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Military expenditures compares spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP; calculated on an exchange rate basis).
Rank | Country | (% of GDP) | Date of Information |
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1 | Oman | 13.73 | 2016 |
2 | South Sudan | 10.93 | 2015 |
3 | Saudi Arabia | 9.85 | 2016 |
4 | Congo, Republic of the | 7.17 | 2016 |
5 | Algeria | 5.81 | 2017 |
6 | Israel | 5.62 | 2017 |
7 | United Arab Emirates | 4.86 | 2017 |
8 | Kuwait | 4.83 | 2015 |
9 | Jordan | 4.80 | 2017 |
10 | Bahrain | 4.59 | 2015 |
11 | Namibia | 4.44 | 2016 |
12 | Russia | 4.24 | 2017 |
13 | Armenia | 4.09 | 2016 |
14 | Burma | 4.08 | 2015 |
15 | Niger | 4.00 | 2016 |
16 | Yemen | 3.97 | 2014 |
17 | Azerbaijan | 3.64 | 2016 |
18 | Iraq | 3.63 | 2016 |
19 | Pakistan | 3.56 | 2016 |
20 | Colombia | 3.50 | 2018 est. |
21 | Ukraine | 3.50 | 2017 |
22 | Botswana | 3.37 | 2016 |
23 | United States | 3.29 | 2016 |
24 | Morocco | 3.20 | 2017 |
25 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.15 | 2016 |
26 | Singapore | 3.12 | 2017 |
27 | Cuba | 3.08 | 2015 |
28 | Mauritania | 2.97 | 2016 |
29 | Angola | 2.95 | 2016 |
30 | Lebanon | 2.91 | 2017 |
31 | Brunei | 2.87 | 2017 |
32 | Sudan | 2.83 | 2016 |
33 | Chad | 2.79 | 2016 |
34 | Korea, South | 2.70 | 2017 |
35 | Iran | 2.69 | 2015 |
36 | Mali | 2.63 | 2016 |
37 | Timor-Leste | 2.56 | 2015 |
38 | Guinea | 2.49 | 2016 |
39 | India | 2.47 | 2016 |
40 | Vietnam | 2.44 | 2016 |
41 | Greece | 2.40 | 2017 |
42 | Georgia | 2.23 | 2016 |
43 | Burundi | 2.21 | 2016 |
44 | United Kingdom | 2.20 | 2016 |
45 | Zimbabwe | 2.20 | 2016 |
46 | Estonia | 2.17 | 2016 |
47 | Sri Lanka | 2.14 | 2017 |
48 | Tunisia | 2.03 | 2017 |
49 | Australia | 2.00 | 2016 |
50 | China | 2.00 | 2017 |
51 | Lithuania | 2.00 | 2018 |
52 | Poland | 1.99 | 2017 |
53 | Senegal | 1.89 | 2017 est. |
54 | Chile | 1.87 | 2016 |
55 | Togo | 1.86 | 2016 |
56 | Cambodia | 1.85 | 2016 |
57 | Lesotho | 1.85 | 2016 |
58 | Uruguay | 1.85 | 2016 |
59 | Eswatini | 1.81 | 2016 |
60 | France | 1.79 | 2017 |
61 | Cyprus | 1.78 | 2016 |
62 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.76 | 2015 |
63 | Turkey | 1.73 | 2016 |
64 | Ecuador | 1.70 | 2017 |
65 | Latvia | 1.70 | 2017 |
66 | Montenegro | 1.70 | 2018 |
67 | Egypt | 1.67 | 2016 |
68 | Norway | 1.61 | 2018 |
69 | Cameroon | 1.60 | 2016 |
70 | Honduras | 1.59 | 2016 |
71 | Uganda | 1.57 | 2016 |
72 | Bulgaria | 1.53 | 2017 |
73 | Zambia | 1.53 | 2016 |
74 | Nepal | 1.52 | 2016 |
75 | Bolivia | 1.50 | 2017 est. |
76 | Thailand | 1.50 | 2017 |
