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DEFINITION:
Military expenditure (current LCU). Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.).
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Iran | 78.38 trillion | 2009 | ||
2 | Vietnam | 70 trillion | 2012 | ||
3 | Indonesia | 64.44 trillion | 2012 | ||
4 | South Korea | 35.66 trillion | 2012 | ||
5 | Colombia | 21.82 trillion | 2012 | ||
6 | Iraq | 7.06 trillion | 2012 | ||
7 | Belarus | 6.35 trillion | 2012 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 6.33 trillion | 2012 | |||
8 | Japan | 4.73 trillion | 2012 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 3.87 trillion | 2012 | |||
9 | Russia | 2.8 trillion | 2012 | ||
10 | Chile | 2.67 trillion | 2012 | ||
11 | Lebanon | 2.62 trillion | 2012 | ||
12 | India | 2.44 trillion | 2012 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 2.31 trillion | 2005 | |||
13 | Paraguay | 1.87 trillion | 2012 | ||
14 | Burma | 1.86 trillion | 2012 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 1.69 trillion | 2008 | |||
15 | Zambia | 1.65 trillion | 2012 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 1.44 trillion | 2012 | |||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 1.43 trillion | 2012 | |||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 1.38 trillion | 2010 | |||
16 | China | 1.05 trillion | 2012 | ||
17 | Cambodia | 876 billion | 2012 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 806.82 billion | 2012 | |||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 797.19 billion | 2012 | |||
18 | Algeria | 723 billion | 2012 | ||
19 | Uganda | 720 billion | 2012 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 715.09 billion | 2011 | |||
20 | United States | 682.48 billion | 2012 | ||
21 | Pakistan | 628 billion | 2012 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 609.3 billion | 2010 | |||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 543.5 billion | 2011 | |||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 514.09 billion | 2012 | |||
22 | Tanzania | 506 billion | 2012 | ||
23 | Angola | 396 billion | 2012 | ||
24 | Nigeria | 365 billion | 2012 | ||
25 | Kazakhstan | 363 billion | 2012 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 313.7 billion | 2011 | |||
26 | Yemen | 308 billion | 2012 | ||
27 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 283 billion | 2012 | ||
28 | Hungary | 233.76 billion | 2012 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 229.66 billion | 2012 | |||
29 | Saudi Arabia | 212.72 billion | 2012 | ||
30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 208 billion | 2012 | ||
31 | Sri Lanka | 184 billion | 2012 | ||
32 | Guinea | 182 billion | 2004 | ||
33 | Cameroon | 181 billion | 2012 | ||
34 | Equatorial Guinea | 175.62 billion | 2009 | ||
35 | Thailand | 167.44 billion | 2012 | ||
36 | Armenia | 156 billion | 2012 | ||
37 | Mongolia | 155.5 billion | 2012 | ||
38 | Madagascar | 151 billion | 2012 | ||
39 | Laos | 150 billion | 2011 | ||
40 | Gabon | 128 billion | 2012 | ||
41 | Philippines | 125.74 billion | 2012 | ||
42 | Bangladesh | 123.61 billion | 2012 | ||
43 | Syria | 120 billion | 2011 | ||
44 | Sierra Leone | 118.78 billion | 2012 | ||
45 | Chad | 114 billion | 2011 | ||
46 | Senegal | 98.84 billion | 2010 | ||
47 | North Korea | 98.8 billion | 2012 | ||
48 | Mexico | 91.91 billion | 2012 | ||
49 | Burundi | 85.1 billion | 2012 | ||
50 | Mali | 76 billion | 2012 | ||
51 | Burkina Faso | 74.3 billion | 2012 | ||
52 | Serbia | 72.65 billion | 2012 | ||
53 | United Arab Emirates | 70.39 billion | 2011 | ||
54 | Kenya | 67.41 billion | 2012 | ||
55 | Republic of the Congo | 66.17 billion | 2010 | ||
56 | Brazil | 64.8 billion | 2012 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 57.09 billion | 2005 | |||
57 | Israel | 56.5 billion | 2012 | ||
58 | Uzbekistan | 53 billion | 2003 | ||
59 | Rwanda | 49 billion | 2012 | ||
60 | France | 45.86 billion | 2012 | ||
61 | Czech Republic | 43.47 billion | 2012 | ||
62 | Sweden | 42.07 billion | 2012 | ||
63 | Norway | 40.57 billion | 2012 | ||
64 | Benin | 39.9 billion | 2012 | ||
65 | Ukraine | 38.98 billion | 2012 | ||
66 | United Kingdom | 38.39 billion | 2012 | ||
67 | Afghanistan | 37.68 billion | 2012 | ||
68 | South Africa | 36.71 billion | 2012 | ||
69 | Germany | 35.62 billion | 2012 | ||
70 | Niger | 35.6 billion | 2012 | ||
