Global Military Spending Budgets
Selected Countries |
Military Budget |
United States |
419.3+ |
Russia * |
65.2 |
China * |
56.0 |
United Kingdom |
49.0 |
Japan |
45.1 |
France |
40.0 |
Germany |
29.7 |
Saudi Arabia |
19.3 |
India |
19.1 |
Italy |
17.5 |
South Korea |
16.4 |
Australia |
11.7 |
Turkey * |
11.7 |
Israel * |
10.8 |
Canada |
10.1 |
Spain * |
9.9 |
Brazil |
9.2 |
Netherlands |
7.6 |
Taiwan |
7.5 |
Greece * |
7.2 |
Indonesia * |
6.4 |
Sweden |
5.9 |
North Korea * |
5.5 |
Ukraine * |
5.5 |
Singapore |
5.0 |
Poland |
4.4 |
Norway |
4.2 |
Kuwait |
4.0 |
Iran |
3.5 |
Belgium |
3.3 |
Pakistan |
3.3 |
Colombia * |
3.2 |
Portugal * |
3.2 |
Vietnam |
3.2 |
Denmark |
2.9 |
Mexico |
2.8 |
Egypt * |
2.7 |
Czech Republic |
1.9 |
Hungary |
1.7 |
Syria |
1.6 |
Argentina |
1.6 |
Romania ** |
1.5 |
Cuba * |
1.2 |
Philippines |
0.8 |
Libya * |
0.7 |
Serbia-Montenegro |
0.7 |
Slovakia ** |
0.7 |
Bulgaria ** |
0.6 |
Slovenia ** |
0.5 |
Sudan * |
0.5 |
Lithuania ** |
0.3 |
Luxembourg |
0.3 |
Estonia ** |
0.2 |
Latvia ** |
0.2 |
Iraq |
N/A |
Figures are for latest year available, usually 2004. Expenditures are used in a few cases where official budgets are significantly lower than actual spending.
FOOTNOTES
+ The figure for the United States is from the annual budget request
for Fiscal Year 2006. It does not include funding for the Department of
Energy's nuclear weapons activities, or for the costs of combat operations
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
* 2003 Figure.
** Joined NATO in March 2004.
Sources: International Institute for Strategic Studies, US Department
of Defense, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
For more information contact: Christopher Hellman, chellman@armscontrolcenter.org