FACTOID # 1: Israel enjoys a GDP per capita 21 times that of the Palestinian West Bank and 33 times that of the Gaza Strip. Its military spending per capita tops the world.
 
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Military Statistics > Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Eritrea: $237.79 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 2   Korea, North: $234.38 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 3   Jordan: $128.09 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 4   Saudi Arabia: $95.46 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 5   Israel: $82.59 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 6   Yemen: $80.45 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 7   Armenia: $63.73 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2001 Time series
# 8   Burundi: $58.27 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 9   Macedonia, Republic of: $58.19 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2001 Time series
# 10   Bahrain: $57.11 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 11   Brunei: $53.00 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 12   Maldives: $52.93 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 13   Morocco: $52.62 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 14   Turkey: $50.57 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 15   Iraq: $50.28 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2000 Time series
# 16   Zimbabwe: $46.05 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 17   Syria: $44.40 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2000 Time series
# 18   Sudan: $43.93 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2001 Time series
# 19   Kuwait: $43.61 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 20   Djibouti: $42.93 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 21   Libya: $42.64 per 1,000 $ of GDP  1999 Time series
# 22   Serbia and Montenegro: $42.12 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 23   Colombia: $40.25 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2001 Time series
# 24   Pakistan: $39.27 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 25   Bosnia and Herzegovina: $38.15 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 26   Turkmenistan: $36.72 per 1,000 $ of GDP  1999 Time series
# 27   Cyprus: $36.69 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 28   Chile: $35.68 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 29   Ethiopia: $35.54 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 30   China: $34.94 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 31   Botswana: $34.46 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 32   Guinea-Bissau: $32.98 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 33   Tajikistan: $32.07 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2001 Time series
# 34   Comoros: $32.01 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 35   Iran: $31.76 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 36   Afghanistan: $31.65 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 37   Namibia: $29.48 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 38   Egypt: $29.42 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 39   Algeria: $29.17 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 40   Congo, Republic of the: $29.13 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 41   Lebanon: $28.89 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 42   Greece: $28.17 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 43   Cambodia: $28.15 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2001 Time series
# 44   Rwanda: $27.44 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 45   Azerbaijan: $26.41 per 1,000 $ of GDP  1999 Time series
# 46   Equatorial Guinea: $25.76 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 47   Gabon: $25.74 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 48   Sri Lanka: $25.67 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 49   Australia: $25.40 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 50   France: $25.13 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 51   Uganda: $24.98 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 52   Lesotho: $24.50 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 53   Vietnam: $23.89 per 1,000 $ of GDP  1998 Time series
# 54   Korea, South: $23.88 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 55   Benin: $23.84 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 56   United Kingdom: $23.72 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 57   India: $23.29 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 58   Chad: $22.94 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 59   Bulgaria: $22.82 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 60   United Arab Emirates: $22.67 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2000 Time series
# 61   Portugal: $22.53 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 62   Romania: $21.50 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 63   Estonia: $21.21 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 64   Mongolia: $20.74 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 65   Ecuador: $20.07 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 66   Czech Republic: $20.05 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 67   Mozambique: $19.87 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 68   Zambia: $19.69 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 69   Uruguay: $19.48 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 70   Bhutan: $19.33 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 71   Slovenia: $19.16 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2000 Time series
# 72   Lithuania: $19.00 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2001 Time series
# 73   Malaysia: $18.71 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2000 Time series
# 74   Italy: $18.70 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 75   Belize: $18.23 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 76   Norway: $18.11 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 77   Cuba: $17.81 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 78   Poland: $17.67 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 79   Seychelles: $17.58 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 80   Bangladesh: $17.56 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 81   Croatia: $17.41 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 82   Togo: $17.22 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 83   Tunisia: $17.12 per 1,000 $ of GDP  1999 Time series
# 84   Swaziland: $17.00 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 85   Brazil: $16.57 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 86   Slovakia: $16.56 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 87   Sweden: $16.36 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 88   Hungary: $16.19 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 89   Netherlands: $15.51 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 90   Denmark: $15.29 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 91   Cape Verde: $15.25 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 92   Argentina: $15.17 per 1,000 $ of GDP  1999 Time series
# 93   Bolivia: $15.07 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 94   Venezuela: $15.00 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 95   Nepal: $14.74 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 96   South Africa: $14.66 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 97   Ukraine: $14.58 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 98   Germany: $14.36 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 99   Taiwan: $14.33 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 100   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: $14.23 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 101   Senegal: $14.07 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 102   Cameroon: $14.02 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 103   Guinea: $14.01 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 104   Fiji: $13.95 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 105   Finland: $13.78 per 1,000 $ of GDP  1998 Time series
= 106   Honduras: $13.49 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
= 106   Peru: $13.49 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 108   Mauritania: $13.44 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 109   Belgium: $12.90 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 110   Albania: $12.68 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 111   Kyrgyzstan: $12.59 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2001 Time series
# 112   Burkina Faso: $12.49 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 113   Sierra Leone: $12.32 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 114   Belarus: $12.07 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 115   Central African Republic: $11.86 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 116   Côte d'Ivoire: $11.64 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 117   Canada: $11.47 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 118   Dominican Republic: $11.36 per 1,000 $ of GDP  1998 Time series
# 119   Niger: $11.32 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 120   Spain: $11.24 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 121   Kenya: $10.97 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 122   Latvia: $10.47 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2001 Time series
# 123   El Salvador: $10.43 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 124   Oman: $10.42 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 125   Panama: $10.37 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 126   Madagascar: $10.22 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 127   Switzerland: $10.18 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2001 Time series
# 128   Japan: $10.00 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 129   Philippines: $9.29 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 130   Angola: $9.28 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 131   Kazakhstan: $9.00 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 132   Mexico: $8.84 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 133   Guyana: $8.76 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 134   Haiti: $8.67 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 135   Luxembourg: $7.99 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 136   Austria: $7.75 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2001 Time series
# 137   Paraguay: $7.64 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 138   Nigeria: $7.54 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 139   Georgia: $7.52 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2000 Time series
# 140   Guatemala: $7.37 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 141   Suriname: $7.35 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 142   Nicaragua: $7.29 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 143   Ireland: $7.28 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2000 Time series
# 144   São Tomé and Príncipe: $6.53 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 145   Trinidad and Tobago: $6.24 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 146   Malta: $5.85 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 147   Malawi: $5.83 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 148   Ghana: $5.55 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 149   Indonesia: $5.06 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 150   Papua New Guinea: $4.79 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 151   Mali: $4.60 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 152   Somalia: $4.33 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 153   Laos: $4.27 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 154   Jamaica: $3.77 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
# 155   Costa Rica: $3.45 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 156   Moldova: $3.35 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 157   Liberia: $3.26 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 158   Gambia, The: $2.49 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 159   Mauritius: $2.06 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 160   Tanzania: $1.81 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2004 Time series
# 161   Bermuda: $1.79 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2002 Time series
# 162   San Marino: $0.90 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2000 Time series
# 163   Iceland: $0.00 per 1,000 $ of GDP  2003 Time series
Weighted average: $24.59 per 1,000 $ of GDP  



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 Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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