Rank Country Military expenditures - dollar figure Date of Information
1 United States $ 276,700,000,000
2 China $ 55,910,000,000 FY02
3 France $ 46,500,000,000 2000
4 Japan $ 39,520,000,000 FY02
5 Germany $ 38,800,000,000 2002
6 United Kingdom $ 31,700,000,000 2002
7 Italy $ 20,200,000,000 2002
8 Saudi Arabia $ 18,300,000,000
9 Brazil $ 13,408,000,000
10 Korea, South $ 13,094,300,000 FY02
11 India $ 11,520,000,000 FY02
12 Australia $ 11,390,000,000 FY02
13 Iran $ 9,700,000,000
14 Israel $ 8,970,000,000 FY02
15 Spain $ 8,600,000,000 2002
16 Turkey $ 8,100,000,000 2002 est.
17 Canada $ 7,861,000,000 FY01/02
18 Taiwan $ 7,574,000,000 FY02
19 Netherlands $ 6,500,000,000 FY00/01 est.
20 Greece $ 6,120,000,000
21 Korea, North $ 5,217,400,000 FY02
22 Singapore $ 4,470,000,000
23 Sweden $ 4,395,000,000 FY01
24 Argentina $ 4,300,000,000
25 Egypt $ 4,040,000,000 FY99
26 Mexico $ 4,000,000,000
27 Poland $ 3,500,000,000 2002
28 Colombia $ 3,300,000,000
29 Norway $ 3,113,000,000
30 Belgium $ 3,077,000,000 FY01/02
31 Pakistan $ 2,964,000,000 FY02
32 Switzerland $ 2,548,000,000 FY01
33 Chile $ 2,500,000,000
34 Denmark $ 2,470,000,000 FY99/00
35 Oman $ 2,424,000,000 FY01
36 Kuwait $ 1,967,300,000
37 Algeria $ 1,870,000,000
38 Finland $ 1,800,000,000 FY98/99
39 Thailand $ 1,775,000,000
40 South Africa $ 1,746,000,000 FY02
41 Malaysia $ 1,690,000,000
42 United Arab Emirates $ 1,600,000,000
43 Austria $ 1,497,000,000 FY01/02
44 Morocco $ 1,400,000,000
45 Iraq $ 1,300,000,000 FY00
46 Libya $ 1,300,000,000
47 Portugal $ 1,286,000,000 FY99/00
48 Czech Republic $ 1,190,200,000 FY01
49 Hungary $ 1,080,000,000 2002 est.
50 Indonesia $ 1,000,000,000
51 Peru $ 1,000,000,000
52 Philippines $ 995,000,000
53 Romania $ 985,000,000 2002
54 Venezuela $ 934,000,000
55 Syria $ 858,000,000
56 Ethiopia $ 800,000,000 FY00
57 Jordan $ 757,500,000 FY01
58 Qatar $ 723,000,000
59 Ecuador $ 720,000,000
60 Sri Lanka $ 719,000,000
61 Ireland $ 700,000,000 FY00/01
62 Serbia and Montenegro $ 654,000,000 2002
63 Vietnam $ 650,000,000
64 Zimbabwe $ 625,100,000 FY02
65 Ukraine $ 617,900,000 FY02
66 New Zealand $ 605,700,000 FY02
67 Sudan $ 581,000,000
68 Bangladesh $ 559,000,000 FY96
69 Lebanon $ 541,000,000
70 Bahrain $ 526,200,000 FY01
71 Afghanistan $ 525,200,000 FY02
72 Croatia $ 520,000,000 2002 est.
73 Yemen $ 482,500,000 FY01
74 Mali $ 419,700,000 FY02
75 Nigeria $ 417,900,000 FY02
76 Slovakia $ 406,000,000 2002
77 Cyprus $ 384,000,000
78 Slovenia $ 370,000,000 FY00
79 Bulgaria $ 356,000,000 FY02
80 Tunisia $ 356,000,000
81 Brunei $ 329,700,000 FY02
82 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 250,000,000
83 Uruguay $ 250,000,000 1999
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 234,300,000
