0.10		2009
172	.	Iceland	0.00		2005 est.
173	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
174	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
175	.	Niue	NA		NA
176	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
177	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
178	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
179	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
180	.	Palau	NA		NA
181	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
182	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
183	.	San Marino	NA		NA
184	.	Serbia	NA		NA
185	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
186	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
187	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
188	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
189	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
190	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
191	.	Samoa	NA		NA
192	.	Timor-Leste	NA		NA
193	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
194	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
195	.	Taiwan	NA		NA
196	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
197	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
198	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
199	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
200	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
201	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
202	.	Curacao	NA		NA
203	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
204	.	Dominica	NA		NA
205	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
206	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
207	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
208	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
209	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
210	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
211	.	Greenland	NA		NA
212	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
213	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
214	.	European Union	NA		NA
215	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
216	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
217	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
218	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
219	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
220	.	West Bank	NA		NA
221	.	World	NA		NA
222	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
223	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
224	.	Vanuatu	NA		NA
225	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
226	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
227	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
228	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
229	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
230	.	Monaco	NA		NA
231	.	Montenegro	NA		NA
232	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
233	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	NA		NA
234	.	Nauru	NA		NA
235	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
236	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
237	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
238	.	Guam	NA		NA
239	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
240	.	Hong Kong	NA		NA
241	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
242	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
243	.	Grenada	NA		NA
244	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
245	.	Macau	NA		NA
246	.	Korea, North	NA		NA
247	.	Kosovo	NA		NA
248	.	Jersey	NA		NA
249	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
250	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
251	.	Aruba	NA		NA
252	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
253	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
254	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
255	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
256	.	Andorra	NA		NA
257	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Military expenditures - percent of GDP 2012 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2012. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Military expenditures - percent of GDP 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Military expenditures - percent of GDP 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.