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| Rank | Country | Military expenditures (USD) | Date of information | | — |
 | World Total | 1,200,000,000,000 | 2007 (projected est.)[1] | | — | | NATO Total | 849,875,309,000 | | | 1 |
| United States | 583,283,000,000 | 2008[2] | | — |
 | European Union Total | 311,920,000,000 | 2007[3] | | 2 |
| France | 74,690,470,000 | 2008-2009 [4] | | 3 |
| United Kingdom | 68,911,000,000 | FY 2008-09[5] | | 4 |
| China | 59,000,000,000 | 2008[6] | | 5 |
| Germany | 45,930,000,000 | 2008[7] | | 6 |
| Japan | 41,750,000,000 | 2007[8] | | 7 |
| Russia | 41,050,000,000 | 2008 | | 8 |
| Italy | 40,060,000,000 | 2008 (est.)[citation needed] | | 9 |
| Saudi Arabia | 31,050,000,000 | 2008 [9] | | 10 |
| South Korea | 28,940,000,000 | 2008 [10] | | 11 |
| India | 26,500,000,000 | 2008-2009[1] | | 12 |
| Brazil | 25,396,731,055 | 2008[11] | | 13 |
| Australia | 20,727,710,000 | 2008[12] | | 14 |
| Canada | 17,150,002,540 | 2008[13] | | 15 |
| Spain | 15,792,207,000 | 2007 | | 16 |
 | Turkey | 15,166,000,000 | 2008[citation needed] | | 17 |
 | Netherlands | 12,000,000,000 | 2008[14] | | 18 |
 | Poland | 10,838,000,000 | 2008[15] | | 19 |
 | Republic of China (Taiwan) | 10,500,000,000 | 2008 | | 20 |
| Israel | 9,444,000,000 | 2007 | | 21 |
 | Pakistan | 7,800,000,000 | 2008 | | 22 |
 | Greece | 7,648,561,000 | 2007 (est.)[16] | | 23 |
 | Singapore | 7,129,400,000 | 2007 | | 24 |
 | Sweden | 6,309,137,714 | 2007[17] | | 25 |
 | Iran | 6,300,000,000 | 2005[18] | | 26 |
 | Mexico | 6,070,000,000 | 2006[19][20] | | 27 |
 | Norway | 5,725,000,000 | 2007 | | 28 |
| North Korea | 5,500,000,000 | 2005[21] | | 29 |
 | Chile | 5,193,000,000 | 2007[22] | | 30 |
 | Indonesia | 4,740,000,000 | 2008 | | 31 |
 | Argentina | 4,300,000,000 | NA | | 32 |
 | South Africa | 4,067,879,840 | 2008-2009[23] | | 33 |
 | Belgium | 4,000,000,000 | 2007[24] | | 34 |
 | Venezuela | 4,000,000,000 | 2007 | | 35 |
 | Portugal | 3,497,800,000 | 2003 | | 36 |
 | Colombia | 3,300,000,000 | 2005 | | 37 |
 | Egypt | 3,300,000,000 | 2003[25] | | 38 |
 | Denmark | 3,271,600,000 | 2003 | | 39 |
 | Vietnam | 3,200,000,000 | 2005 [26] | | 40 |
 | Kuwait | 3,007,000,000 | 2005 | | 41 |
 | Algeria | 2,994,000,000 | 2005 | | 42 |
 | Romania | 2,900,000,000 | 2007[27] | | 43 |
 | Finland | 2,800,000,000 | FY06 | | 44 |
 | Switzerland | 2,548,000,000 | 2005 | | 45 |
 | Austria | 2,334,900,000 | FY06[28] | | 46 |
 | Morocco | 2,306,000,000 | 2005 | | 47 |
 | Czech Republic | 2,170,000,000 | 2004 | | 48 |
 | Ukraine | 2,066,806,000 | 2008[29] | | 49 |
 | Azerbaijan | 2,000,000,000 | 2008[30] | | 50 |
| Angola | 2,000,000,000 | 2005 | | 51 |
 | Thailand | 1,775,000,000 | NA | | 52 |
 | Malaysia | 1,690,000,000 | NA | | 53 |
 | United Arab Emirates | 1,600,000,000 | NA | | 54 |
 | Slovakia | 1,408,000,000 | 2008 | | 55 |
| Jordan | 1,392,000,000 | 2005 | | 56 |
 | Hungary | 1,376,000,000 | 2007 | | 57 |
 | Philippines | 1,348,000,000 | 2007 | | 58 |
 | Libya | 1,300,000,000 | 2007 | | 59 |
 | Ireland | 1,300,000,000 | 2007 | | 60 |
 | Serbia | 1,200,000,000 | 2007 | | 61 |
| Georgia | 1,200,000,000 | 2007 | | 62 |
 | New Zealand | 1,147,000,000 | 2005 | | 63 |
