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This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP).

Rank	Country	(% of GDP)
Percent of GDP - Military expenditures - The World Factbook - CIA
1	Oman	11.40
2	Qatar	10
3	Saudi Arabia	10
4	Iraq	8.60
5	Jordan	8.60
6	Israel	7.30
7	Yemen	6.60
8	Armenia	6.50
9	Eritrea	6.30
10	Macedonia	6
11	Burundi	5.90
12	Syria	5.90
13	Maldives	5.50
14	Mauritania	5.50
15	Kuwait	5.30
16	Turkey	5.30
17	Morocco	5
18	Singapore	4.90
19	Swaziland	4.70
20	Bahrain	4.50
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.50
22	Brunei	4.50
23	China	4.30
24	Greece	4.30
25	United States	4.06
26	Libya	3.90
27	Russia	3.90
28	Tajikistan	3.90
29	Cuba	3.80
30	Zimbabwe	3.80
31	Djibouti	3.80
32	Cyprus	3.80
33	Namibia	3.70
34	Angola	3.60
35	Colombia	3.40
36	Turkmenistan	3.40
37	Egypt	3.40
38	Algeria	3.30
39	Botswana	3.30
40	Guinea-Bissau	3.10
41	Lebanon	3.10
42	United Arab Emirates	3.10
43	Australia	3
44	Sudan	3
45	Solomon Islands	3
46	Pakistan	3
47	Indonesia	3
48	Cambodia	3
49	Rwanda	2.90
50	Comoros	2.80
51	Kenya	2.80
52	Chile	2.70
53	South Korea	2.70
54	Azerbaijan	2.60
55	Sri Lanka	2.60
56	Lesotho	2.60
57	France	2.60
58	Bulgaria	2.60
59	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.50
60	Iran	2.50
61	Vietnam	2.50
62	India	2.50
63	United Kingdom	2.40
64	Croatia	2.39
65	Portugal	2.30
66	Sierra Leone	2.30
67	Uganda	2.20
68	Taiwan	2.20
69	Burma	2.10
70	Malaysia	2.03
71	Seychelles	2
72	Uzbekistan	2
73	Estonia	2
74	Finland	2
75	Afghanistan	1.90
76	Mali	1.90
77	Norway	1.90
78	Romania	1.90
79	Fiji	1.90
80	Slovakia	1.87
81	Guyana	1.80
82	Zambia	1.80
83	Thailand	1.80
84	Italy	1.80
85	Hungary	1.75
86	Poland	1.71
87	Brazil	1.70
88	Chad	1.70
89	Ghana	1.70
90	Slovenia	1.70
91	South Africa	1.70
92	Nepal	1.60
93	Netherlands	1.60
94	Uruguay	1.60
95	Togo	1.60
96	Ivory Coast	1.50
97	Sweden	1.50
98	Peru	1.50
99	Nigeria	1.50
100	Germany	1.50
101	Albania	1.49
102	Czech Republic	1.46
103	Belarus	1.40
104	Belize	1.40
105	Kyrgyzstan	1.40
106	Papua New Guinea	1.40
107	Tunisia	1.40
108	Ukraine	1.40
109	Senegal	1.40
110	Mongolia	1.40
111	Bangladesh	1.30
112	Cameroon	1.30
113	Denmark	1.30
114	Liberia	1.30
115	Niger	1.30
116	Malawi	1.30
117	Bolivia	1.30
118	Belgium	1.30
119	Burkina Faso	1.20
120	Spain	1.20
121	Venezuela	1.20
122	Ethiopia	1.20
123	Lithuania	1.20
124	Latvia	1.20
125	Canada	1.10
126	Guinea	1.10
127	Benin	1
128	Switzerland	1
129	Paraguay	1
130	Panama	1
131	New Zealand	1
132	Madagascar	1
133	Bhutan	1
134	Central African Republic	0.90
135	Republic of the Congo	0.90
136	Ecuador	0.90
137	Gambia	0.90
138	Ireland	0.90
139	Luxembourg	0.90
140	Tonga	0.90
141	Somalia	0.90
142	Philippines	0.90
143	Kazakhstan	0.90
144	Gabon	0.90
145	Argentina	0.80
146	Sao Tome and Principe	0.80
147	Mozambique	0.80
148	Japan	0.80
149	Austria	0.80
150	Barbados	0.80
151	Bahamas	0.70
152	Malta	0.70
153	Dominican Republic	0.70
154	Costa Rica	0.60
155	Honduras	0.60
156	Suriname	0.60
157	Nicaragua	0.60
158	Jamaica	0.60
159	El Salvador	0.60
160	Georgia	0.59
161	Antigua and Barbuda	0.50
162	Mexico	0.50
163	Laos	0.50
164	Cape Verde	0.50
165	Guatemala	0.40
166	Haiti	0.40
167	Moldova	0.40
168	Mauritius	0.30
169	Trinidad and Tobago	0.30
170	Tanzania	0.20
171	Bermuda	0.11
172	Equatorial Guinea	0.10
173	Iceland	0

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