Military > Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per $ GDP: Countries Compared

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.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Eritrea	$237.79 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
2	North Korea	$234.38 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
3	Jordan	$128.09 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
4	Saudi Arabia	$95.46 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
5	Israel	$82.59 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
6	Yemen	$80.45 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
7	Armenia	$63.73 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2001
8	Burundi	$58.27 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
9	Bahrain	$57.11 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
10	Brunei	$53.00 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
11	Maldives	$52.93 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
12	Morocco	$52.62 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
13	Turkey	$50.57 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
14	Iraq	$50.28 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2000
15	Zimbabwe	$46.05 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
16	Syria	$44.40 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2000
17	Sudan	$43.93 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2001
18	Kuwait	$43.61 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
19	Djibouti	$42.93 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
20	Libya	$42.64 per 1,000 $ of GDP	1999
21	Serbia and Montenegro	$42.12 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
22	Colombia	$40.25 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2001
23	Pakistan	$39.27 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
24	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$38.15 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
25	Turkmenistan	$36.72 per 1,000 $ of GDP	1999
26	Cyprus	$36.69 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
27	Chile	$35.68 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
28	Ethiopia	$35.54 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
29	China	$34.94 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
30	Botswana	$34.46 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
31	Guinea-Bissau	$32.98 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
32	Tajikistan	$32.07 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2001
33	Comoros	$32.01 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
34	Iran	$31.76 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
35	Afghanistan	$31.65 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
36	Namibia	$29.48 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
37	Egypt	$29.42 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
38	Algeria	$29.17 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
39	Congo, Republic of the	$29.13 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
40	Lebanon	$28.89 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
41	Greece	$28.17 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
42	Cambodia	$28.15 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2001
43	Rwanda	$27.44 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
	South Asia average (profile)	$26.95 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
44	Azerbaijan	$26.41 per 1,000 $ of GDP	1999
45	Equatorial Guinea	$25.76 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
46	Gabon	$25.74 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
47	Sri Lanka	$25.67 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
48	Australia	$25.40 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
49	France	$25.13 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
50	Uganda	$24.98 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
51	Lesotho	$24.50 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
52	Vietnam	$23.89 per 1,000 $ of GDP	1998
53	South Korea	$23.88 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
54	Benin	$23.84 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
55	United Kingdom	$23.72 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
56	India	$23.29 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	$23.23 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
57	Chad	$22.94 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
58	Bulgaria	$22.82 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
59	United Arab Emirates	$22.67 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2000
60	Portugal	$22.53 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
61	Romania	$21.50 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
62	Estonia	$21.21 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
63	Mongolia	$20.74 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
64	Ecuador	$20.07 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
65	Czech Republic	$20.05 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
66	Mozambique	$19.87 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
67	Zambia	$19.69 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
68	Uruguay	$19.48 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
69	Bhutan	$19.33 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
70	Slovenia	$19.16 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2000
71	Lithuania	$19.00 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2001
72	Malaysia	$18.71 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2000
73	Italy	$18.70 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
74	Belize	$18.23 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
75	Norway	$18.11 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
76	Cuba	$17.81 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
77	Poland	$17.67 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
78	Seychelles	$17.58 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
79	Bangladesh	$17.56 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
80	Croatia	$17.41 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	$17.24 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
81	Togo	$17.22 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
82	Tunisia	$17.12 per 1,000 $ of GDP	1999
83	Swaziland	$17.00 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
84	Brazil	$16.57 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
85	Slovakia	$16.56 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
86	Sweden	$16.36 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
87	Hungary	$16.19 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
88	Netherlands	$15.51 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
89	Denmark	$15.29 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
90	Cape Verde	$15.25 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
91	Argentina	$15.17 per 1,000 $ of GDP	1999
92	Bolivia	$15.07 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
93	Venezuela	$15.00 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
94	Nepal	$14.74 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
95	South Africa	$14.66 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
96	Ukraine	$14.58 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
97	Germany	$14.36 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
98	Taiwan	$14.33 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
99	Democratic Republic of the Congo	$14.23 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
100	Senegal	$14.07 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
101	Cameroon	$14.02 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
102	Guinea	$14.01 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
103	Fiji	$13.95 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
104	Finland	$13.78 per 1,000 $ of GDP	1998
=105	Honduras	$13.49 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
=105	Peru	$13.49 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
107	Mauritania	$13.44 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
108	Belgium	$12.90 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
109	Albania	$12.68 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
110	Kyrgyzstan	$12.59 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2001
111	Burkina Faso	$12.49 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
112	Sierra Leone	$12.32 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
113	Belarus	$12.07 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
114	Central African Republic	$11.86 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
115	Cote d'Ivoire	$11.64 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
116	Canada	$11.47 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
117	Dominican Republic	$11.36 per 1,000 $ of GDP	1998
118	Niger	$11.32 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
119	Spain	$11.24 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
120	Kenya	$10.97 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
121	Latvia	$10.47 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2001
122	El Salvador	$10.43 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
123	Oman	$10.42 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
124	Panama	$10.37 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
125	Madagascar	$10.22 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
126	Switzerland	$10.18 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2001
127	Japan	$10.00 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
128	Philippines	$9.29 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
129	Angola	$9.28 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
130	Kazakhstan	$9.00 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
131	Mexico	$8.84 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
132	Guyana	$8.76 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
133	Haiti	$8.67 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
134	Luxembourg	$7.99 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
135	Austria	$7.75 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2001
136	Paraguay	$7.64 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
137	Nigeria	$7.54 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
138	Georgia	$7.52 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2000
139	Guatemala	$7.37 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
140	Suriname	$7.35 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
141	Nicaragua	$7.29 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
142	Ireland	$7.28 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2000
143	Sao Tome and Principe	$6.53 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
144	Trinidad and Tobago	$6.24 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
145	Malta	$5.85 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
146	Malawi	$5.83 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
147	Ghana	$5.55 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
148	Indonesia	$5.06 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
149	Papua New Guinea	$4.79 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
150	Mali	$4.60 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
151	Somalia	$4.33 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
152	Laos	$4.27 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
153	Jamaica	$3.77 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2003
154	Costa Rica	$3.45 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
155	Moldova	$3.35 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
156	Liberia	$3.26 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
157	The Gambia	$2.49 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
158	Mauritius	$2.06 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
159	Tanzania	$1.81 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2004
160	Bermuda	$1.79 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2002
161	San Marino	$0.90 per 1,000 $ of GDP	2000
162	Iceland	0.0	2003

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