85 Lithuania $ 230,800,000 FY01
86 Angola $ 222,700,000 FY02
87 Kazakhstan $ 221,800,000 FY02
88 Botswana $ 207,300,000 FY02
89 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of $ 200,000,000
90 Uzbekistan $ 200,000,000
91 New Caledonia $ 192,300,000 FY96
92 Kenya $ 185,200,000 FY02
93 Dominican Republic $ 180,000,000
94 Belarus $ 176,100,000 FY02
95 Estonia $ 155,000,000 2002 est.
96 Guinea $ 154,000,000 FY02
97 Luxembourg $ 147,800,000 FY01/02
98 Bolivia $ 147,000,000
99 Cote d'Ivoire $ 143,500,000 FY02
100 Armenia $ 135,000,000 FY01
101 Panama $ 128,000,000
102 Paraguay $ 125,000,000
103 Uganda $ 124,700,000 FY02
104 Azerbaijan $ 121,000,000
105 Guatemala $ 120,000,000
106 Cameroon $ 118,600,000 FY00
107 Cambodia $ 112,000,000
108 El Salvador $ 112,000,000
109 Eritrea $ 95,750,000 FY02
110 Trinidad and Tobago $ 90,000,000 1999
111 Turkmenistan $ 90,000,000
112 Latvia $ 87,000,000 FY01
113 Congo, Republic of the $ 84,000,000 FY01
114 Gabon $ 81,900,000 FY02
115 Benin $ 80,800,000 FY02
116 Namibia $ 73,100,000 FY02
117 Costa Rica $ 69,000,000
118 Senegal $ 68,600,000 FY02
119 Malta $ 60,000,000 2000 est.
120 Rwanda $ 59,570,000 FY02
121 Nepal $ 57,220,000 FY02
122 Albania $ 56,500,000 FY02
123 Laos $ 55,000,000
124 Madagascar $ 52,300,000 FY02
125 Haiti $ 50,000,000 FY00
126 Burkina Faso $ 45,830,000 FY02
127 Burundi $ 42,130,000 FY02
128 Chad $ 40,740,000 FY02
129 Papua New Guinea $ 40,210,000 FY02
130 Fiji $ 39,210,000 FY02
131 Burma $ 39,000,000
132 Mauritania $ 37,110,000 FY02
133 Ghana $ 36,010,000 FY02
134 Tajikistan $ 35,400,000 FY01
135 Mozambique $ 35,100,000
136 Honduras $ 35,000,000
137 Maldives $ 34,460,000 FY02
138 Lesotho $ 34,000,000 1999
139 Zambia $ 33,460,000 FY02
140 Equatorial Guinea $ 30,000,000 FY02
141 Jamaica $ 30,000,000
142 Djibouti $ 26,530,000 FY02
143 Nicaragua $ 26,000,000
144 Togo $ 23,720,000 FY02
145 Mongolia $ 23,100,000 FY02
146 Georgia $ 23,000,000
147 Niger $ 20,540,000 FY02
148 Bahamas, The $ 20,000,000 FY95/96
149 Swaziland $ 20,000,000 FY01
150 Tanzania $ 19,680,000 FY02
151 Kyrgyzstan $ 19,200,000 FY01
152 Somalia $ 17,100,000 FY02
153 Central African Republic $ 13,430,000 FY02
154 Malawi $ 13,010,000 FY02
155 Seychelles $ 12,800,000 FY02
156 Sierra Leone $ 10,260,000 FY02
157 Mauritius $ 9,712,000 FY02
158 Bhutan $ 9,300,000 FY02
159 Cape Verde $ 9,300,000 FY02
160 Liberia $ 7,800,000 FY02
161 Belize $ 7,700,000
162 Moldova $ 6,400,000 FY02
163 Comoros $ 6,000,000 FY02
164 Guinea-Bissau $ 5,600,000 FY02
165 East Timor $ 4,400,000 FY03
166 Bermuda $ 4,028,000 January 2002
167 Gambia, The $ 1,200,000 FY02
168 San Marino $ 700,000 FY00/01
169 Sao Tome and Principe $ 400,000 FY01
170 Iceland $ 0