| Field Listing - Military expenditures - percent of GDP
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Country | Military expenditures - percent of GDP (%)
Afghanistan | 1.9% (2006 est.)
Albania | 1.49% (2005 est.)
Algeria | 3.3% (2006)
Angola | 5.7% (2006)
Antigua and Barbuda | NA (2006)
Argentina | 1.3% (2005 est.)
Armenia | 6.5% (FY01)
Australia | 2.4% (2006)
Austria | 0.9% (2005 est.)
Azerbaijan | 2.6% (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The | 0.5% (2006)
Bahrain | 4.5% (2006)
Bangladesh | 1.5% (2006)
Barbados | 0.5% (2006 est.)
Belarus | 1.4% (2005 est.)
Belgium | 1.3% (2005 est.)
Belize | 1.4% (2006)
Benin | 1.7% (2006)
Bermuda | 0.11% (2005 est.)
Bhutan | 1% (2005 est.)
Bolivia | 1.9% (2006)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.5% (2005 est.)
Botswana | 3.3% (2006)
Brazil | 2.6% (2006 est.)
Brunei | 4.5% (2006)
Bulgaria | 2.6% (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso | 1.2% (2006)
Burma | 2.1% (2005 est.)
Burundi | 5.9% (2006 est.)
Cambodia | 3% (2005 est.)
Cameroon | 1.3% (2006)
Canada | 1.1% (2005 est.)
Cape Verde | 0.7% (2005)
Central African Republic | 1.1% (2006 est.)
Chad | 4.2% (2006)
Chile | 2.7% (2006)
China | 4.3% (2006)
Colombia | 3.4% (2005 est.)
Comoros | 2.8% (2006)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 2.5% (2006)
Congo, Republic of the | 3.1% (2006)
Costa Rica | 0.4% (2006)
Cote d'Ivoire | 1.6% (2005 est)
Croatia | 2.39% (2005 est.)
Cuba | 3.8% (2006 est.)
Cyprus | 3.8% (2005 est.)
Czech Republic | 1.81% (2005 est.)
Denmark | 1.5% (2006; 1.28% 2007 est.; 1.24% 2008 projected)
Djibouti | 3.8% (2006)
Dominica | NA (2006)
Dominican Republic | 0.8% (2006)
Ecuador | 2.8% (2006)
Egypt | 3.4% (2005 est.)
El Salvador | 5% (2006)
Equatorial Guinea | 0.1% (2006 est.)
Eritrea | 6.3% (2006 est.)
Estonia | 2% (2005 est.)
Ethiopia | 3% (2006)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | NA
Faroe Islands | NA
Fiji | 2.2% (2005 est.)
Finland | 2% (2005 est.)
France | 2.6% (2005 est.)
Gabon | 3.4% (2005 est.)
Gambia, The | 0.5% (2006)
Gaza Strip | NA
Georgia | 0.59% (2005 est.)
Germany | 1.5% (2005 est.)
Ghana | 0.8% (2006 est.)
Greece | 4.3% (2005 est.)
Grenada | NA
Guatemala | 0.4% (2006)
Guinea | 1.7% (2006)
Guinea-Bissau | 3.1% (2005 est.)
Guyana | 1.8% (2006)
Haiti | 0.4% (2006)
Honduras | 0.6% (2006 est.)
Hong Kong | NA
Hungary | 1.75% (2005 est.)
Iceland | 0% (2005 est.)
India | 2.5% (2006)
Indonesia | 3% (2005 est.)
Iran | 2.5% (2006)
Iraq | 8.6% (2006)
Ireland | 0.9% (2005 est.)
Israel | 7.3% (2006)
Italy | 1.8% (2005 est.)
Jamaica | 0.6% (2006 est.)
Japan | 0.8% (2006)
Jordan | 8.6% (2006)
Kazakhstan | 0.9% (Ministry of Defense expenditures) (FY02)
Kenya | 2.8% (2006)
Kiribati | NA
Korea, North | NA
Korea, South | 2.7% (2006)
Kuwait | 5.3% (2006)
Kyrgyzstan | 1.4% (2005 est.)
