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Rank Order - Military expenditures - percent of GDP

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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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