FACTOID # 1: Israel's per capita military expenditure is the highest in the world, at over $1,400 per person. Syria, still officially at war with Israel, spends $46.51 per person on its military.
 
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Military Statistics > Expenditures > Percent of GDP (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Oman: 11.4 %  
#2   Saudi Arabia: 10 %  
#3   Qatar: 10 %  
#4   Jordan: 8.6 %  
#5   Iraq: 8.6 %  
#6   Israel: 7.3 %  
#7   Yemen: 6.6 %  
#8   Armenia: 6.5 %  
#9   Eritrea: 6.3 %  
#10   Macedonia, Republic of: 6 %  
#11   Burundi: 5.9 %  
#12   Syria: 5.9 %  
#13   Angola: 5.7 %  
#14   Mauritania: 5.5 %  
#15   Maldives: 5.5 %  
#16   Turkey: 5.3 %  
#17   Kuwait: 5.3 %  
#18   Morocco: 5 %  
#19   El Salvador: 5 %  
#20   Singapore: 4.9 %  
#21   Swaziland: 4.7 %  
#22   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 4.5 %  
#23   Brunei: 4.5 %  
#24   Bahrain: 4.5 %  
#25   Greece: 4.3 %  
#26   Chad: 4.2 %  
#27   United States: 4.06 %  
#28   Libya: 3.9 %  
#29   Tajikistan: 3.9 %  
#30   China: 3.8 %  
#31   Djibouti: 3.8 %  
#32   Zimbabwe: 3.8 %  
#33   Cyprus: 3.8 %  
#34   Cuba: 3.8 %  
#35   Namibia: 3.7 %  
#36   Turkmenistan: 3.4 %  
#37   Colombia: 3.4 %  
#38   Gabon: 3.4 %  
#39   Egypt: 3.4 %  
#40   Algeria: 3.3 %  
#41   Botswana: 3.3 %  
#42   Pakistan: 3.2 %  
#43   United Arab Emirates: 3.1 %  
#44   Guinea-Bissau: 3.1 %  
#45   Congo, Republic of the: 3.1 %  
#46   Lebanon: 3.1 %  
#47   Ethiopia: 3 %  
#48   Cambodia: 3 %  
#49   Sudan: 3 %  
#50   Solomon Islands: 3 %  
#51   Indonesia: 3 %  
#52   Rwanda: 2.9 %  
#53   Kenya: 2.8 %  
#54   Comoros: 2.8 %  
#55   Ecuador: 2.8 %  
#56   Korea, South: 2.7 %  
#57   Chile: 2.7 %  
#58   Lesotho: 2.6 %  
#59   Azerbaijan: 2.6 %  
#60   Brazil: 2.6 %  
#61   Bulgaria: 2.6 %  
#62   France: 2.6 %  
#63   Sri Lanka: 2.6 %  
#64   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 2.5 %  
#65   Iran: 2.5 %  
#66   India: 2.5 %  
#67   Vietnam: 2.5 %  
#68   Romania: 2.47 %  
#69   United Kingdom: 2.4 %  
#70   Australia: 2.4 %  
#71   Croatia: 2.39 %  
#72   Sierra Leone: 2.3 %  
#73   Portugal: 2.3 %  
#74   Uganda: 2.2 %  
#75   Fiji: 2.2 %  
#76   Taiwan: 2.2 %  
#77   Burma: 2.1 %  
#78   Malaysia: 2.03 %  
#79   Uzbekistan: 2 %  
#80   Finland: 2 %  
#81   Seychelles: 2 %  
#82   Estonia: 2 %  
#83   Norway: 1.9 %  
#84   Afghanistan: 1.9 %  
#85   Bolivia: 1.9 %  
#86   Mali: 1.9 %  
#87   Lithuania: 1.9 %  
#88   Slovakia: 1.87 %  
#89   Czech Republic: 1.81 %  
#90   Guyana: 1.8 %  
#91   Italy: 1.8 %  
#92   Thailand: 1.8 %  
#93   Zambia: 1.8 %  
#94   Hungary: 1.75 %  
#95   Poland: 1.71 %  
#96   Guinea: 1.7 %  
#97   Benin: 1.7 %  
#98   South Africa: 1.7 %  