77 | Gambia, The | 1.48 | 2015 |
78 | Bangladesh | 1.44 | 2017 |
79 | Gabon | 1.43 | 2016 |
80 | Guyana | 1.42 | 2016 |
81 | Romania | 1.42 | 2016 |
82 | Kenya | 1.40 | 2017 |
83 | Portugal | 1.36 | 2018 |
84 | Netherlands | 1.35 | 2018 |
85 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.34 | 2016 |
86 | Serbia | 1.34 | 2017 est. |
87 | Brazil | 1.32 | 2016 |
88 | Canada | 1.29 | 2017 |
89 | Seychelles | 1.29 | 2016 |
90 | Philippines | 1.28 | 2016 |
91 | Croatia | 1.27 | 2017 |
92 | Paraguay | 1.25 | 2016 |
93 | Germany | 1.24 | 2017 |
94 | Burkina Faso | 1.23 | 2016 |
95 | Finland | 1.23 | 2018 |
96 | Albania | 1.22 | 2017 |
97 | Denmark | 1.21 | 2018 |
98 | Rwanda | 1.21 | 2016 |
99 | Tajikistan | 1.19 | 2017 |
100 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.18 | 2016 |
101 | Belize | 1.17 | 2016 |
102 | Slovakia | 1.16 | 2017 est. |
103 | Benin | 1.14 | 2016 |
104 | Tanzania | 1.14 | 2016 |
105 | Italy | 1.12 | 2017 |
106 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.12 | 2016 |
107 | Malaysia | 1.11 | 2017 |
108 | New Zealand | 1.10 | 2017 |
109 | South Africa | 1.07 | 2016 |
110 | Mozambique | 1.03 | 2016 |
111 | Hungary | 1.01 | 2016 |
112 | Sweden | 1.00 | 2017 |
113 | Venezuela | 1.00 | 2015 |
114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.99 | 2016 |
115 | Czechia | 0.98 | 2016 |
116 | Fiji | 0.98 | 2016 |
117 | Slovenia | 0.98 | 2017 |
118 | Argentina | 0.95 | 2016 |
119 | Belarus | 0.93 | 2017 |
120 | Belgium | 0.93 | 2018 |
121 | Japan | 0.93 | 2016 |
122 | Spain | 0.93 | 2018 |
123 | Macedonia | 0.90 | 2017 |
124 | Peru | 0.90 | 2017 |
125 | Afghanistan | 0.89 | 2016 |
126 | El Salvador | 0.87 | 2016 |
127 | Indonesia | 0.84 | 2017 |
128 | Jamaica | 0.82 | 2016 |
129 | Kazakhstan | 0.82 | 2016 |
130 | Sierra Leone | 0.81 | 2016 |
131 | Kosovo | 0.79 | 2016 |
132 | Mongolia | 0.72 | 2017 |
133 | Switzerland | 0.71 | 2016 |
134 | Ethiopia | 0.67 | 2016 |
135 | Papua New Guinea | 0.66 | 2014 |
136 | Dominican Republic | 0.64 | 2016 |
137 | Cabo Verde | 0.63 | 2016 |
138 | Liberia | 0.62 | 2016 |
139 | Malawi | 0.61 | 2016 |
140 | Nicaragua | 0.61 | 2017 |
141 | Austria | 0.58 | 2018 |
142 | Mexico | 0.58 | 2016 |
143 | Luxembourg | 0.55 | 2018 |
144 | Madagascar | 0.53 | 2017 |
145 | Malta | 0.53 | 2016 |
146 | Nigeria | 0.43 | 2016 |
147 | Ghana | 0.40 | 2017 |
148 | Guatemala | 0.37 | 2017 |
149 | Moldova | 0.37 | 2017 |
150 | Ireland | 0.34 | 2016 |
151 | Laos | 0.20 | 2013 |
152 | Mauritius | 0.19 | 2016 |
153 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.18 | 2016 |
154 | Iceland | 0.10 | 2016 |
155 | Somalia | 0.00 | 2016 |