Encyclopedia > List of countries and federations by military expenditures
 Military spending in 2005 This is a list of countries by military expenditures using the latest information available. Some of the information is from the United States' Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook.[1] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 351 pixelsFull resolution (1425 × 625 pixel, file size: 58 KB, MIME type: image/png)This bubble map shows the global distribution of military budgets in 2005 as a percentage of the top market (USA - $420,700,000,000). ...
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Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1435x624, 52 KB) Summary Military expenditures by country in US dollars based on CIA factbook figures accessed 31 March 2006 Grey indicates no data (such as Russia). ...
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Note that for some countries, no information was available to the World Factbook's compilers; these countries were omitted from the list. Consequently, the total world expenditure on armed forces is likely to be much higher than that given.
Chart by country or organization Comparisons between figures in this table should be used with caution. See the notes below regarding the figures for the People's Republic of China. There are, however, other comparison issues inherent with these figures: for example, France includes in its defence expenditure the cost of maintaining the Gendarmerie, which is primarily used for what would be described in the United Kingdom, for example, as an internal police matter. Consequently, there is no corresponding expenditure made in the UK's defence budget. A gendarmerie or gendarmery (pronounced ) is a military body charged with police duties among civilian populations. ...
| Rank | Country | Military expenditures (USD) | Date of information | | — |
 | World Total | 1,200,000,000,000 | 2007 (projected est.)[2] | | — |
 | NATO Total | 849,875,309,000 | | | 1 |
 | United States | 553,000,000,000 | 2007 | | — |
 | EU Total | 300,745,000,000 | | | 2 |
 | United Kingdom | 72,894,000,000 | 2007 | | 3 |
 | France | 67.640,000,000 | 47.700.000 € 2007 | | 4 |
 | Germany | 52,100,000,000 | 2007 | | 5 |
 | Japan | 49,100,000,000 | 2007 | | 6 |
 | People's Republic of China[3] | 45,000,000,000 | 2007 (official figures) | | 7 |
 | Russia[4] | 32,400,000,000 | 2007 | | 8 |
 | Italy | 32,093,537,000 | 2006 (est.) | | 9 |
 | Saudi Arabia | 31,255,000,000 | 2007 | | 10 |
 | South Korea | 26,050,000,000 | 2005 | | 11 |
 | India | 21,330,000,000 | 2007 | | 12 |
 | Australia[5] | 18,200,000,000 | 2007 | | 13 |
 | Canada | 16,900,000,000 | 2007 | | 14 |
 | Spain | 15,792,207,000 | 2006 | | 15 |
 | Turkey | 10,936,000,000 | 2006 (est.) | | 16 |
 | Netherlands | 10,800,000,000 | 2007 (est.) | | 17 |
 | Brazil | 9,940,000,000 | 2005 | | 18 |
 | Israel | 9,444,000,000 | 2005 | | 19 |
 | Republic of China | 8,900,000,000 | 2007 | | 20 |
 | Greece[6] | 7,648,561,000 | 2006 (est.) | | 21 |
 | Poland[7] | 7,262,500,000 | 2007 | | 22 |
 | Singapore | 7,053,000,000 | 2007 | | 23 |
 | Sweden | 6,309,137,714 | 2007 | | 24 |
 | Iran[8] | 6,300,000,000 | 2005 | | 25 |
 | Mexico[9][10] | 6,070,000,000 | 2006 | | 26 |
 | Chile[11] | 5,193,000,000 | 2007 | | 27 |
 | North Korea | 5,000,000,000 | 2005 | | 28 |
 | Pakistan | 4,800,000,000 | 2006 | | 29 |
 | Argentina | 4,300,000,000 | NA | | 30 |
 | Norway | 4,033,500,000 | 2003 | | 31 |
 | Venezuela | 4,000,000,000 | 2007 | | 32 |
 | Belgium | 3,999,000,000 | 2003 | | 33 |
 | South Africa | 3,700,000,000 | 2007 | | 34 |
