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). For countries with no military forces, this figure can include expenditures on public security and police.

List by rank

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
78	.	Afghanistan	1.90		2009
248	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
99	.	Albania	1.49		2005 est.
36	.	Algeria	3.30		2006
249	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
254	.	Andorra	NA		NA
31	.	Angola	3.60		2009
250	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
253	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
163	.	Antigua and Barbuda	0.50		2009
147	.	Argentina	0.80		2009
50	.	Armenia	2.80		2010
251	.	Aruba	NA		NA
252	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
46	.	Australia	3.00		2009
148	.	Austria	0.80		2009
58	.	Azerbaijan	2.60		2005 est.
152	.	Bahamas, The	0.70		2009
19	.	Bahrain	4.50		2006
113	.	Bangladesh	1.30		2009
149	.	Barbados	0.80		2009
107	.	Belarus	1.40		2005 est.
114	.	Belgium	1.30		2005 est.
105	.	Belize	1.40		2009
131	.	Benin	1.00		2009
170	.	Bermuda	0.11		2005 est.
132	.	Bhutan	1.00		2005 est.
115	.	Bolivia	1.30		2009
106	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.40		2005 est.
37	.	Botswana	3.30		2006
255	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
88	.	Brazil	1.70		2009
257	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
256	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
20	.	Brunei	4.50		2006
56	.	Bulgaria	2.60		2005 est.
118	.	Burkina Faso	1.20		2006
67	.	Burma	2.10		2005 est.
11	.	Burundi	5.90		2006 est.
44	.	Cambodia	3.00		2005 est.
112	.	Cameroon	1.30		2009
122	.	Canada	1.10		2005 est.
162	.	Cape Verde	0.50		2009
232	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
141	.	Central African Republic	0.90		2009
86	.	Chad	1.70		2009
53	.	Chile	2.70		2006
21	.	China	4.30		2006
231	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
233	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
230	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
35	.	Colombia	3.40		2005 est.
49	.	Comoros	2.80		2006
60	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2.50		2006
139	.	Congo, Republic of the	0.90		2009
211	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
212	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
155	.	Costa Rica	0.60		2009
97	.	Cote d'Ivoire	1.50		2009
63	.	Croatia	2.39		2005 est.
28	.	Cuba	3.80		2006 est.
210	.	Curacao	NA		NA
27	.	Cyprus	3.80		2005 est.
130	.	Czech Republic	1.00		2011 est.
111	.	Denmark	1.30		2007 est.
213	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
26	.	Djibouti	3.80		2006
209	.	Dominica	NA		NA
151	.	Dominican Republic	0.70		2009
138	.	Ecuador	0.90		2009
34	.	Egypt	3.40		2005 est.
156	.	El Salvador	0.60		2009
171	.	Equatorial Guinea	0.10		2009
8	.	Eritrea	6.30		2006 est.
70	.	Estonia	2.00		2005 est.
119	.	Ethiopia	1.20		2009
234	.	European Union	NA		NA
235	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
236	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
76	.	Fiji	1.90		2009
71	.	Finland	2.00		2005 est.
57	.	France	2.60		2005 est.
239	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
240	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
143	.	Gabon	0.90		2009
142	.	Gambia, The	0.90		2009
237	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
77	.	Georgia	1.90		2010 est.
98	.	Germany	1.50		2005 est.
87	.	Ghana	1.70		2009
238	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
22	.	Greece	4.30		2005 est.
242	.	Greenland	NA		NA
244	.	Grenada	NA		NA
246	.	Guam	NA		NA
165	.	Guatemala	0.40		2009
245	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
123	.	Guinea	1.10		2009
40	.	Guinea-Bissau	3.10		2005 est.
81	.	Guyana	1.80		2006
166	.	Haiti	0.40		2006
241	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
243	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
158	.	Honduras	0.60		2006 est.
247	.	Hong Kong	NA		NA
83	.	Hungary	1.75		2005 est.
172	.	Iceland	0.00		2005 est.
62	.	India	2.50		2006
45	.	Indonesia	3.00		2005 est.
61	.	Iran	2.50		2006
4	.	Iraq	8.60		2006
140	.	Ireland	0.90		2005 est.
225	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
6	.	Israel	7.30		2006
80	.	Italy	1.80		2005 est.
157	.	Jamaica	0.60		2006 est.
228	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
146	.	Japan	0.80		2006
226	.	Jersey	NA		NA
5	.	Jordan	8.60		2006
121	.	Kazakhstan	1.10		2010
48	.	Kenya	2.80		2006
227	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
224	.	Korea, North	NA		NA
52	.	Korea, South	2.70		2006
229	.	Kosovo	NA		NA
15	.	Kuwait	5.30		2006
160	.	Kyrgyzstan	0.50		2009
161	.	Laos	0.50		2006
120	.	Latvia	1.10		2005 est.
39	.	Lebanon	3.10		2005 est.
55	.	Lesotho	2.60		2006
109	.	Liberia	1.30		2006 est.
24	.	Libya	3.90		2005 est.
