This is the comparison or the list of countries by military expenditures or defense budged per year using the latest information available.
| Rank | Country | Military expenditure, 2010 | % of GDP, 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | United States | 687,105,000,000 | 4.7% |
| 2 |  | People's Republic of China | 114,300,000,000 | 2.2% |
| 3 |  | France | 61,285,000,000 | 2.5% |
| 4 |  | United Kingdom | 57,424,000,000 | 2.7% |
| 5 |  | Russia | 52,586,000,000 | 4.3% |
| 6 |  | Japan | 51,420,000,000 | 1.0% |
| 7 |  | Germany | 46,848,000,000 | 1.4% |
| 8 |  | Saudi Arabia | 42,917,000,000 | 11.2% |
| 9 |  | Italy | 38,198,000,000 | 1.8% |
| 10 |  | India | 34,816,000,000 | 2.8% |
| 11 |  | Brazil | 28,096,000,000 | 1.6% |
| 12 |  | South Korea | 24,270,000,000 | 2.9% |
| 13 |  | Canada | 20,164,000,000 | 1.5% |
| 14 |  | Australia | 19,799,000,000 | 1.9% |
| 15 |  | Spain | 15,803,000,000 | 1.1% |
| 16 |  | United Arab Emirates | 15,749,000,000 | 7.3% |
| 17 |  | Turkey | 15,634,000,000 | 2.7% |
| 18 |  | Israel | 13,001,000,000 | 6.3% |
| 19 |  | Netherlands | 11,604,000,000 | 1.5% |
| 20 |  | Greece | 9,369,000,000 | 3.2% |
| 21 |  | Colombia | 9,191,000,000 | 3.7% |
| 22 |  | Republic of China (Taiwan) | 8,535,000,000 | 2.4% |
| 23 |  | Poland | 8,380,000,000 | 1.8% |
| 24 |  | Singapore | 7,651,000,000 | 4.3% |
| 25 |  | Iran | 7,044,000,000b | 1.8%b |
| 26 |  | Norway | 6,322,000,000 | 1.6% |
| 27 |  | Chile | 6,198,000,000 | 3.5% |
| 28 |  | Indonesia | 6,009,000,000 | 0.9% |
| 29 |  | Algeria | 5,586,000,000 | 3.8% |
| 30 |  | Belgium | 5,382,000,000 | 1.2% |
| 31 |  | Sweden | 5,248,000,000 | 1.2% |
| 32 |  | Portugal | 5,213,000,000 | 2.1% |
| 33 |  | Pakistan | 5,160,000,000 | 2.8% |
| 34 |  | Mexico | 4,859,000,000 | 0.5% |
| 35 |  | Iraq | 4,663,000,000 | 5.4% |
| 36 |  | Denmark | 4,588,000,000 | 1.4% |
| 37 |  | Kuwait | 4,411,000,000 | 4.4% |
| 38 |  | Switzerland | 4,392,000,000 | 0.8% |
| 39 |  | Thailand | 4,336,000,000 | 1.9% |
| 40 |  | Oman | 4,047,000,000 | 9.7% |
| 41 |  | Egypt | 3,914,000,000 | 2.1% |
| 42 |  | Angola | 3,774,000,000 | 4.2% |
| 43 |  | South Africa | 3,735,000,000 | 1.3% |
| 44 |  | Finland | 3,718,000,000 | 1.5% |
| 45 |  | Austria | 3,650,000,000 | 0.9% |
| 46 |  | Ukraine | 3,442,000,000 | 2.9% |
| 47 |  | Malaysia | 3,259,000,000 | 2.0% |
| 48 |  | Morocco | 3,256,000,000 | 3.4% |
| 49 |  | Argentina | 3,179,000,000 | 1.0% |
| 50 |  | Venezuela | 3,106,000,000 | 1.3% |
| 51 |  | Czech Republic | 2,529,000,000 | 1.4% |
| 52 |  | Vietnam | 2,410,000,000 | 2.5% |
| 53 |  | Syria | 2,236,000,000 | 4.0% |
| 54 |  | Romania | 2,164,000,000 | 1.4% |
| 55 |  | Peru | 1,992,000,000 | 1.4% |
| 56 |  | Sudan | 1,991,000,000c | 3.4%c |
| 57 |  | Nigeria | 1,724,000,000 | 0.9% |
| 58 |  | Lebanon | 1,564,000,000 | 4.1% |
| 59 |  | Philippines | 1,486,000,000 | 0.8% |
| 60 |  | Azerbaijan | 1,421,000,000 | 3.4% |
| 61 |  | Jordan | 1,363,000,000 | 6.1% |
| 62 |  | New Zealand | 1,358,000,000 | 1.2% |
| 63 |  | Ireland | 1,354,000,000 | 0.6% |
| 64 |  | Hungary | 1,323,000,000 | 1.1% |
| 65 |  | Sri Lanka | 1,280,000,000 | 3.5% |
| 66 |  | Kazakhstan | 1,227,000,000 | 1.2% |
| 67 |  | Yemen | 1,222,000,000b | 3.9%b |
| 68 |  | Bangladesh | 1,137,000,000 | 1.0% |
| 69 |  | Libya | 1,100,000,000b | 1.2%b |
| 70 |  | Croatia | 1,060,000,000 | 1.8% |
| 71 |  | Slovakia | 1,010,000,000 | 1.4% |
| 72 |  | Serbia | 920,000,000 | 2.3% |
| 73 |  | Slovenia | 788,000,000 | 1.6% |
| 74 |  | Bahrain | 731,000,000 | 3.7% |
