Table 2.6 Military Expenditures as Share of GDP Percent, 2018 Rank Region Country MILGDP Source 1 USR Nagorno-K (Az Home) 27.661 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(Armenia)) 2 CPA Korea, North 25.000 02(IISS) 3 AFR Eritrea 20.866 03(WB) 4 MEA Libya 15.480 14(WB) 5 MEA Gaza Strip 12.106 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(West Bank & Gaza)) 6 MEA N Cyprus (Cypr Home) 10.493 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(Turkey)) 7 MEA Saudi Arabia 9.137 18(WB) 8 USR South Ossetia 8.972 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(Georgia)) 9 MEA Oman 8.268 18(WB) 10 MEA West Bank 7.672 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(West Bank & Gaza)) 11 USR Luhansk People's Rep 6.664 18(Army/Pop*(Pop/Army*Milgdp)(Ukraine)) 12 MEA United Arab Emirates 5.644 14(WB) 13 MEA Algeria 5.484 18(WB) 14 DME Israel 5.283 18(WB) 15 MEA Kuwait 5.191 18(WB) 16 AFR Somaliland (Som Home) 5.113 18(WIKI) 17 USR Donetsk People's Rep 5.085 18(Army/Pop*(Pop/Army*Milgdp)(Ukraine)) 18 MEA Syria 5.000 16(WIKI) 19 SAS Maldives 4.900 08(E) 20 MEA Lebanon 4.852 18(WB) 21 MEA Jordan 4.560 18(WB) 22 USR Armenia 4.120 18(WB) 23 MEA Bahrain 4.041 18(WB) 24 USR Abkhazia 4.016 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(Georgia)) 25 MEA Yemen 3.967 14(WB) 26 USR Russia 3.720 18(WB) 27 USR Transnistria 3.664 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(Moldova)) 28 USR Azerbaijan 3.562 18(WB) 29 USR Uzbekistan 3.555 18(WB) 30 AFR Somalia 3.536 15(WB) 31 AFR Namibia 3.333 18(WB) 32 DME United States 3.324 18(WB) 33 SAS Pakistan 3.267 18(WB) 34 AFR South Sudan 3.195 18(WB) 35 USR Ukraine 3.192 18(WB) 36 MEA Morocco 3.130 18(WB) 37 LAM Colombia 3.033 18(WB) 38 AFR Botswana 2.925 18(WB) 39 LAM Cuba 2.876 18(WB) 40 MEA Iraq 2.834 18(WB) 41 AFR Mali 2.824 18(WB) 42 SEA Singapore 2.807 18(WB) 43 AFR Comoros 2.800 07(E) 44 DME Holy See 2.779 18(Army/LaborForce) 45 DME Greece 2.716 18(WB) 46 SEA Brunei 2.637 18(WB) 47 MEA Turkiye 2.524 18(WB) 48 SEA Korea, South 2.497 18(WB) 49 SAS India 2.424 18(WB) 50 MEA Qatar 2.400 14(E) 51 CPA Myanmar 2.360 18(WB) 52 LAM Ecuador 2.352 18(WB) 53 AFR Chad 2.295 18(WB) 54 CPA Vietnam 2.285 18(WB) 55 MEA Iran 2.243 18(WB) 56 CPA Cambodia 2.208 18(WB) 57 AFR Burundi 2.149 18(WB) 58 AFR Congo, Republic 2.143 18(WB) 59 AFR Mauritania 2.131 18(WB) 60 AFR Eswatini 2.096 18(WB) 61 USR Latvia 2.061 18(WB) 62 EEU Poland 2.045 18(WB) 63 USR Estonia 2.009 18(WB) 64 AFR Lesotho 1.999 18(WB) 65 MEA Tunisia 1.976 18(WB) 66 LAM Uruguay 1.971 18(WB) 67 USR Lithuania 1.966 18(WB) 68 AFR Togo 1.963 18(WB) 69 AFR Angola 1.956 18(WB) 70 DME United Kingdom 1.940 18(WB) 71 AFR Burkina Faso 1.905 18(WB) 72 USR Georgia 1.897 18(WB) 73 DME Australia 1.896 18(WB) 74 LAM Chile 1.878 18(WB) 75 DME France 1.843 18(WB) 76 SEA Taiwan 1.830 18(IISS) 77 AFR Niger 1.794 18(WB) 78 EEU Romania 1.791 18(WB) 79 AFR Sudan 1.779 18(WB) 80 MEA Cyprus 1.761 18(WB) 81 SAS Sri Lanka 1.735 18(WB) 82 DME Norway 1.715 18(WB) 83 CPA China 1.674 18(WB) 84 AFR Senegal 1.667 18(WB) 85 AFR Guinea 1.637 18(WB) 86 EEU Serbia 1.615 18(WB) 87 LAM Honduras 1.608 18(WB) 88 EEU Croatia 1.552 18(WB) 89 AFR Gabon 1.549 18(WB) 90 USR Kyrgyzstan 1.537 18(WB) 91 LAM Bolivia 1.497 18(WB) 92 USR Turkmenistan 1.490 13(IISS) 93 DME Monaco 1.477 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(France)) 94 LAM Brazil 1.470 18(WB) 95 SEA Fiji 1.456 18(WB) 96 EEU Bulgaria 1.449 18(WB) 97 AFR