 | Portugal | 3,497,800,000 | 2003 | | 35 |
 | Colombia | 3,300,000,000 | NA | | 36 |
 | Denmark | 3,271,600,000 | 2003 | | 37 |
 | Kuwait | 3,007,000,000 | 2005 | | 38 |
 | Algeria | 2,994,000,000 | 2005 | | 39 |
 | Romania [12] | 2,900,000,000 | 2007 | | 40 |
 | Finland | 2,800,000,000 | FY06 | | 41 |
 | Switzerland | 2,548,000,000 | 2005 | | 42 |
 | Egypt | 2,440,000,000 | 2003 | | 43 |
 | Austria[13] | 2,334,900,000 | FY06 | | 44 |
 | Morocco | 2,306,000,000 | 2005 | | 45 |
 | Czech Republic | 2,170,000,000 | 2004 | | 46 |
 | Angola | 2,000,000,000 | 2005 | | 47 |
 | Thailand | 1,775,000,000 | NA | | 48 |
 | Malaysia | 1,690,000,000 | NA | | 49 |
 | United Arab Emirates | 1,600,000,000 | NA | | 50 |
 | Jordan | 1,392,000,000 | 2005 | | 51 |
 | Hungary | 1,350,000,000 | 2007 | | 52 |
 | Iraq | 1,333,000,000 | 2005 | | 53 |
 | Indonesia | 1,300,000,000 | 2004 | | 54 |
 | Libya | 1,300,000,000 | 2007 | | 55 |
 | Ireland | 1,300,000,000 | 2007 | | 56 |
 | New Zealand | 1,147,000,000 | 2005 | | 57 |
 | Azerbaijan | 1,100,000,000 | 2007 | | 58 |
 | Bangladesh | 1,008,000,000 | 2005 | | 59 |
 | Yemen | 992,200,000 | 2005 | | 60 |
 | Ecuador | 916,440,000 | 2007 | | 61 |
 | Syria | 858,000,000 | 2005 | | 62 |
 | Philippines | 836,900,000 | 2005 | | 63 |
 | Peru | 829,300,000 | 2005 | | 64 |
 | Croatia | 804,000,000 | 2007 | | 65 |
 | Nigeria | 737,600,000 | 2005 | | 66 |
 | Bulgaria | 730,000,000 | 2007 | | 67 |
 | Qatar | 694,000,000 | 2005 | | 68 |
 | Cuba | 694,000,000 | NA | | 69 |
 | Vietnam | 650,000,000 | NA | | 70 |
 | Bahrain | 627,700,000 | 2005 | | 71 |
 | Ukraine | 617,900,000 | FY02 | | 72 |
 | Sri Lanka | 606,200,000 | 2005 | | 73 |
 | Sudan | 587,000,000 | 2004 | | 74 |
 | Georgia | 567,200,000 | 2007 | | 75 |
 | Lebanon | 540,600,000 | 2004 | | 76 |
 | Lithuania | 490,800,000 | FY01 | | 77 |
 | Belarus | 420,500,000 | 2006 | | 78 |
 | Slovakia | 406,000,000 | 2002 | | 79 |
 | Cyprus | 384,000,000 | NA | | 80 |
 | Uruguay | 371,200,000 | 2005 | | 81 |
 | Slovenia | 370,000,000 | 2007 | | 82 |
 | Tunisia | 356,000,000 | NA | | 83 |
 | Madagascar | 329,000,000 | 2005 | | 84 |
 | Botswana | 325,500,000 | 2005 | | 85 |
 | Armenia | 300,000,000 | 2007 | | 86 |
 | Ethiopia | 295,900,000 | 2004 | | 87 |
 | Brunei | 290,700,000 | 2004 | | 88 |
 | Kenya | 280,500,000 | 2005 | | 89 |
 | Estonia | 259,000,000 | FY06 | | 90 |
 | Gabon | 253,500,000 | 2005 | | 91 |
 | Oman | 252,990,000 | 2005 | | 92 |
 | Côte d'Ivoire | 246,600,000 | 2005 | | 93 |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 234,300,000 | NA | | 94 |
 | Luxembourg | 231,076,480 | 2003 | | 95 |
 | Cameroon | 230,200,000 | 2005 | | 96 |
 | Kazakhstan | 221,800,000 | FY02 | | 97 |
 | Eritrea | 220,100,000 | 2005 | | 98 |
 | Republic of Macedonia | 200,000,000 | NA | | 99 |
 | Uzbekistan | 200,000,000 | NA | | 100 |
 | Uganda | 192,800,000 | 2005 | | 101 |
 | Dominican Republic | 180,000,000 | FY98 | | 102 |
 | Guatemala | 169,800,000 | 2005 | | 103 |
 | El Salvador | 161,700,000 | 2005 | | 104 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 152,200,000 | 2005 | | 105 |
 | Panama | 150,000,000 | 2005 | | 106 |
 | Namibia | 149,500,000 | 2005 | | 107 |
 | Bolivia | 130,000,000 | 2005 | | 108 |
 | Zimbabwe | 124,700,000 | 2005 | | 109 |
 | Afghanistan | 122,400,000 | 2005 | | 110 |
 | Zambia | 121,700,000 | 2005 | | 111 |
 | Guinea | 119,700,000 | 2005 | | 112 |
 | Senegal | 117,300,000 | 2005 | | 113 |
 | Cambodia | 112,000,000 | NA | | 114 |
 | Mali | 106,300,000 | 2005 | | 115 |
 | Nepal | 104,900,000 | 2005 | | 116 |