 | Croatia | 1,140,000,000 | 2008 | | 64 |
| Iraq | 1,008,000,000 | 2007 | | 65 |
| Yemen | 992,200,000 | 2005 | | 66 |
| Syria | 858,000,000 | 2005 | | 67 |
 | Bangladesh | 836,900,000 | 2007 | | 68 |
 | Peru | 829,300,000 | 2005 | | 69 |
 | Nigeria | 737,600,000 | 2005 | | 70 |
 | Bulgaria | 730,000,000 | 2007 | | 71 |
| Qatar | 694,000,000 | 2005 | | 72 |
 | Cuba | 694,000,000 | NA | | 73 |
 | Bahrain | 627,700,000 | 2005 | | 74 |
 | Sri Lanka | 606,200,000 | 2005 | | 75 |
 | Sudan | 587,000,000 | 2004 | | 76 |
 | Lebanon | 540,600,000 | 2004 | | 77 |
 | Lithuania | 490,800,000 | FY01 | | 78 |
 | Belarus | 420,500,000 | 2006 | | 79 |
| Armenia | 400,000,000 | FY08 [31] | | 80 |
 | Cyprus | 384,000,000 | NA | | 81 |
 | Uruguay | 371,200,000 | 2005 | | 82 |
 | Slovenia | 370,000,000 | 2007 | | 83 |
 | Tunisia | 356,000,000 | NA | | 84 |
 | Madagascar | 329,000,000 | 2005 | | 85 |
 | Botswana | 325,500,000 | 2005 | | 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 |
| Oman | 252,990,000 | 2005 | | 91 |
 | Côte d'Ivoire | 246,600,000 | 2005 | | 92 |
 | Albania | 235,000,000 | 2007 | | 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 |
| Uzbekistan | 200,000,000 | NA | | 99 |
| Uganda | 192,800,000 | 2005 | | 100 |
| Dominican Republic | 180,000,000 | FY98 | | 101 |
| Guatemala | 169,800,000 | 2005 | | 102 |
| El Salvador | 161,700,000 | 2005 | | 103 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 152,200,000 | 2005 | | 104 |
| Panama | 150,000,000 | 2005 | | 105 |
| Namibia | 149,500,000 | 2005 | | 106 |
| Bolivia | 130,000,000 | 2005 | | 107 |
| Zimbabwe | 124,700,000 | 2005 | | 108 |
| Afghanistan | 122,400,000 | 2005 | | 109 |
| Zambia | 121,700,000 | 2005 | | 110 |
| Guinea | 119,700,000 | 2005 | | 111 |
| Republic of Macedonia | 117,710,000 | 2006 | | 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 |
| Rwanda | 53,660,000 | 2005 | | 130 |
| Paraguay | 53,100,000 | 2003 | | 131 |
| Maldives | 45,070,000 | 2005 | | 132 |
| Niger | 44,780,000 | 2005 | | 133 |
| Malta | 44,640,000 | 2005 | | 134 |
| Burundi | 43,900,000 | 2005 | | 135 |
| Swaziland | 41,600,000 | 2005 | | 136 |
| Lesotho | 41,100,000 | 2005 | | 137 |
| Burma | NA | NA | | 138 |
| Fiji | 36,000,000 | 2004 | | 139 |
| Tajikistan | 35,400,000 | FY01 | | 140 |
| Nicaragua | 32,270,000 | 2005 | | 141 |
| Jamaica | 31,170,000 | 2003 | | 142 |
| Togo | 29,980,000 | 2005 | | 143 |
| Djibouti | 29,050,000 | 2005 | | 144 |
| Iceland | 26,000,000 | 2008[32] | | 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 |
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| Rank | | Country | Military expenditures, USD | Date of information | | — | | World Total | 1,158,000,000,000 | 2006 est. | | 1 |
| United States | 540,700,000,000 | 2007 | | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 58,400,000,000 | 2007 | | 3 |
| France | 53,100,000,000 | 2006 | | 4 |
| China | 45,000,000,000 | 2007 | | 5 |
| Japan | 42,700,000,000 | 2006 | | 6 |
| Germany | 37,000,000,000 | 2006 | | 7 |
| Russia | 34,200,000,000 | 2006 est. | | 8 |
| Italy | 28,100,000,000 | 2006 | | 9 |
| Saudi Arabia | 27,200,000,000 | 2006 | | 10 |
| India | 24,100,000,000 | 2006 | | 11 |
| South Korea | 23,900,000,000 | 2006 | | 12 |
