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  Rank Order - Military expenditures - percent of GDP


Countries, for which no information is available, are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Military expenditures - percent of GDP
(%)
Date of Information
1
Korea, North 33.90 FY02
2
Mali 15.00 FY02
3
Saudi Arabia 13.00 NA
4
Ethiopia 12.60 FY00
5
Oman 12.20 FY01
6
Eritrea 12.00 FY02
7
Qatar 10.00 NA
8
Israel 8.75 FY02
9
Jordan 8.60 FY01
10
Maldives 8.60 FY02
11
Afghanistan 7.70 FY02
12
Bahrain 6.70 FY01
13
Armenia 6.50 FY01
14
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 6.00 NA
15
Syria 5.90 NA
16
Kuwait 5.50 FY01
17
Angola 5.40 FY02
18
Burundi 5.30 FY02
19
New Caledonia 5.30 FY96
20
Yemen 5.20 FY01
21
Brunei 5.00 FY02
22
Greece 4.91 NA
23
Singapore 4.90 NA
24
Lebanon 4.80 NA
25
Swaziland 4.75 FY00
26
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.60 NA
27
Pakistan 4.60 FY02
28
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.50 NA
29
Turkey 4.50 2002 est.
30
Djibouti 4.40 FY02
31
China 4.30 FY02
32
Sri Lanka 4.20 NA
33
Laos 4.20 NA
34
Algeria 4.10 NA
35
Egypt 4.10 FY99
36
Cuba 4.00 NA
37
Morocco 4.00 NA
38
Libya 3.90 NA
39
Tajikistan 3.90 FY01
40
Cyprus 3.80 NA
41
Mauritania 3.70 FY02
42
Botswana 3.50 FY02
43
Colombia 3.40 FY01
44
Turkmenistan 3.40 NA
45
Ecuador 3.40 NA
46
Guinea 3.30 FY02
47
United States 3.20 NA
48
Zimbabwe 3.20 FY02
49
Chile 3.10 NA
50
Iran 3.10 NA
51
United Arab Emirates 3.10 NA
52
Cambodia 3.00 NA
53
Rwanda 3.00 FY02
54
Comoros 3.00 FY02
55
Australia 2.90 FY02
56
Congo, Republic of the 2.80 FY01
57
Korea, South 2.80 FY02
58
Guinea-Bissau 2.80 FY02
59
Benin 2.70 FY02
60
Taiwan 2.70 FY02
61
Bulgaria 2.70 FY02
62
Azerbaijan 2.60 NA
63
France 2.57 2002
64
Equatorial Guinea 2.50 FY02
65
Vietnam 2.50 NA
66
Sudan 2.50 NA
67
Romania 2.47 2002
68
Namibia 2.40 FY02
69
Croatia 2.39 2002 est.
70
United Kingdom 2.32 2002
71
India 2.30 FY02
72
Fiji 2.20 FY02
73
Mongolia 2.20 FY02
74
Portugal 2.20 FY99/00
75
Norway 2.13 2002
76
Burma 2.10 NA
77
Uganda 2.10 FY02
78
Sweden 2.10 FY01
79
Czech Republic 2.10 FY01
80
Malaysia 2.03 NA
81
Estonia 2.00 2002 est.
82
Gabon 2.00 FY02
83
Uzbekistan 2.00 NA
84
World 2.00 NA
85
Finland 2.00 FY98/99
86
Brazil 1.90 FY99
87
Chad 1.90 FY02
88
Lithuania 1.90 FY01
89
Bhutan 1.90 FY02
90
Slovakia 1.89 2002
91
Belize 1.87 NA
92
Bangladesh 1.80 FY96
93
Bolivia 1.80 FY99
94
Kenya 1.80 FY02
95
Peru 1.80 NA
96
Seychelles 1.80 FY02
97
Togo 1.80 FY02
98
Hungary 1.75 2002 est.
99
Poland 1.71 2002
100
Malta 1.70 2000
101
Slovenia 1.70 FY00
102
South Africa 1.70 FY02
103
Italy 1.64 2002
104
Costa Rica 1.60 NA
105
Cape Verde 1.60 FY02
106
Suriname 1.60 NA
107
Netherlands 1.50 FY00/01 est.
108
Sierra Leone 1.50 FY02
109
Tunisia 1.50 NA
110
Philippines 1.50 NA
111
Albania 1.49 FY02
112
Belgium 1.40 FY01/02
113
Belarus 1.40 FY02
114
Denmark 1.40 FY99/00
115
Burkina Faso 1.40 FY02
116
Ukraine 1.40 FY02
117
Thailand 1.40 NA
118
Trinidad and Tobago 1.40 1999
119
Senegal 1.40 FY02
120
Papua New Guinea 1.40 FY02
121
Paraguay 1.40 NA
122
Kyrgyzstan 1.40 FY01
123
Cote d'Ivoire 1.40 FY02
124
Cameroon 1.40 FY98
125
Germany 1.38 2002
126
Argentina 1.30 FY00
127
Haiti 1.30 FY00
128
Indonesia 1.30 NA
129
Liberia 1.30 FY02
130
Panama 1.30 NA
131
Latvia 1.20 FY01
132
Nicaragua 1.20 NA
133
Madagascar 1.20 FY02
134
Spain 1.15 2002
135
Canada 1.10 FY01/02
136
Central African Republic 1.10 FY02
137
Dominican Republic 1.10 NA
138
Niger 1.10 FY02
139
Nepal 1.10 FY02
140
Uruguay 1.10 2000
141
Japan 1.00 FY02
142
Mexico 1.00 NA
143
Mozambique 1.00 NA
144
New Zealand 1.00 FY02
145
Switzerland 1.00 FY01
146
Nigeria 1.00 FY02
147
Ireland 0.90 FY00/01
148
Venezuela 0.90 NA
149
Zambia 0.90 FY02
150
Somalia 0.90 FY02
151
Kazakhstan 0.90 FY02
152
Austria 0.80 FY01/02
153
Sao Tome and Principe 0.80 FY01
154
Luxembourg 0.80 FY01/02
155
Bahamas, The 0.70 FY99
156
Malawi 0.70 FY02
157
El Salvador 0.70 NA
158
Ghana 0.60 FY02
159
Guatemala 0.60 NA
160
Honduras 0.60 NA
161
Georgia 0.59 NA
162
Moldova 0.40 FY02
163
Gambia, The 0.30 FY02
164
Mauritius 0.20 FY02
165
Tanzania 0.20 FY02
166
Bermuda 0.11 NA

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