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Military expenditures compares spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP; calculated on an exchange rate basis).
| Rank | Country | (% of GDP) | Date of Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman | 8.80 | 2019 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 8.00 | 2019 |
| 3 | Algeria | 6.00 | 2019 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 5.70 | 2016 |
| 5 | Kuwait | 5.60 | 2019 |
| 6 | Israel | 5.00 | 2019 |
| 7 | Armenia | 4.90 | 2019 |
| 8 | Jordan | 4.70 | 2019 |
| 9 | Lebanon | 4.20 | 2019 |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 4.00 | 2019 |
| 11 | Pakistan | 4.00 | 2019 |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 4.00 | 2018 |
| 13 | Yemen | 3.98 | 2014 |
| 14 | Russia | 3.90 | 2019 |
| 15 | Ukraine | 3.90 | 2019 |
| 16 | Iran | 3.80 | 2019 est. |
| 17 | Bahrain | 3.70 | 2019 |
| 18 | Iraq | 3.50 | 2019 |
| 19 | South Sudan | 3.50 | 2019 |
| 20 | United States | 3.42 | 2019 est. |
| 21 | Brunei | 3.30 | 2019 |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 3.25 | 2019 est. |
| 23 | Colombia | 3.20 | 2019 |
| 24 | Singapore | 3.20 | 2019 |
| 25 | Morocco | 3.10 | 2019 |
| 26 | Togo | 3.10 | 2019 |
| 27 | Namibia | 3.00 | 2019 |
| 28 | Burma | 2.90 | 2018 |
| 29 | Cuba | 2.90 | 2018 |
| 30 | Botswana | 2.80 | 2019 |
| 31 | Mauritania | 2.80 | 2019 |
| 32 | Congo, Republic of the | 2.70 | 2019 |
| 33 | Korea, South | 2.70 | 2019 |
| 34 | Mali | 2.70 | 2019 |
| 35 | Tunisia | 2.60 | 2019 |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 2.40 | 2019 |
| 37 | India | 2.40 | 2019 |
| 38 | Cambodia | 2.30 | 2019 |
| 39 | Ecuador | 2.30 | 2019 |
| 40 | Vietnam | 2.30 | 2018 |
| 41 | Greece | 2.28 | 2019 est. |
| 42 | Chad | 2.20 | 2019 |
| 43 | Serbia | 2.20 | 2019 |
| 44 | Estonia | 2.14 | 2019 est. |
| 45 | United Kingdom | 2.14 | 2019 est. |
| 46 | Uganda | 2.10 | 2019 |
| 47 | Romania | 2.04 | 2019 est. |
| 48 | Lithuania | 2.03 | 2019 est. |
| 49 | Latvia | 2.01 | 2019 est. |
| 50 | Georgia | 2.00 | 2019 |
| 51 | Guinea | 2.00 | 2019 |
| 52 | Poland | 2.00 | 2019 est. |
| 53 | Uruguay | 2.00 | 2019 |
| 54 | Australia | 1.90 | 2019 |
| 55 | China | 1.90 | 2019 |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 1.90 | 2019 |
| 57 | Turkey | 1.89 | 2019 est. |
| 58 | France | 1.84 | 2019 est. |
| 59 | Burundi | 1.80 | 2019 |
| 60 | Chile | 1.80 | 2019 |
| 61 | Eswatini | 1.80 | 2019 |
| 62 | Niger | 1.80 | 2019 |
| 63 | Norway | 1.80 | 2019 est. |
| 64 | Slovakia | 1.74 | 2019 est. |
| 65 | Guyana | 1.70 | 2019 |
| 66 | Taiwan | 1.70 | 2019 |
| 67 | Croatia | 1.68 | 2019 est. |
| 68 | Montenegro | 1.66 | 2019 est. |
| 69 | Angola | 1.60 | 2019 |
| 70 | Cyprus | 1.60 | 2019 |
| 71 | Fiji | 1.60 | 2019 |
| 72 | Gabon | 1.60 | 2019 |
| 73 | Honduras | 1.60 | 2019 |
| 74 | Jamaica | 1.60 | 2019 |
| 75 | Nepal | 1.60 | 2019 |
| 76 | Sudan | 1.60 | 2019 |
| 77 | Portugal | 1.52 | 2019 est. |
| 78 | Brazil | 1.50 | 2019 |
| 79 | Central African Republic | 1.50 | 2019 |
| 80 | Finland | 1.50 | 2019 |
| 81 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.50 | 2019 |
| 82 | Lesotho | 1.50 | 2019 |
| 83 | New Zealand | 1.50 | 2019 |
| 84 | Senegal | 1.50 | 2019 est. |
| 85 | Bolivia | 1.40 | 2019 |
