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Rank	Country	Military expenditures - percent of GDP
1	Oman	11.4
2	Qatar	10
3	Saudi Arabia	10
4	Iraq	8.6
5	Jordan	8.6
6	Israel	7.3
7	Yemen	6.6
8	Eritrea	6.3
9	Macedonia	6
10	Syria	5.9
11	Burundi	5.9
12	Maldives	5.5
13	Mauritania	5.5
14	Kuwait	5.3
15	Turkey	5.3
16	Morocco	5
17	Singapore	4.9
18	Swaziland	4.7
19	Brunei	4.5
20	Bahrain	4.5
21	China	4.3
22	Greece	4.3
23	United States	4.06
24	Russia	3.9
25	Libya	3.9
26	Cuba	3.8
27	Djibouti	3.8
28	Zimbabwe	3.8
29	Namibia	3.7
30	Angola	3.6
31	Uzbekistan	3.5
32	Turkmenistan	3.4
33	Egypt	3.4
34	Colombia	3.4
35	Algeria	3.3
36	Botswana	3.3
37	Lebanon	3.1
38	United Arab Emirates	3.1
39	Guinea-Bissau	3.1
40	Pakistan	3
41	Sudan	3
42	Indonesia	3
43	Australia	3
44	Cambodia	3
45	Solomon Islands	3
46	Rwanda	2.9
47	Kenya	2.8
48	Armenia	2.8
49	Comoros	2.8
50	Taiwan	2.73
51	United Kingdom	2.7
52	Chile	2.7
53	Korea, South	2.7
54	Lesotho	2.6
55	France	2.6
56	Azerbaijan	2.6
57	Bulgaria	2.6
58	Sri Lanka	2.6
59	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2.5
60	India	2.5
61	Iran	2.5
62	Vietnam	2.5
63	Croatia	2.39
64	Sierra Leone	2.3
65	Portugal	2.3
66	Uganda	2.2
67	Burma	2.1
68	Malaysia	2.03
69	Seychelles	2
70	Finland	2
71	Estonia	2
72	Fiji	1.9
73	Georgia	1.9
74	Afghanistan	1.9
75	Poland	1.9
76	Romania	1.9
77	Norway	1.9
78	Mali	1.9
79	Italy	1.8
80	Guyana	1.8
81	Thailand	1.8
82	Zambia	1.8
83	Hungary	1.75
84	Ghana	1.7
85	Brazil	1.7
86	Chad	1.7
87	South Africa	1.7
88	Slovenia	1.7
89	Nepal	1.6
90	Netherlands	1.6
91	Togo	1.6
92	Uruguay	1.6
93	Tajikistan	1.5
94	Nigeria	1.5
95	Peru	1.5
96	Sweden	1.5
97	Cote d'Ivoire	1.5
98	Germany	1.5
99	Albania	1.49
100	Belarus	1.4
101	Belize	1.4
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.4
103	Mongolia	1.4
104	Senegal	1.4
105	Papua New Guinea	1.4
106	Tunisia	1.4
107	Ukraine	1.4
108	Malawi	1.3
109	Niger	1.3
110	Liberia	1.3
111	Bolivia	1.3
112	Bangladesh	1.3
113	Belgium	1.3
114	Cameroon	1.3
115	Denmark	1.3
116	Ethiopia	1.2
117	Burkina Faso	1.2
118	Spain	1.2
119	Venezuela	1.2
120	Czech Republic	1.15
121	Guinea	1.1
122	Canada	1.1
123	Latvia	1.1
124	Kazakhstan	1.1
125	Slovakia	1.08
126	Madagascar	1
127	Panama	1
128	New Zealand	1
129	Paraguay	1
130	Switzerland	1
131	Benin	1
132	Bhutan	1
133	Congo, Republic of the	0.9
134	Gambia, The	0.9
135	Gabon	0.9
136	Central African Republic	0.9
137	Ecuador	0.9
138	Ireland	0.9
139	Somalia	0.9
140	Philippines	0.9
141	Luxembourg	0.9
142	Lithuania	0.9
143	Tonga	0.9
144	Sao Tome and Principe	0.8
145	Japan	0.8
146	Mozambique	0.8
147	Barbados	0.8
148	Austria	0.8
149	Argentina	0.8
150	Bahamas, The	0.7
151	Dominican Republic	0.7
152	Malta	0.7
153	Jamaica	0.6
154	Suriname	0.6
155	Nicaragua	0.6
156	El Salvador	0.6
157	Honduras	0.6
158	Cape Verde	0.5
159	Antigua and Barbuda	0.5
160	Kyrgyzstan	0.5
161	Laos	0.5
162	Mexico	0.5
163	Moldova	0.4
164	Haiti	0.4
165	Guatemala	0.4
166	Mauritius	0.3
167	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3
168	Tanzania	0.2
169	Bermuda	0.11
170	Equatorial Guinea	0.1
171	Iceland	0

Definition: 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).

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

See also: Military expenditures - percent of GDP map

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