Military > Expenditures > Dollar figure: Countries Compared

Author: Ian Graham, Staff Editor

In the fiscal year 1999, the United States spent about as much on its military as the next nine countries combined in the latest years for which figures are available. China, the second-biggest spender, spent only about 20 percent of the United States expenditures. <p>However, Russia and China both have more <a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/mil_arm_for_per>armed forces personnel </a>than the United States. China has 2,810,000 people in its armed forces and Russia has 1,520,000. The United States is third, with 1,366,000 armed forces personnel. India is fourth, with 1,303,000 people. No other country has more than a million. <p>There are 19.67 million people in the armed forces worldwide. Total military spending in the top 170 countries is $741.16 billion. <p>United States armed forces personnel represent about 7 percent of the total worldwide, but the U.S. expenditures are 37 percent of the total.

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DEFINITION: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	China	$67.49 billion	2004
2	Japan	$45.84 billion	2004
3	France	$45.24 billion	2003
4	United Kingdom	$42.84 billion	2003
5	Germany	$35.06 billion	2003
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	$33.94 billion	2003
6	Italy	$28.18 billion	2003
7	Saudi Arabia	$18.00 billion	2002
8	Australia	$16.65 billion	2004
9	South Korea	$14.52 billion	2003
10	India	$14.02 billion	2003
11	Turkey	$12.15 billion	2003
12	Brazil	$11.00 billion	2004
13	Spain	$9.91 billion	2003
14	Canada	$9.80 billion	2003
15	Netherlands	$9.41 billion	2004
16	Israel	$9.11 billion	2003
17	Taiwan	$7.57 billion	2003
18	Mexico	$6.04 billion	2004
19	Greece	$5.89 billion	2004
20	Sweden	$5.73 billion	2004
21	North Korea	$5.22 billion	2002
=22	Iran	$4.30 billion	2003
=22	Argentina	$4.30 billion	1999
24	Norway	$4.03 billion	2003
25	Belgium	$4.00 billion	2003
26	Pakistan	$3.85 billion	2004
27	Poland	$3.50 billion	2002
28	Portugal	$3.50 billion	2003
29	Chile	$3.42 billion	2004
30	Colombia	$3.30 billion	2001
31	Denmark	$3.27 billion	2003
32	South Africa	$3.17 billion	2004
33	Kuwait	$2.58 billion	2004
34	Switzerland	$2.55 billion	2001
35	Algeria	$2.48 billion	2004
36	Egypt	$2.44 billion	2003
37	Morocco	$2.31 billion	2003
38	Czech Republic	$2.17 billion	2004
39	Finland	$1.80 billion	1998
40	Malaysia	$1.69 billion	2000
41	Venezuela	$1.69 billion	2004
42	United Arab Emirates	$1.60 billion	2000
43	Austria	$1.50 billion	2001
44	Jordan	$1.46 billion	2004
=45	Indonesia	$1.30 billion	2004
=45	Iraq	$1.30 billion	2000
=45	Libya	$1.30 billion	1999
	South Asia average (profile)	$1.26 billion	2004
48	Hungary	$1.08 billion	2002
49	Bangladesh	$995.30 million	2004
50	Romania	$985.00 million	2002
51	Yemen	$885.50 million	2003
52	Syria	$858.00 million	2000
53	Peru	$829.30 million	2003
54	Philippines	$805.50 million	2004
55	Ireland	$700.00 million	2000
56	Ecuador	$655.00 million	2004
57	Serbia and Montenegro	$654.00 million	2002
58	Vietnam	$650.00 million	1998
59	Bahrain	$628.90 million	2004
60	Croatia	$620.00 million	2004
61	Ukraine	$617.90 million	2002
62	Sudan	$587.00 million	2001
63	Cuba	$572.30 million	2003
64	Nigeria	$544.60 million	2004
65	Lebanon	$540.60 million	2002
66	Sri Lanka	$514.80 million	2004
67	Slovakia	$406.00 million	2002