#99   Slovenia: 1.7 %  
#100   Nepal: 1.6 %  
#101   Côte d'Ivoire: 1.6 %  
#102   Netherlands: 1.6 %  
#103   Togo: 1.6 %  
#104   Uruguay: 1.6 %  
#105   Sweden: 1.5 %  
#106   Peru: 1.5 %  
#107   Bangladesh: 1.5 %  
#108   Nigeria: 1.5 %  
#109   Denmark: 1.5 %  
#110   Germany: 1.5 %  
#111   Albania: 1.49 %  
#112   Ukraine: 1.4 %  
#113   Tunisia: 1.4 %  
#114   Belarus: 1.4 %  
#115   Papua New Guinea: 1.4 %  
#116   Mongolia: 1.4 %  
#117   Senegal: 1.4 %  
#118   Kyrgyzstan: 1.4 %  
#119   Belize: 1.4 %  
#120   Niger: 1.3 %  
#121   Malawi: 1.3 %  
#122   Argentina: 1.3 %  
#123   Liberia: 1.3 %  
#124   Belgium: 1.3 %  
#125   Cameroon: 1.3 %  
#126   Burkina Faso: 1.2 %  
#127   Latvia: 1.2 %  
#128   Spain: 1.2 %  
#129   Venezuela: 1.2 %  
#130   Canada: 1.1 %  
#131   Central African Republic: 1.1 %  
#132   Madagascar: 1 %  
#133   Switzerland: 1 %  
#134   Panama: 1 %  
#135   Paraguay: 1 %  
#136   Bhutan: 1 %  
#137   New Zealand: 1 %  
#138   Luxembourg: 0.9 %  
#139   Kazakhstan: 0.9 %  
#140   Ireland: 0.9 %  
#141   Somalia: 0.9 %  
#142   Tonga: 0.9 %  
#143   Austria: 0.9 %  
#144   Philippines: 0.9 %  
#145   Mozambique: 0.8 %  
#146   Japan: 0.8 %  
#147   Dominican Republic: 0.8 %  
#148   Ghana: 0.8 %  
#149   São Tomé and Príncipe: 0.8 %  
#150   Malta: 0.7 %  
#151   Cape Verde: 0.7 %  
#152   Jamaica: 0.6 %  
#153   Honduras: 0.6 %  
#154   Nicaragua: 0.6 %  
#155   Suriname: 0.6 %  
#156   Georgia: 0.59 %  
#157   Laos: 0.5 %  
#158   Barbados: 0.5 %  
#159   Gambia, The: 0.5 %  
#160   Bahamas, The: 0.5 %  
#161   Mexico: 0.5 %  
#162   Costa Rica: 0.4 %  
#163   Haiti: 0.4 %  
#164   Guatemala: 0.4 %  
#165   Moldova: 0.4 %  
#166   Trinidad and Tobago: 0.3 %  
#167   Mauritius: 0.3 %  
#168   Tanzania: 0.2 %  
#169   Bermuda: 0.11 %  
#170   Equatorial Guinea: 0.1 %  
#171   Iceland: 0 %  
Weighted average: 2.5 %   


DEFINITION: Current military expenditures as an estimated percent of gross domestic product (GDP).

SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007

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COMMENTARY     

david
24th May 2005 		The US spends more money on its military than any other country in the world and Israel spends the highest money on its military per capita.
MK
26th October 2005 		Comparatively to its size, Macedonia spends a lot of money on military, partly due to the modernization of all sectors in the army and air force, and the money spent on peacekeeping missions in Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
L
25th May 2008 		Wonder how much the U.S. spends funding the military of other countries? Turkey, Colombia, Egypt and Israel come to mind.

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