Rank Country Military expenditures - percent of GDP(%) Date of Information
1 Korea, North 33.90 FY02
2 Mali 15.00 FY02
3 Saudi Arabia 13.00
4 Ethiopia 12.60 FY00
5 Oman 12.20 FY01
6 Eritrea 12.00 FY02
7 Qatar 10.00
8 Israel 8.75 FY02
9 Jordan 8.60 FY01
10 Maldives 8.60 FY02
11 Afghanistan 7.70 FY02
12 Bahrain 6.70 FY01
13 Armenia 6.50 FY01
14 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 6.00
15 Syria 5.90
16 Kuwait 5.50 FY01
17 Angola 5.40 FY02
18 Burundi 5.30 FY02
19 New Caledonia 5.30 FY96
20 Yemen 5.20 FY01
21 Brunei 5.00 FY02
22 Greece 4.91
23 Singapore 4.90
24 Lebanon 4.80
25 Swaziland 4.75 FY00
26 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.60
27 Pakistan 4.60 FY02
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.50
29 Turkey 4.50 2002 est.
30 Djibouti 4.40 FY02
31 China 4.30 FY02
32 Sri Lanka 4.20
33 Laos 4.20
34 Algeria 4.10
35 Egypt 4.10 FY99
36 Cuba 4.00
37 Morocco 4.00
38 Libya 3.90
39 Tajikistan 3.90 FY01
40 Cyprus 3.80
41 Mauritania 3.70 FY02
42 Botswana 3.50 FY02
43 Colombia 3.40 FY01
44 Turkmenistan 3.40
45 Ecuador 3.40
46 Guinea 3.30 FY02
47 United States 3.20
48 Zimbabwe 3.20 FY02
49 Chile 3.10
50 Iran 3.10
51 United Arab Emirates 3.10
52 Cambodia 3.00
53 Rwanda 3.00 FY02
54 Comoros 3.00 FY02
55 Australia 2.90 FY02
56 Congo, Republic of the 2.80 FY01
57 Korea, South 2.80 FY02
58 Guinea-Bissau 2.80 FY02
59 Benin 2.70 FY02
60 Taiwan 2.70 FY02
61 Bulgaria 2.70 FY02
62 Azerbaijan 2.60
63 France 2.57 2002
64 Equatorial Guinea 2.50 FY02
65 Vietnam 2.50
66 Sudan 2.50
67 Romania 2.47 2002
68 Namibia 2.40 FY02
69 Croatia 2.39 2002 est.
70 United Kingdom 2.32 2002
71 India 2.30 FY02
72 Fiji 2.20 FY02
73 Mongolia 2.20 FY02
74 Portugal 2.20 FY99/00
75 Norway 2.13 2002
76 Burma 2.10
77 Uganda 2.10 FY02
78 Sweden 2.10 FY01
79 Czech Republic 2.10 FY01
80 Malaysia 2.03
81 Estonia 2.00 2002 est.
82 Gabon 2.00 FY02
83 Uzbekistan 2.00
84 World 2.00
85 Finland 2.00 FY98/99
86 Brazil 1.90 FY99
87 Chad 1.90 FY02
88 Lithuania 1.90 FY01
89 Bhutan 1.90 FY02
90 Slovakia 1.89 2002
91 Belize 1.87
92 Bangladesh 1.80 FY96
93 Bolivia 1.80 FY99
94 Kenya 1.80 FY02
95 Peru 1.80
96 Seychelles 1.80 FY02
97 Togo 1.80 FY02
98 Hungary 1.75 2002 est.
99 Poland 1.71 2002
100 Malta 1.70 2000
101 Slovenia 1.70 FY00
102 South Africa 1.70 FY02
103 Italy 1.64 2002
104 Costa Rica 1.60
105 Cape Verde 1.60 FY02
106 Suriname 1.60
107 Netherlands 1.50 FY00/01 est.
108 Sierra Leone 1.50 FY02
109 Tunisia 1.50
110 Philippines 1.50
111 Albania 1.49 FY02
112 Belgium 1.40 FY01/02
113 Belarus 1.40 FY02
114 Denmark 1.40 FY99/00
115 Burkina Faso 1.40 FY02
116 Ukraine 1.40 FY02
117 Thailand 1.40
118 Trinidad and Tobago 1.40 1999
119 Senegal 1.40 FY02
120 Papua New Guinea 1.40 FY02
121 Paraguay 1.40
122 Kyrgyzstan 1.40 FY01
123 Cote d'Ivoire 1.40 FY02
124 Cameroon 1.40 FY98
125 Germany 1.38 2002
126 Argentina 1.30 FY00
127 Haiti 1.30 FY00
128 Indonesia 1.30
129 Liberia 1.30 FY02
130 Panama 1.30
131 Latvia 1.20 FY01
132 Nicaragua 1.20
133 Madagascar 1.20 FY02
134 Spain 1.15 2002
135 Canada 1.10 FY01/02
136 Central African Republic 1.10 FY02
137 Dominican Republic 1.10
138 Niger 1.10 FY02
139 Nepal 1.10 FY02
140 Uruguay 1.10 2000
141 Japan 1.00 FY02
142 Mexico 1.00
143 Mozambique 1.00
144 New Zealand 1.00 FY02
145 Switzerland 1.00 FY01
146 Nigeria 1.00 FY02
147 Ireland 0.90 FY00/01
148 Venezuela 0.90
149 Zambia 0.90 FY02
150 Somalia 0.90 FY02
151 Kazakhstan 0.90 FY02
152 Austria 0.80 FY01/02
153 Sao Tome and Principe 0.80 FY01
154 Luxembourg 0.80 FY01/02
155 Bahamas, The 0.70 FY99
156 Malawi 0.70 FY02
157 El Salvador 0.70
158 Ghana 0.60 FY02
159 Guatemala 0.60
160 Honduras 0.60
161 Georgia 0.59
162 Moldova 0.40 FY02
163 Gambia, The 0.30 FY02
164 Mauritius 0.20 FY02
165 Tanzania 0.20 FY02
166 Bermuda 0.11