 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 103,700,000 | 2005 | | 117 |
 | Benin | 100,900,000 | 2005 | | 118 |
 | Honduras | 99,410,000 | 2005 | | 119 |
 | Turkmenistan | 90,000,000 | NA | | 120 |
 | Latvia | 87,000,000 | 2007 | | 121 |
 | Congo, Republic of the | 85,220,000 | 2005 | | 122 |
 | Ghana | 83,650,000 | 2005 | | 123 |
 | Costa Rica | 83,460,000 | 2005 | | 124 |
 | Mozambique | 78,030,000 | 2005 | | 125 |
 | Burkina Faso | 74,830,000 | 2005 | | 126 |
 | Chad | 68,950,000 | 2005 | | 127 |
 | Liberia | 67,400,000 | 2005 | | 128 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 66,720,000 | 2003 | | 129 |
 | Albania | 56,500,000 | FY02 | | 130 |
 | Rwanda | 53,660,000 | 2005 | | 131 |
 | Paraguay | 53,100,000 | 2003 | | 132 |
 | Maldives | 45,070,000 | 2005 | | 133 |
 | Niger | 44,780,000 | 2005 | | 134 |
 | Malta | 44,640,000 | 2005 | | 135 |
 | Burundi | 43,900,000 | 2005 | | 136 |
 | Swaziland | 41,600,000 | 2005 | | 137 |
 | Lesotho | 41,100,000 | 2005 | | 138 |
 | Burma | 39,000,000 | NA | | 139 |
 | Fiji | 36,000,000 | 2004 | | 140 |
 | Tajikistan | 35,400,000 | FY01 | | 141 |
 | Nicaragua | 32,270,000 | 2005 | | 142 |
 | Jamaica | 31,170,000 | 2003 | | 143 |
 | Togo | 29,980,000 | 2005 | | 144 |
 | Djibouti | 29,050,000 | 2005 | | 145 |
 | Haiti | 25,960,000 | 2003 | | 146 |
 | Mongolia | 23,100,000 | FY02 | | 147 |
 | Somalia | 22,340,000 | 2005 | | 148 |
 | Tanzania | 21,200,000 | 2005 | | 149 |
 | Mauritania | 19,320,000 | 2005 | | 150 |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 19,200,000 | FY01 | | 151 |
 | Belize | 19,000,000 | 2005 | | 152 |
 | Papua New Guinea | 16,900,000 | 2003 | | 153 |
 | Central African Republic | 16,370,000 | 2005 | | 154 |
 | Malawi | 15,810,000 | 2005 | | 155 |
 | Seychelles | 14,850,000 | 2005 | | 156 |
 | Sierra Leone | 14,250,000 | 2005 | | 157 |
 | Comoros | 12,870,000 | 2005 | | 158 |
 | Mauritius | 12,040,000 | 2005 | | 159 |
 | Laos | 11,040,000 | 2005 | | 160 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 9,455,000 | 2005 | | 161 |
 | Moldova | 8,700,000 | 2004 | | 162 |
 | Bhutan | 8,281,000 | 2005 | | 163 |
 | Suriname | 7,494,000 | 2005 | | 164 |
 | Cape Verde | 7,178,000 | 2005 | | 165 |
 | Guyana | 6,479,000 | 2003 | | 166 |
 | East Timor | 4,400,000 | FY03 | | 167 |
 | Bermuda, UK overseas territory | 4,030,000 | 2001 | | 168 |
 | Gambia, The | 1,547,000 | 2004 | | 169 |
 | San Marino | 700,000 | 2005 | | 170 |
 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 581,700 | 2004 | The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Figures This is a list of the fifteen countries with the highest defense budgets for the year 2005. The information is the most up-to-date from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute,[14] which is used to calculate defense spending by the British Ministry of Defence and many other government ministries in the European Union. Total World spending amounted to $1.0 trillion in 2005, with about half of the total amount spent by the United States. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) was founded in 1966 to commemorate 150 years of unbroken peace in Sweden. ...
| Rank | | Country | Military expenditures, USD | Date of information | | — | | World Total | 1,000,000,000,000 | 2005 | | 1 |
| United States | 478,200,000,000 | 2005 | | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 52,300,000,000 | 2005 | | 3 |
| France | 46,200,000,000 | 2005 | | 4 |
| Japan | 42,100,000,000 | 2005 | | 5 |
| People's Republic of China | 41,000,000,000 | 2005 est. | | 6 |
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