200	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
136	.	Lithuania	0.90		2007 est.
137	.	Luxembourg	0.90		2005 est.
199	.	Macau	NA		NA
9	.	Macedonia	6.00		2005 est.
128	.	Madagascar	1.00		2006
108	.	Malawi	1.30		2006
68	.	Malaysia	2.03		2005 est.
12	.	Maldives	5.50		2005 est.
74	.	Mali	1.90		2006
150	.	Malta	0.70		2006 est.
198	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
13	.	Mauritania	5.50		2006
168	.	Mauritius	0.30		2006 est.
208	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
159	.	Mexico	0.50		2006 est.
207	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	NA		NA
164	.	Moldova	0.40		2005 est.
202	.	Monaco	NA		NA
103	.	Mongolia	1.40		2006
205	.	Montenegro	NA		NA
206	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
16	.	Morocco	5.00		2003 est.
144	.	Mozambique	0.80		2006
30	.	Namibia	3.70		2006
201	.	Nauru	NA		NA
203	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
92	.	Nepal	1.60		2006
91	.	Netherlands	1.60		2005 est.
204	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
129	.	New Zealand	1.00		2005 est.
154	.	Nicaragua	0.60		2006
110	.	Niger	1.30		2006
96	.	Nigeria	1.50		2006
196	.	Niue	NA		NA
192	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
194	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
72	.	Norway	1.90		2005 est.
1	.	Oman	11.40		2005 est.
43	.	Pakistan	3.00		2007 est.
191	.	Palau	NA		NA
127	.	Panama	1.00		2006
102	.	Papua New Guinea	1.40		2005 est.
195	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
126	.	Paraguay	1.00		2006 est.
95	.	Peru	1.50		2006
135	.	Philippines	0.90		2005 est.
193	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
73	.	Poland	1.90		2005 est.
64	.	Portugal	2.30		2005 est.
197	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
2	.	Qatar	10.00		2005 est.
75	.	Romania	1.90		2007 est.
25	.	Russia	3.90		2005
47	.	Rwanda	2.90		2006 est.
218	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
222	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
219	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
215	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
221	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
220	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
214	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
216	.	Samoa	NA		NA
223	.	San Marino	NA		NA
145	.	Sao Tome and Principe	0.80		2006
3	.	Saudi Arabia	10.00		2005 est.
104	.	Senegal	1.40		2005 est.
217	.	Serbia	NA		NA
69	.	Seychelles	2.00		2006 est.
65	.	Sierra Leone	2.30		2006
17	.	Singapore	4.90		2005 est.
176	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
124	.	Slovakia	1.08		2005 est.
85	.	Slovenia	1.70		2005 est.
42	.	Solomon Islands	3.00		2006
133	.	Somalia	0.90		2005 est.
84	.	South Africa	1.70		2006
175	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
177	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
116	.	Spain	1.20		2005 est.
173	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
54	.	Sri Lanka	2.60		2006
41	.	Sudan	3.00		2005 est.
153	.	Suriname	0.60		2006 est.
174	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
18	.	Swaziland	4.70		2006
93	.	Sweden	1.50		2005 est.
125	.	Switzerland	1.00		2005 est.
10	.	Syria	5.90		2005 est.
179	.	Taiwan	NA		NA
94	.	Tajikistan	1.50		2010
169	.	Tanzania	0.20		2005 est.
79	.	Thailand	1.80		2005 est.
181	.	Timor-Leste	NA		NA
89	.	Togo	1.60		2005 est.
182	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
134	.	Tonga	0.90		2006 est.
167	.	Trinidad and Tobago	0.30		2006
101	.	Tunisia	1.40		2006
14	.	Turkey	5.30		2005 est.
33	.	Turkmenistan	3.40		2005 est.
180	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
178	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
66	.	Uganda	2.20		2006
100	.	Ukraine	1.40		2005 est.
38	.	United Arab Emirates	3.10		2005 est.
51	.	United Kingdom	2.70		2005 est.
23	.	United States	4.06		2005 est.
187	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
90	.	Uruguay	1.60		2006
32	.	Uzbekistan	3.50		2010
189	.	Vanuatu	NA		NA
117	.	Venezuela	1.20		2005 est.
59	.	Vietnam	2.50		2005 est.
190	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
184	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
183	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
188	.	West Bank	NA		NA
185	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
186	.	World	NA		NA
7	.	Yemen	6.60		2006
82	.	Zambia	1.80		2005 est.
29	.	Zimbabwe	3.80		2006

NOTE: The information regarding Military expenditures - percent of GDP 2013 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2013. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Military expenditures - percent of GDP 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Military expenditures - percent of GDP 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.