| Australia | 14,100,000,000 | 2006 | | 13 |
| Canada | 13,200,000,000 | 2006 | | 14 |
| Brazil | 12,800,000,000 | 2006 | | 15 |
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List of countries by military expenditure as a percentage of GDP Map of the military expenditures as a percentage of GDP by country. Below is a list of countries ranked by order of military expenditure as a percentage of GDP. This statistic reflects the importance of military buildup and army modernization for all countries. It also indicated how much priority each country places in military expenditure. GDP is an acronym which can stand for more than one thing: (in economics) an abbreviation for Gross Domestic Product. ...
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The greater a country spends on its military as a percentage of its GDP, the less money it will have to spend on other crucial aspects such as infrastructure and education, and the more likely it will come under scrutiny from other countries.[34]
The trend is that developing countries, especially Middle Eastern countries with emerging markets due to their oil wealth, and countries in proximity of conflict zones seem to be spending the most as a percentage of their GDP to modernize their military and to try to catch up with Western countries, which spend less as a result of having built a strong modernized military over the past few decades. A developing country is a country with low average income compared to the world average. ...
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See also
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The US military budget is that portion of the United States discretionary federal budget that is allocated for the funding of the Department of Defense. ...
This list of countries by size of armed forces displays national troop levels by active troop strength, number of Naval combatants and aircraft. ...
This is a list of the 27 countries that do not maintain an army. ...
Notes - ^ http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Global_annual_military_spending_tops_$1.2_trillion
- ^ [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy08/pdf/budget/defense.pdf Department Of Defense
- ^ Sven Biscop (2006-09-15). "Ambiguous Ambition. Development of the EU security architecture; Paper presented at the colloquium The EC/EU: A World Security Actor? An Assessment after 50 Years of the External Actions of the EC/EU, Paris, EU Institute for Security Studies, 15 September 2006". The Royal Institute for International Relations - EGMONT. Retrieved on 2008-04-27. "a defence budget of over 200 billion euro" (converted into USD at the exchange rate current at end of April, 2008)
- ^ http://www.defense.gouv.fr/ministre/prises_de_parole/discours/projet_de_budget_2008_m_herve_morin_26_09_07 Conférence de presse de M. Hervé Morin, ministre de la Défense
- ^ Ministry of Defence | About Defence | Organisation | Key Facts about Defence | Defence Spending
- ^ China says military spending will go up 17.6 percent in 2008 - International Herald Tribune
- ^ Deutsche Welle
- ^ Asia Times Online
- ^ Stockholm International Peace Research Institute: The fifteen major spenders in 2007.