Laos | 0.5% (2006)
Latvia | 1.2% (2005 est.)
Lebanon | 3.1% (2005 est.)
Lesotho | 2.6% (2006)
Liberia | 1.3% (2006 est.)
Libya | 3.9% (2005 est.)
Lithuania | 1.2% (2006; 1.23% 2007 est.)
Luxembourg | 0.9% (2005 est.)
Macedonia | 6% (2005 est.)
Madagascar | 1% (2006)
Malawi | 1.3% (2006)
Malaysia | 2.03% (2005 est.)
Maldives | 5.5% (2005 est.)
Mali | 1.9% (2006)
Malta | 0.7% (2006 est.)
Marshall Islands | NA
Mauritania | 5.5% (2006)
Mauritius | 0.3% (2006 est.)
Mexico | 0.5% (2006 est.)
Moldova | 0.4% (2005 est.)
Mongolia | 1.4% (2006)
Morocco | 5% (2003 est.)
Mozambique | 0.8% (2006)
Namibia | 3.7% (2006)
Nauru | NA
Nepal | 1.6% (2006)
Netherlands | 1.6% (2005 est.)
New Caledonia | NA
New Zealand | 1% (2005 est.)
Nicaragua | 0.6% (2006)
Niger | 1.3% (2006)
Nigeria | 1.5% (2006)
Norway | 1.9% (2005 est.)
Oman | 11.4% (2005 est.)
Pakistan | 3.2% (2006; 3% 2007 est.)
Palau | NA
Panama | 1% (2006)
Papua New Guinea | 1.4% (2005 est.)
Paraguay | 1% (2006 est.)
Peru | 1.5% (2006)
Philippines | 0.9% (2005 est.)
Poland | 1.71% (2005 est.)
Portugal | 2.3% (2005 est.)
Qatar | 10% (2005 est.)
Romania | 2.47% (2005 est.)
Russia | NA
Rwanda | 2.9% (2006 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | NA
Saint Lucia | NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | NA
Samoa | NA
San Marino | NA
Sao Tome and Principe | 0.8% (2006)
Saudi Arabia | 10% (2005 est.)
Senegal | 1.4% (2005 est.)
Seychelles | 2% (2006 est.)
Sierra Leone | 2.3% (2006)
Singapore | 4.9% (2005 est.)
Slovakia | 1.87% (2005 est.)
Slovenia | 1.7% (2005 est.)
Solomon Islands | 3% (2006)
Somalia | 0.9% (2005 est.)
South Africa | 1.7% (2006)
Spain | 1.2% (2005 est.)
Sri Lanka | 2.6% (2006)
Sudan | 3% (2005 est.)
Suriname | 0.6% (2006 est.)
Swaziland | 4.7% (2006)
Sweden | 1.5% (2005 est.)
Switzerland | 1% (2005 est.)
Syria | 5.9% (2005 est.)
Taiwan | 2.2% (2006; to increase to 2.85% in 2007)
Tajikistan | 3.9% (2005 est.)
Tanzania | 0.2% (2005 est.)
Thailand | 1.8% (2005 est.)
Timor-Leste | NA
Togo | 1.6% (2005 est.)
Tonga | 0.9% (2006 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | 0.3% (2006)
Tunisia | 1.4% (2006)
Turkey | 5.3% (2005 est.)
Turkmenistan | 3.4% (2005 est.)
Tuvalu | NA
Uganda | 2.2% (2006)
Ukraine | 1.4% (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates | 3.1% (2005 est.)
United Kingdom | 2.4% (2005 est.)
United States | 4.06% (2005 est.)
Uruguay | 1.6% (2006)
Uzbekistan | 2% (2005 est.)
Vanuatu | NA
Venezuela | 1.2% (2005 est.)
Vietnam | 2.5% (2005 est.)
West Bank | NA
World | roughly 2% of gross world product (2005 est.)
Yemen | 6.6% (2006)
Zambia | 1.8% (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe | 3.8% (2006)
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