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
3	.	Afghanistan	10.00		2012
214	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
104	.	Albania	1.49		2012
21	.	Algeria	4.30		2012
215	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
212	.	Andorra	NA		NA
40	.	Angola	3.00		2012
216	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
213	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
36	.	Antigua and Barbuda	3.30		2011
162	.	Argentina	0.50		2012
44	.	Armenia	2.80		2012
217	.	Aruba	NA		NA
218	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
41	.	Australia	3.00		2012
148	.	Austria	0.80		2012
49	.	Azerbaijan	2.60		2013
159	.	Bahamas, The	0.60		2011
20	.	Bahrain	4.50		2012
107	.	Bangladesh	1.40		2012
151	.	Barbados	0.80		2011
106	.	Belarus	1.40		2012
113	.	Belgium	1.30		2012
118	.	Belize	1.20		2012
103	.	Benin	1.50		2012
169	.	Bermuda	0.11		2005 est.
129	.	Bhutan	1.00		2005 est.
144	.	Bolivia	0.90		2012
105	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.40		2012
46	.	Botswana	2.80		2012
256	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
114	.	Brazil	1.30		2012
254	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
255	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
58	.	Brunei	2.40		2012
51	.	Bulgaria	2.60		2012
122	.	Burkina Faso	1.10		2012
18	.	Burma	4.80		2012
12	.	Burundi	5.90		2012
165	.	Cabo Verde	0.40		2011
59	.	Cambodia	2.40		2012
111	.	Cameroon	1.30		2012
121	.	Canada	1.10		2012
232	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
52	.	Central African Republic	2.60		2011
92	.	Chad	1.60		2011
64	.	Chile	2.10		2012
50	.	China	2.60		2012
230	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
229	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
231	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
27	.	Colombia	3.80		2012
45	.	Comoros	2.80		2006
117	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1.20		2012
86	.	Congo, Republic of the	1.70		2011
236	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
237	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
150	.	Costa Rica	0.80		2012
99	.	Cote d'Ivoire	1.50		2012
100	.	Croatia	1.50		2012
37	.	Cuba	3.20		2011
233	.	Curacao	NA		NA
66	.	Cyprus	2.00		2012
128	.	Czech Republic	1.00		2013
112	.	Denmark	1.30		2012
234	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
33	.	Djibouti	3.60		2011
235	.	Dominica	NA		NA
153	.	Dominican Republic	0.70		2012
61	.	Ecuador	2.30		2012
63	.	Egypt	2.20		2012
158	.	El Salvador	0.60		2012
171	.	Equatorial Guinea	0.10		2011
10	.	Eritrea	6.30		2006 est.
67	.	Estonia	2.00		2013
140	.	Ethiopia	0.90		2012
242	.	European Union	NA		2012
240	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
239	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
93	.	Fiji	1.60		2012
68	.	Finland	2.00		2012
53	.	France	2.60		2014
238	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
241	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
80	.	Gabon	1.80		2012
154	.	Gambia, The	0.70		2011
243	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
74	.	Georgia	1.90		2012
101	.	Germany	1.50		2012
87	.	Ghana	1.70		2012
246	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
23	.	Greece	4.30		2012
248	.	Greenland	NA		NA
244	.	Grenada	NA		NA
245	.	Guam	NA		NA
166	.	Guatemala	0.40		2012
247	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
35	.	Guinea	3.40		2011
22	.	Guinea-Bissau	4.30		2012
75	.	Guyana	1.90		2012
167	.	Haiti	0.40		2006
253	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
251	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
102	.	Honduras	1.50		2012
249	.	Hong Kong	NA		NA
83	.	Hungary	1.75		2012
173	.	Iceland	0.00		2012
81	.	India	1.80		2012
141	.	Indonesia	0.90		2012
57	.	Iran	2.50		2006
6	.	Iraq	8.60		2012
143	.	Ireland	0.90		2012
250	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
7	.	Israel	7.40		2012
82	.	Italy	1.80		2012
142	.	Jamaica	0.90		2012
252	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
125	.	Japan	1.00		2012
191	.	Jersey	NA		NA
4	.	Jordan	9.50		2012
120	.	Kazakhstan	1.10		2012
79	.	Kenya	1.80		2012
192	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
193	.	Korea, North	NA		NA
47	.	Korea, South	2.70		2012
194	.	Kosovo	NA		NA
29	.	Kuwait	3.70		2012
43	.	Kyrgyzstan	2.80		2011
168	.	Laos	0.20		2012
119	.	Latvia	1.10		2012
56	.	Lebanon	2.50		2012
70	.	Lesotho	1.90		2012
145	.	Liberia	0.80		2012
38	.	Libya	3.10		2012
195	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