- ^ Defense Budget Grows 9 Percent.
- ^ National Congress of Brazil. Brazilian Federal Budget (2008) - Ministry of Defense (Ministério da Defesa).
- ^ Australian Department of Defence (2006). Portfolio Budget Statements 2006-07. Page 19.
- ^ 2007-2008 Part I - The Government Expenditure Plan - Part 24 of 32
- ^ 2.1. De beleidsagenda 2008
- ^ Polish Department of Task Based Budgeting 2008 (PowerPoint)
- ^ NATO-RUSSIA COMPENDIUM OF DATA
- ^ Så fördelas pengarna
- ^ Iran's defense spending 'a fraction of Persian Gulf neighbors'
- ^ Global Firepower, Mexico profile
- ^ CIA World Factbook, Military expenditures
- ^ Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL): The U.S. military machine: North Korea bomb test in perspective
- ^ Saorbats, Chile profile
- ^ Budget at a glance
- ^ Uitgaven
- ^ Federation of American Scientists—Egypt Military Force
- ^ Global Security military expenditures
- ^ (MoND Budget as of 2007)
- ^ Austrian Military Budget for 2006: 1,81 Billion Euros/ Exchangerate 1:1,29
- ^ Ukrainian Armed Forces White Book
- ^ The budget of the Azeri Armed Forces reaches $2 Billion
- ^ Armenian's 2.5 Billion Budget for 2008 - A Realistic one
- ^ Icelandic State Budget for 2008
- ^ Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Website - Open (PDF) table "The fifteen major spenders in 2006"
- ^ World Politics Review | China's Latest Military Spending Increase Garners Anxious Reactions
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References - Military expenditures, The World Factbook, CIA
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Map of countries by 2006 GDP (nominal) per capita (IMF, October 2007). ...
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This article includes two lists of countries of the world[1] sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year divided by the average population for the same year. ...
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This is a list of the countries of the world in order of Gross domestic product (GDP), based on exchange rates, not on purchasing power parity. ...
These are lists of regions and countries sorted by their estimated real gross domestic product (GDP) in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a country/region in a given year. ...
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This article includes a list of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. ...
The list below is of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. ...
The list below is of countries of the world by their gross domestic product per capita, the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation per capita, within a given year. ...
World GDP/capita changed very little for most of human history before the industrial revolution. ...
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Agricultural output in January 2008 Industrial output in January 2008 Service output in January 2008 This is a list of countries by GDP sector composition based on nominal GDP estimates and sector composition ratios provided by the CIA World Fact Book at market or government official exchange rates with figures...
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| | | Finances | Current account balance • Foreign exchange reserves • Foreign Direct Investment • Debt (External, Public) • Imports • Exports (per capita) International finance is the branch of economics that studies the dynamics of exchange rates, foreign investment, and how these affect international trade. ...
Blue = countries in surplus; Red = countries in deficit This is a list of countries and territories by current account balance, in millions of U.S. dollars, equivalence based on The World Factbook ([1]). Most data are 2006 estimates. ...
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Map reflecting the findings of Freedom Houses 2007 survey, concerning the state of world freedom in 2006, which is widely used by researchers and correlates highly with other measures of democracy[1]. Some of these estimates are disputed. ...
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Privacy International (PI) has been instrumental in establishing the modern international privacy movement. ...
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International Property Rights Index is an organization that investigate and ranks the individuals rights and ability to own property in countries worldwide. ...
Globalization Index is a list of countries by A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine according to Globalization criteria. ...
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This is a list of countries by Failed States Index. ...
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The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the mens national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the...
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The AK-47 has been produced in greater numbers than any other assault rifle and has been used in conflicts all over the world. ...
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This is a list of countries by number of internet users mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007. ...
e-Readiness is the ability to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to develop ones economy and to foster ones welfare. ...
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The World Tourism Organization compiles the World Tourism Rankings. ...
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