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The map shows the indicator: Military expenditure (% of GDP). The data are for the different sovereign countries of the world.

Data source: The World Bank. The data correspond to the last date of registration provided by the source.

Color of the map for the indicator: Military expenditure (% of GDP).

Color of the countries with the lowest data: light red.

Color of the countries with the highest data: dark red.

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Definition (source World Bank):

Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces, defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects, paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations, and military space activities.

Ranking of statistics – Military expenditure (% of GDP)

The 5 highest records for sovereign countries (1 per country) since 1988 :

1 - Kuwait - Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 117.39 % in 1991
2 - Nicaragua - Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 102.90 % in 1990
3 - Eritrea - Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 39.61 % in 1999
4 - Liberia - Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 29.73 % in 1994
5 - Angola - Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 22.00 % in 1988

The 5 lowest records for sovereign countries (1 per country) since 1988 :

1 - Somalia - Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 0.00 % in 2014
2 - Trinidad and Tobago - Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 0.04 % in 2000
3 - Haiti - Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 0.08 % in 1994
4 - Peru - Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 0.08 % in 1990
5 - Iceland - Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 0.12 % in 2012

Data table - Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Ranking	Country	Data	Date of information
1	Eritrea	20.87	2003
2	Oman	11.76	2014
3	Saudi Arabia	10.82	2014
4	South Sudan	8.15	2014
5	Libya	7.99	2014
6	United Arab Emirates	5.70	2014
7	Algeria	5.56	2014
8	Israel	5.20	2014
9	Chad	5.02	2011
10	Republic of the Congo	4.97	2014
11	Azerbaijan	4.76	2014
12	Lebanon	4.64	2014
13	Yemen	4.59	2013
14	Russia	4.55	2014
15	Angola	4.40	2013
16	Sudan	4.29	2006
17	Iraq	4.26	2014
18	Bahrain	4.23	2014
19	Namibia	4.22	2014
20	Syria	4.10	2007
21	Armenia	4.01	2014
22	Guinea	3.85	2014
23	Myanmar	3.69	2014
24	Morocco	3.68	2014
25	Djibouti	3.63	2008
26	Jordan	3.54	2014
27	Cuba	3.51	2013
28	United States	3.50	2014
29	Colombia	3.46	2014
30	Pakistan	3.44	2014
31	Kyrgyzstan	3.40	2014
32	Kuwait	3.34	2013
33	Singapore	3.20	2014
34	Brunei	3.09	2014
35	Ukraine	3.06	2014
36	Turkmenistan	2.89	1999
37	Mauritania	2.86	2014
38	Ecuador	2.72	2014
39	Lithuania	2.69	2014
40	Central African Republic	2.60	2010
41	South Korea	2.60	2014
42	Zimbabwe	2.59	2014
43	India	2.43	2014
44	Georgia	2.35	2014
45	Sri Lanka	2.34	2014
46	Vietnam	2.29	2014
47	Greece	2.26	2014
48	France	2.20	2014
49	Turkey	2.20	2014
50	Lesotho	2.19	2014
51	Iran	2.17	2012
52	Serbia	2.17	2014
53	China	2.09	2014
54	East Timor	2.09	2014
55	United Kingdom	2.02	2014
56	Burundi	2.01	2014
57	Chile	1.99	2014
58	Poland	1.93	2014
59	Botswana	1.92	2014
60	Estonia	1.92	2014
61	Tunisia	1.86	2014
62	Portugal	1.83	2014
63	Swaziland	1.83	2014
64	Cyprus	1.82	2014
65	Australia	1.78	2014
66	Egypt	1.76	2014
67	Guinea-Bissau	1.73	2012
68	Montenegro	1.71	2014
69	Cambodia	1.66	2014
70	Zambia	1.64	2014
71	Uruguay	1.59	2014
72	Togo	1.57	2011
73	Nepal	1.53	2014
74	Senegal	1.53	2014
75	Croatia	1.53	2014
76	Côte d'Ivoire	1.51	2012
77	Qatar	1.50	2010
78	Bolivia	1.48	2014
79	Bulgaria	1.48	2014
80	Paraguay	1.46	2014
81	Malaysia	1.45	2014
82	Gabon	1.44	2013
83	Italy	1.44	2014
84	Venezuela	1.43	2013
85	Thailand	1.42	2014
86	Mali	1.41	2014
87	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1.38	2014
88	Peru	1.38	2014
89	Norway	1.36	2014
90	Brazil	1.34	2014
91	Kenya	1.34	2014
92	Finland	1.34	2014
93	Afghanistan	1.33	2014
94	Burkina Faso	1.32	2014
95	Denmark	1.30	2014
96	Belarus	1.29	2014
97	Romania	1.28	2014
98	Honduras	1.27	2014
99	New Zealand	1.25	2011
100	Cameroon	1.25	2014
101	Guyana	1.24	2014
102	Uganda	1.22	2014
103	Malawi	1.21	2014
104	Germany	1.20	2014
105	Macedonia	1.18	2014
106	Philippines	1.16	2014
107	Bangladesh	1.16	2014
108	Sweden	1.15	2014
109	Netherlands	1.15	2014
110	Gambia	1.15	2013
111	Tajikistan	1.13	2014
112	South Africa	1.11	2014
113	Fiji	1.10	2014
114	Rwanda	1.09	2014
115	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.09	2014
116	Equatorial Guinea	1.07	2014
117	Kazakhstan	1.06	2014
118	Seychelles	1.06	2014
119	Belize	1.04	2014
120	El Salvador	1.04	2014
121	Albania	1.02	2014
122	Mozambique	1.02	2014
123	Niger	1.01	2012
124	Japan	1.00	2014
125	Slovenia	0.99	2014
126	Slovakia	0.99	2014
127	Czech Republic	0.99	2014
128	Belgium	0.98	2014
129	Canada	0.98	2014
130	Panama	0.97	1999
131	Benin	0.97	2014
132	Tanzania	0.96	2014
133	Latvia	0.96	2014
134	Mongolia	0.93	2012
135	Spain	0.92	2014
136	Jamaica	0.86	2014
137	Hungary	0.84	2014
138	Indonesia	0.79	2014
139	Sierra Leone	0.79	2014
140	Argentina	0.79	2014
141	Liberia	0.78	2014
142	Trinidad and Tobago	0.76	2014
143	Switzerland	0.75	2014
144	Austria	0.75	2014
145	Ethiopia	0.73	2014
146	Nicaragua	0.70	2014
147	Madagascar	0.67	2014
148	Mexico	0.67	2014
149	Dominican Republic	0.62	2014
150	Papua New Guinea	0.59	2014
151	Cape Verde	0.58	2014
152	Malta	0.56	2013
153	Uzbekistan	0.54	2003
154	Ghana	0.48	2014
155	Ireland	0.47	2014
156	Luxembourg	0.46	2014
157	Guatemala	0.45	2014
158	Nigeria	0.41	2014
159	Moldova	0.35	2014
160	Mauritius	0.26	2014
161	Laos	0.22	2012
162	Iceland	0.12	2012
163	Haiti	0.09	1995
164	Somalia	0.00	2014