71 | Turkey | 32.66 billion | 2012 | ||
72 | Poland | 30.47 billion | 2012 | ||
73 | Mauritania | 30.1 billion | 2009 | ||
74 | Morocco | 29.36 billion | 2012 | ||
75 | Togo | 27.85 billion | 2011 | ||
76 | Egypt | 26.5 billion | 2012 | ||
77 | Italy | 26.45 billion | 2012 | ||
78 | Denmark | 25.73 billion | 2012 | ||
79 | Central African Republic | 25.55 billion | 2010 | ||
80 | Australia | 25.27 billion | 2012 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 23.84 billion | 2012 | |||
81 | Canada | 22.52 billion | 2012 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 20.52 billion | 2012 | |||
82 | Albania | 19.91 billion | 2012 | ||
83 | Uruguay | 19.73 billion | 2012 | ||
84 | Argentina | 19.7 billion | 2012 | ||
85 | Nepal | 19.3 billion | 2011 | ||
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 19.17 billion | 2012 | |||
86 | Venezuela | 17.2 billion | 2012 | ||
87 | Malaysia | 14.51 billion | 2012 | ||
88 | Dominican Republic | 14.24 billion | 2012 | ||
89 | Singapore | 12.15 billion | 2012 | ||
90 | Jamaica | 11.34 billion | 2012 | ||
91 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.7 billion | 2011 | ||
92 | Malawi | 9.88 billion | 2012 | ||
93 | Spain | 8.97 billion | 2012 | ||
94 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.46 billion | 2012 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 8.06 billion | 2012 | |||
95 | Netherlands | 7.66 billion | 2012 | ||
96 | Romania | 7.58 billion | 2012 | ||
97 | Qatar | 6.83 billion | 2010 | ||
98 | Ethiopia | 6.75 billion | 2012 | ||
99 | Peru | 6.74 billion | 2012 | ||
100 | Djibouti | 6.45 billion | 2008 | ||
101 | Republic of Macedonia | 6.35 billion | 2012 | ||
102 | Guyana | 6.32 billion | 2012 | ||
103 | Croatia | 5.61 billion | 2012 | ||
104 | Greece | 5.09 billion | 2012 | ||
105 | Switzerland | 4.53 billion | 2012 | ||
106 | Somalia | 4.2 billion | 1989 | ||
107 | Belgium | 3.96 billion | 2012 | ||
108 | Honduras | 3.81 billion | 2012 | ||
109 | Libya | 3.77 billion | 2012 | ||
110 | Namibia | 3.34 billion | 2012 | ||
111 | Sudan | 3.34 billion | 2006 | ||
112 | Portugal | 2.94 billion | 2012 | ||
113 | Finland | 2.85 billion | 2012 | ||
114 | South Sudan | 2.84 billion | 2012 | ||
115 | Mozambique | 2.8 billion | 2010 | ||
116 | Bolivia | 2.74 billion | 2012 | ||
117 | Oman | 2.58 billion | 2012 | ||
118 | Botswana | 2.54 billion | 2012 | ||
119 | Eritrea | 2.52 billion | 2003 | ||
120 | Austria | 2.51 billion | 2012 | ||
121 | Azerbaijan | 2.5 billion | 2012 | ||
122 | Ecuador | 2.38 billion | 2012 | ||
123 | New Zealand | 2.33 billion | 2012 | ||
124 | Iceland | 2.18 billion | 2012 | ||
125 | Cuba | 2.14 billion | 2010 | ||
126 | Kuwait | 1.69 billion | 2012 | ||
127 | Guatemala | 1.66 billion | 2012 | ||
128 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.59 billion | 2009 | ||
129 | Nicaragua | 1.55 billion | 2012 | ||
130 | Bulgaria | 1.13 billion | 2012 | ||
131 | Tunisia | 1.11 billion | 2012 | ||
132 | Lithuania | 1.1 billion | 2012 | ||
133 | Liberia | 1.06 billion | 2012 | ||
134 | Jordan | 1.03 billion | 2012 | ||
135 | Swaziland | 976 million | 2012 | ||
136 | Ireland | 902 million | 2012 | ||
137 | Slovakia | 798 million | 2012 | ||
138 | Cape Verde | 768 million | 2011 | ||
139 | Georgia | 754 million | 2012 | ||
140 | Mauritius | 666 million | 2012 | ||
141 | Brunei | 514 million | 2012 | ||
142 | Slovenia | 415 million | 2012 | ||
143 | Lesotho | 390 million | 2012 | ||
144 | Cyprus | 367 million | 2012 | ||
145 | Bahrain | 358 million | 2012 | ||
146 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 351 million | 2012 | ||
147 | Estonia | 327 million | 2012 | ||
148 | Zimbabwe | 318 million | 2012 | ||
149 | Luxembourg | 265 million | 2012 | ||
150 | Moldova | 264 million | 2012 | ||
151 | El Salvador | 237 million | 2012 | ||
152 | Ghana | 196 million | 2012 | ||
153 | Papua New Guinea | 175 million | 2012 | ||
154 | Latvia | 143 million | 2012 | ||
155 | Tajikistan | 134 million | 2004 | ||
156 | Seychelles | 126 million | 2012 | ||
157 | Turkmenistan | 116.4 million | 1999 | ||
158 | The Gambia | 113 million | 2007 | ||
159 | Panama | 112 million | 1999 | ||
160 | Fiji | 102 million | 2012 | ||
161 | Montenegro | 62 million | 2012 | ||
162 | Malta | 41.33 million | 2012 | ||
163 | East Timor | 37.7 million | 2012 | ||
164 | Haiti | 37.5 million | 1995 | ||
165 | Belize | 29.9 million | 2012 |