68	Cyprus	$384.00 million	2002
69	Slovenia	$370.00 million	2000
=70	Bulgaria	$356.00 million	2002
=70	Tunisia	$356.00 million	1999
72	Botswana	$338.50 million	2004
73	Ethiopia	$337.10 million	2004
74	Brunei	$290.70 million	2004
75	Uruguay	$257.50 million	2004
76	Oman	$252.99 million	2004
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$234.30 million	2002
78	Luxembourg	$231.60 million	2003
79	Lithuania	$230.80 million	2001
80	Kazakhstan	$221.80 million	2002
81	Cameroon	$221.10 million	2004
82	Zimbabwe	$217.00 million	2004
83	Guatemala	$201.90 million	2004
84	Afghanistan	$188.40 million	2004
85	Gabon	$184.80 million	2004
86	Angola	$183.58 million	2004
87	Cote d'Ivoire	$180.20 million	2004
88	Dominican Republic	$180.00 million	1998
89	Kenya	$177.10 million	2004
90	Belarus	$176.10 million	2002
91	Uganda	$170.30 million	2004
92	Namibia	$168.40 million	2004
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	$165.21 million	2004
93	El Salvador	$157.00 million	2003
94	Estonia	$155.00 million	2002
95	Eritrea	$151.00 million	2004
96	Panama	$147.00 million	2004
97	Armenia	$135.00 million	2001
98	Bolivia	$132.20 million	2004
99	Congo, Republic of the	$126.50 million	2004
100	Equatorial Guinea	$126.20 million	2004
101	Azerbaijan	$121.00 million	1999
102	Mozambique	$117.30 million	2004
103	Cambodia	$112.00 million	2001
104	Senegal	$107.30 million	2004
105	Zambia	$106.80 million	2004
106	Chad	$101.30 million	2004
107	Honduras	$100.60 million	2004
108	Nepal	$99.20 million	2004
109	Benin	$96.50 million	2004
110	Democratic Republic of the Congo	$93.50 million	2004
111	Turkmenistan	$90.00 million	1999
112	Latvia	$87.00 million	2001
113	Trinidad and Tobago	$66.70 million	2003
=114	Burkina Faso	$64.20 million	2004
=114	Costa Rica	$64.20 million	2004
116	Guinea	$56.70 million	2004
117	Albania	$56.50 million	2002
118	Paraguay	$53.10 million	2004
119	Rwanda	$50.10 million	2004
120	Ghana	$49.20 million	2004
121	Madagascar	$44.60 million	2004
122	Maldives	$41.10 million	2004
123	Swaziland	$40.50 million	2004
124	Burundi	$38.70 million	2004
125	Fiji	$36.00 million	2004
126	Togo	$35.50 million	2004
127	Tajikistan	$35.40 million	2001
128	Niger	$33.30 million	2004
129	Nicaragua	$32.80 million	2004
130	Lesotho	$32.30 million	2004
131	Jamaica	$31.20 million	2003
132	Malta	$31.10 million	2004
133	Djibouti	$28.60 million	2004
134	Haiti	$26.00 million	2003
135	Mongolia	$23.10 million	2002
136	Georgia	$23.00 million	2000
137	Mali	$22.40 million	2004
138	Mauritania	$20.80 million	2004
139	Tanzania	$20.60 million	2004
140	Kyrgyzstan	$19.20 million	2001
141	Somalia	$18.90 million	2003
142	Belize	$18.00 million	2003
143	Papua New Guinea	$16.90 million	2003
144	Central African Republic	$15.50 million	2004
145	Cape Verde	$14.10 million	2004
146	Bhutan	$13.70 million	2004
147	Sierra Leone	$13.20 million	2004
148	Mauritius	$12.50 million	2004
149	Seychelles	$12.30 million	2004
150	Comoros	$11.60 million	2004
151	Malawi	$11.10 million	2004
152	Laos	$10.70 million	2004
153	Guinea-Bissau	$8.90 million	2004
154	Moldova	$8.70 million	2004
155	Suriname	$7.50 million	2003
156	Guyana	$6.50 million	2003
157	Bermuda	$4.03 million	2002
158	Liberia	$1.50 million	2004
159	The Gambia	$1,000,000.00	2004
=160	Sao Tome and Principe	$700,000.00	2004
=160	San Marino	$700,000.00	2000
162	Iceland	0.0	2003

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