| 86 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.40 | 2017 |
| 87 | Germany | 1.38 | 2019 est. |
| 88 | Netherlands | 1.36 | 2019 est. |
| 89 | Denmark | 1.32 | 2019 |
| 90 | Canada | 1.31 | 2019 est. |
| 91 | Albania | 1.30 | 2019 est. |
| 92 | Bangladesh | 1.30 | 2019 |
| 93 | Kenya | 1.30 | 2019 |
| 94 | Seychelles | 1.30 | 2019 |
| 95 | Tanzania | 1.30 | 2019 |
| 96 | Thailand | 1.30 | 2019 |
| 97 | Italy | 1.22 | 2019 est. |
| 98 | Hungary | 1.21 | 2019 est. |
| 99 | Afghanistan | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 100 | Belarus | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 101 | Belize | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 102 | Egypt | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 103 | El Salvador | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 105 | Peru | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 106 | Rwanda | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 107 | Tajikistan | 1.20 | 2015 |
| 108 | Zambia | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 109 | Czechia | 1.19 | 2019 est. |
| 110 | Cameroon | 1.10 | 2019 |
| 111 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.10 | 2019 |
| 112 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.10 | 2018 |
| 113 | Kazakhstan | 1.10 | 2019 |
| 114 | Sweden | 1.10 | 2019 |
| 115 | Slovenia | 1.04 | 2019 est. |
| 116 | Malaysia | 1.00 | 2019 |
| 117 | Paraguay | 1.00 | 2019 |
| 118 | Philippines | 1.00 | 2019 |
| 119 | South Africa | 1.00 | 2019 |
| 120 | Timor-Leste | 1.00 | 2019 |
| 121 | Zimbabwe | 1.00 | 2019 |
| 122 | Mozambique | 0.99 | 2018 |
| 123 | Belgium | 0.93 | 2019 |
| 124 | Japan | 0.93 | 2019 |
| 125 | Spain | 0.92 | 2019 est. |
| 126 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.90 | 2019 |
| 127 | Macedonia | 0.90 | 2017 |
| 128 | Malawi | 0.90 | 2019 |
| 129 | Gambia, The | 0.80 | 2019 |
| 130 | Kosovo | 0.80 | 2019 |
| 131 | Argentina | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 132 | Austria | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 133 | Benin | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 134 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 135 | Dominican Republic | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 136 | Ethiopia | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 137 | Indonesia | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 138 | Mongolia | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 139 | Nicaragua | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 140 | Sierra Leone | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 141 | Switzerland | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 142 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 143 | Madagascar | 0.60 | 2019 |
| 144 | Malta | 0.60 | 2019 |
| 145 | Luxembourg | 0.56 | 2019 est. |
| 146 | Cabo Verde | 0.50 | 2019 |
| 147 | Liberia | 0.50 | 2019 |
| 148 | Mexico | 0.50 | 2019 |
| 149 | Nigeria | 0.50 | 2019 |
| 150 | Venezuela | 0.50 | 2017 |
| 151 | Ghana | 0.40 | 2019 |
| 152 | Guatemala | 0.40 | 2019 |
| 153 | Moldova | 0.40 | 2019 |
| 154 | Papua New Guinea | 0.40 | 2019 |
| 155 | Iceland | 0.30 | 2018 |
| 156 | Ireland | 0.30 | 2019 |
| 157 | Laos | 0.20 | 2013 |
| 158 | Mauritius | 0.20 | 2018 |