| 75 |  | Belarus | 726,000,000 | 1.4% |
| 76 |  | Bulgaria | 698,000,000 | 2.0% |
| 77 |  | Kenya | 594,000,000 | 2.0% |
| 78 |  | Cyprus | 550,000,000 | 1.8% |
| 79 |  | Tunisia | 548,000,000 | 1.3% |
| 80 |  | Uruguay | 491,000,000 | 1.6% |
| 81 |  | Eritrea | 469,000,000d | 20.9%d |
| 82 |  | Georgia | 452,000,000 | 5.6% |
| 83 |  | Lithuania | 427,000,000 | 1.4% |
| 84 |  | Armenia | 404,000,000 | 4.2% |
| 85 |  | Cameroon | 368,000,000 | 1.6% |
| 86 |  | Côte d'Ivoire | 353,000,000b | 1.5% |
| 87 |  | Botswana | 352,000,000 | 3.0% |
| 88 |  | Ethiopia | 338,000,000 | 1.0% |
| 89 |  | Estonia | 336,000,000 | 2.3% |
| 90 |  | Namibia | 329,000,000 | 3.7% |
| 91 |  | Brunei | 327,000,000 | 3.1% |
| 92 |  | Dominican Republic | 322,000,000 | 0.7% |
| 93 |  | Bolivia | 314,000,000 | 2.0% |
| 94 |  | Luxembourg | 301,000,000a | 0.6% |
| 95 |  | Uganda | 276,000,000 | 1.8% |
| 96 |  | Latvia | 268,000,000 | 1.4% |
| 97 |  | Afghanistan | 250,000,000j | 1.8% |
| 98 |  | Zambia | 243,000,000 | 1.7% |
| 99 |  | Chad | 242,000,000 | 6.2% |
| 100 |  | Honduras | 235,000,000 | 1.5% |
| 101 |  | Turkmenistan | 233,000,000e | 2.9%e |
| 102 |  | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 232,000,000 | 1.3% |
| 103 |  | Tanzania | 217,000,000j | 1.1% |
| 104 |  | Nepal | 207,000,000 | 2.0% |
| 105 |  | Senegal | 207,000,000 | 1.6% |
| 106 |  | Albania | 201,000,000 | 2.1% |
| 107 |  | Cambodia | 191,000,000j | 1.1% |
| 108 |  | Mali | 183,000,000 | 1.9% |
| 109 |  | Kyrgyzstan | 167,000,000j | 3.6% |
| 110 |  | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 163,000,000 | 1.0% |
| 111 |  | Guatemala | 161,000,000 | 0.4% |
| 112 |  | Panama | 146,000,000e | 1.0%e |
| 113 |  | Paraguay | 146,000,000 | 0.9% |
| 114 |  | Republic of Macedonia | 145,000,000 | 1.7% |
| 115 |  | Burkina Faso | 140,000,000 | 1.2% |
| 116 |  | Congo, Republic of the | 133,000,000 | 1.1%b |
| 117 |  | El Salvador | 133,000,000 | 0.7% |
| 118 |  | Ghana | 115,000,000 | 0.7% |
| 119 |  | Mauritania | 115,000,000j | 3.8% |
| 120 |  | Guinea | 99,900,000f | 2.2%f |
| 121 |  | Madagascar | 55,700,000 | 0.8% |
| 122 |  | Mozambique | 92,500,000 | 0.8% |
| 123 |  | Jamaica | 80,300,000 | 0.6% |
| 124 |  | Rwanda | 72,700,000 | 1.5% |
| 125 |  | Mongolia | 71,000,000a | 1.4%a |
| 126 |  | Benin | 67,700,000b | 1.1% |
| 127 |  | Tajikistan | 63,400,000f | 2.2%f |
| 128 |  | Swaziland | 60,000,000a | 1.9%a |
| 129 |  | Togo | 57,000,000 | 1.9% |
| 130 |  | Uzbekistan | 52,000,000d | 1.9%d |
| 131 |  | Malta | 51,600,000 | 0.7% |
| 132 |  | Fiji | 48,400,000b | 1.3% |
| 133 |  | Malawi | 45,100,000a | 1.5%a |
| 134 |  | Sierra Leone | 44,600,000b | 2.4% |
| 135 |  | Burundi | 43,900,000 | 4.0% |
| 136 |  | Lesotho | 43,600,000 | 1.6% |
| 137 |  | Niger | 43,000,000g | 0.5%g |
| 138 |  | Nicaragua | 41,700,000 | 0.7% |
| 139 |  | Papua New Guinea | 37,200,000 | 0.4% |
| 140 |  | Central African Republic | 36,700,000 | 1.6% |
| 141 |  | Djibouti | 36,300,000b | 3.7% |
| 142 |  | Moldova | 27,500,000 | 0.6% |
| 143 |  | Laos | 21,200,000g | 0.4% |
| 144 |  | Guinea-Bissau | 16,800,000g | 3.8%g |
| 145 |  | Belize | 15,600,000b | 1.1% |
| 146 |  | Mauritius | 15,300,000b | 0.2% |
| 147 |  | Iceland | 12,200,000 | 0.1% |
| 148 |  | Cape Verde | 8,800,000 | 0.5% |
| 149 |  | Guyana | 7,900,000h | 0.8%h |
| 150 |  | Liberia | 7,100,000 | 0.6% |
| 151 |  | Seychelles | 6,600,000 | 1.3% |
| 152 |  | Gambia, The | 5,300,000a | 0.5%a |
| 153 |  | North Korea | Not reported | na i |
| 154 |  | Zimbabwe | Not reported | 1.9% |