134	.	Lithuania	0.90		2012
135	.	Luxembourg	0.90		2012
196	.	Macau	NA		NA
11	.	Macedonia	6.00		2012
15	.	Madagascar	5.10		2012
146	.	Malawi	0.80		2012
65	.	Malaysia	2.03		2012
16	.	Maldives	5.00		2009
108	.	Mali	1.30		2012
172	.	Malta	0.00		2012
198	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
13	.	Mauritania	5.50		2006
170	.	Mauritius	0.10		2012
160	.	Mexico	0.50		2012
199	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	NA		NA
164	.	Moldova	0.40		2012
197	.	Monaco	NA		NA
147	.	Mongolia	0.80		2012
200	.	Montenegro	NA		2012
201	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
17	.	Morocco	4.80		2012
157	.	Mozambique	0.60		2012
30	.	Namibia	3.70		2012
204	.	Nauru	NA		NA
205	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
109	.	Nepal	1.30		2012
90	.	Netherlands	1.60		2012
206	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
97	.	New Zealand	1.50		2012
137	.	Nicaragua	0.90		2012
138	.	Niger	0.90		2012
136	.	Nigeria	0.90		2012
202	.	Niue	NA		NA
203	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
210	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
72	.	Norway	1.90		2012
1	.	Oman	11.40		2012
39	.	Pakistan	3.10		2012
208	.	Palau	NA		NA
126	.	Panama	1.00		2012
161	.	Papua New Guinea	0.50		2012
211	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
98	.	Paraguay	1.50		2012
127	.	Peru	1.00		2012
139	.	Philippines	0.90		2012
209	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
71	.	Poland	1.90		2012
60	.	Portugal	2.30		2014
207	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
2	.	Qatar	10.00		2005 est.
73	.	Romania	1.90		2012
25	.	Russia	3.90		2012
110	.	Rwanda	1.30		2012
220	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
224	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
227	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
225	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
222	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
223	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
221	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
228	.	Samoa	NA		NA
226	.	San Marino	NA		NA
163	.	Sao Tome and Principe	0.50		2011
5	.	Saudi Arabia	9.10		2012
91	.	Senegal	1.60		2011
219	.	Serbia	NA		NA
149	.	Seychelles	0.80		2011
155	.	Sierra Leone	0.60		2011
31	.	Singapore	3.60		2012
177	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
123	.	Slovakia	1.08		2005 est.
84	.	Slovenia	1.70		2005 est.
28	.	Solomon Islands	3.70		2007
130	.	Somalia	0.90		2005 est.
85	.	South Africa	1.70		2006
174	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
178	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
116	.	Spain	1.20		2005 est.
176	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
42	.	Sri Lanka	2.90		2012
24	.	Sudan	4.20		2012
115	.	Suriname	1.20		2011
175	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
48	.	Swaziland	2.60		2011
95	.	Sweden	1.50		2005 est.
124	.	Switzerland	1.00		2005 est.
32	.	Syria	3.60		2011
62	.	Taiwan	2.20		2012
94	.	Tajikistan	1.50		2010
132	.	Tanzania	0.90		2012
77	.	Thailand	1.80		2005 est.
181	.	Timor-Leste	NA		NA
69	.	Togo	1.90		2011
180	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
131	.	Tonga	0.90		2012
156	.	Trinidad and Tobago	0.60		2011
96	.	Tunisia	1.50		2012
14	.	Turkey	5.30		2005 est.
88	.	Turkmenistan	1.60		2011
179	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
184	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
78	.	Uganda	1.80		2012
89	.	Ukraine	1.60		2012
9	.	United Arab Emirates	6.40		2012
55	.	United Kingdom	2.50		2012
19	.	United States	4.60		2010
183	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
133	.	Uruguay	0.90		2012
34	.	Uzbekistan	3.50		2010
190	.	Vanuatu	NA		NA
152	.	Venezuela	0.70		2012
54	.	Vietnam	2.50		2005 est.
187	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
185	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
189	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
182	.	West Bank	NA		NA
188	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
186	.	World	NA		NA
8	.	Yemen	6.60		2006
76	.	Zambia	1.80		2012
26	.	Zimbabwe	3.80		2006

NOTE: The information regarding Military expenditures - percent of GDP 2014 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2014. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Military expenditures - percent of GDP 2014 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Military expenditures - percent of GDP 2014 should be addressed to the CIA.