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Rank	Country	Military expenditures - percent of GDP
1	South Sudan	10.32
2	Oman	8.61
3	Saudi Arabia	7.98
4	Israel	5.69
5	United Arab Emirates	5.5
6	Azerbaijan	5.2
7	Afghanistan	4.74
8	Jordan	4.65
9	Algeria	4.48
10	Russia	4.47
11	United States	4.35
12	Lebanon	4.04
13	Yemen	4.02
14	Armenia	3.92
15	Kyrgyzstan	3.74
16	Angola	3.63
17	Morocco	3.55
18	Singapore	3.52
19	Colombia	3.28
20	Swaziland	3.17
21	Bahrain	3.14
22	Namibia	3.11
23	Pakistan	3.04
24	Zimbabwe	2.94
25	East Timor	2.92
26	Iraq	2.88
27	Georgia	2.88
28	Ecuador	2.83
29	Korea, South	2.8
30	Ukraine	2.77
31	United Kingdom	2.49
32	India	2.43
33	Brunei	2.43
34	Sri Lanka	2.43
35	Burundi	2.39
36	Vietnam	2.37
37	Turkey	2.31
38	Botswana	2.31
39	Chad	2.28
40	Serbia	2.21
41	Chile	2.04
42	Estonia	2
43	China	1.99
44	Kenya	1.96
45	Uruguay	1.95
46	Lesotho	1.94
47	Poland	1.91
48	Montenegro	1.87
49	Guinea-Bissau	1.85
50	Guinea	1.85
51	France	1.8
52	Greece	1.72
53	Egypt	1.72
54	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1.72
55	Australia	1.71
56	Croatia	1.7
57	Italy	1.69
58	Paraguay	1.66
59	Cote d'Ivoire	1.65
60	Togo	1.6
61	Tunisia	1.55
62	Zambia	1.55
63	Malaysia	1.55
64	Cambodia	1.54
65	Brazil	1.47
66	Albania	1.47
67	Bolivia	1.47
68	Finland	1.47
69	Fiji	1.47
70	Thailand	1.47
71	Bulgaria	1.46
72	Uganda	1.45
73	Mali	1.44
74	Cameroon	1.42
75	Denmark	1.41
76	Nepal	1.41
77	Norway	1.4
78	Burkina Faso	1.39
79	Macedonia	1.38
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.35
81	Bangladesh	1.35
82	Germany	1.35
83	Gabon	1.34
84	Romania	1.29
85	Portugal	1.29
86	Peru	1.28
87	Netherlands	1.27
88	Canada	1.24
89	Kazakhstan	1.21
90	Belarus	1.2
91	Philippines	1.19
92	Sweden	1.18
93	Slovenia	1.18
94	Tanzania	1.13
95	New Zealand	1.13
96	Slovakia	1.12
97	Mongolia	1.12
98	Rwanda	1.12
99	Guyana	1.09
100	Czech Republic	1.08
101	Belize	1.08
102	Niger	1.06
103	Venezuela	1.05
104	Belgium	1.05
105	Honduras	1.05
106	Benin	1.03
107	South Africa	1
108	El Salvador	0.99
109	Japan	0.99
110	Lithuania	0.97
111	Malawi	0.93
112	Latvia	0.92
113	Ethiopia	0.91
114	Argentina	0.91
115	Nigeria	0.89
116	Seychelles	0.89
117	Spain	0.86
118	Jamaica	0.86
119	Hungary	0.83
120	Liberia	0.82
121	Austria	0.81
122	Indonesia	0.78
123	Switzerland	0.76
124	Sierra Leone	0.72
125	Madagascar	0.69
126	Nicaragua	0.63
127	Malta	0.61
128	Dominica	0.61
129	Dominican Republic	0.61
130	Luxembourg	0.6
131	Mexico	0.59
132	Ireland	0.55
133	Papua New Guinea	0.54
134	Cape Verde	0.51
135	Guatemala	0.42
136	Moldova	0.3
137	Ghana	0.27
138	Laos	0.23
139	Mauritius	0.19
140	Iceland	0.13
141	Kuwait	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, 2014

See also: Military expenditures - percent of GDP map

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