Zambia 1.437 18(WB) 98 AFR Guinea-Bissau 1.409 18(WB) 99 EEU Montenegro 1.369 18(WB) 100 DME Finland 1.363 18(WB) 101 DME Italy 1.359 18(WB) 102 SEA Thailand 1.357 18(WB) 103 SAS Nepal 1.350 18(WB) 104.5 AFR Central African Rep 1.340 18(WB) 104.5 DME Portugal 1.340 18(WB) 106 AFR Mozambique 1.335 18(WB) 107 LAM Jamaica 1.333 18(WB) 108 LAM Saint Kitts & Nevis 1.326 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(Trinidad & Tobago)) 109.5 DME Canada 1.318 18(WB) 109.5 SEA Timor-Leste 1.318 18(WB) 111 AFR Seychelles 1.314 18(WB) 112 LAM Guyana 1.291 18(WB) 113 DME Denmark 1.278 18(WB) 114 DME Spain 1.254 18(WB) 115 MEA Egypt 1.250 18(WB) 116 AFR Rwanda 1.235 18(WB) 117 AFR Uganda 1.233 18(WB) 118 EEU Slovakia 1.222 18(WB) 119 DME Netherlands 1.217 18(WB) 120 AFR Kenya 1.207 18(WB) 121 AFR Sao Tome & Principe 1.200 05(E) 122 LAM Peru 1.190 18(WB) 123 SEA Philippines 1.184 18(WB) 124 USR Belarus 1.182 18(WB) 125 DME Germany 1.171 18(WB) 126 EEU Albania 1.161 18(WB) 127 SAS Bangladesh 1.154 18(WB) 128 AFR Equatorial Guinea 1.142 18(WB) 129 AFR Zimbabwe 1.138 18(WB) 130 LAM El Salvador 1.132 18(WB) 131 LAM Panama 1.120 18(IISS) 132 DME New Zealand 1.105 18(WB) 133 EEU Czechia 1.088 18(WB) 134 AFR Cameroon 1.076 18(WB) 135 SEA Samoa 1.063 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(Fiji)) 136 AFR Tanzania 1.058 18(WB) 137 USR Tajikistan 1.049 18(WB) 138 AFR Cote d'Ivore 1.048 18(WB) 139 DME Sweden 1.032 18(WB) 140 LAM Belize 1.008 18(WB) 141 SAS Afghanistan 1.007 18(WB) 142 EEU Hungary 1.006 18(WB) 143.5 SAS Bhutan 1.000 05(E) 143.5 LAM Suriname 1.000 14(IISS) 145 EEU Slovenia 0.978 18(WB) 146 DME Japan 0.962 18(WB) 147 LAM Paraguay 0.961 18(WB) 148 SEA Malaysia 0.960 18(WB) 149 EEU North Macedonia 0.943 18(WB) 150 AFR Liberia 0.938 18(WB) 151 SEA Tonga 0.900 12(E) 152 AFR South Africa 0.897 18(WB) 153 DME Belgium 0.891 18(WB) 154 EEU Bosnia 0.853 18(WB) 155 USR Kazakhstan 0.836 18(WB) 156 EEU Kosovo 0.804 18(WB) 157 LAM Barbados 0.760 18(IISS) 158 AFR Sierra Leone 0.752 18(WB) 159 LAM Costa Rica 0.750 18(IISS) 160 DME Austria 0.745 18(WB) 161 LAM Argentina 0.732 18(WB) 162 CPA Mongolia 0.728 18(WB) 163 SEA Indonesia 0.719 18(WB) 164 AFR Gambia 0.716 18(WB) 165 LAM Bahamas 0.700 18(IISS) 166 LAM Dominican Republic 0.694 18(WB) 167 LAM Trinidad & Tobago 0.688 18(WB) 168 DME Switzerland 0.653 18(WB) 169 AFR Ethiopia 0.646 18(WB) 170 AFR Benin 0.633 18(WB) 171 LAM Nicaragua 0.627 18(WB) 172 AFR Congo, Dem Republic 0.624 18(WB) 173 AFR Djibouti 0.600 14(E) 174 AFR Malawi 0.590 18(WB) 175 DME San Marino 0.575 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(Italy)) 176 AFR Cabo Verde 0.545 18(WB) 177 AFR Madagascar 0.532 18(WB) 178 AFR Nigeria 0.507 18(WB) 179 DME Luxembourg 0.501 18(WB) 180 LAM Venezuela 0.488 17(WB) 181 LAM Mexico 0.477 18(WB) 182 LAM Antigua & Barbuda 0.440 18(IISS) 183 DME Malta 0.437 18(WB) 184 SEA Palau 0.416 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(Fiji)) 185 LAM Guatemala 0.372 18(WB) 186 SEA Papua New Guinea 0.330 18(WB) 187.5 AFR Ghana 0.326 18(WB) 187.5 USR Moldova 0.326 18(WB) 189 DME Ireland 0.287 18(WB) 190 SEA Vanuatu 0.242 18(Army/LaborForce) 191 CPA Laos 0.210 14(IISS) 192 SEA Solomon Islands 0.188 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(Fiji)) 193 LAM Saint Vincent 0.177 18(Army/LaborForce) 194 DME Liechtenstein 0.172 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(Switzerland)) 195 AFR Mauritius 0.156 18(WB) 196 DME Iceland 0.150 18(IISS) 197 LAM Saint Lucia 0.114 18(Army/LaborForce) 198 LAM Grenada 0.104 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(Trinidad & Tobago)) 199 SEA Marshall Islands 0.092 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(Fiji)) 200 LAM Haiti 0.088 18(WB) 201 DME Andorra 0.035 18(Army/Pop*Pop/LaborForce(France)) 259 AFR Agalega (Mau Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 MEA Akrotiri & Dhekl (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Aland Is (Fin Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Alaska (US Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Alboran I (Sp Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 AFR Aldabra Is (Sey Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Alhucemas (Sp Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 AFR Alphonse (Sey Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 AFR Amirantes (Sey Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Anguilla (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Argentine Antar (Arg) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Aruba (Neth) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Austral Antarct (Aus) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Azores (Port Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 AFR BIOT (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Balearic Is (Sp Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Barbuda (Antig Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Basque Cntr (Sp Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Bermuda (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Bonaire (Neth Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Bougainvll (PNG Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Bouvet I (Norw) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA British Antarct (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Canary Is (Sp Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Carriacou (Gren Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Catalonia (Sp Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Cayman Is (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Ceuta (Sp Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Chafarinas (Sp Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Chatham Is (NZ Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Chilean Antarc (Chil) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Christmas Is (Aus) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Cocos Is (Aus) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Cook Is (NZ) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Coral Sea Is (Aus) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Corsica (Fr Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Curacao (Neth) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Dominica 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Easter I (Chil Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME FSAL (Fr) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Falkland Is (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Faroe Is (Den) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 AFR Farquhar (Sey Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA French Polynesia (Fr) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Galapagos (Ecua Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Galicia (Sp Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Gibraltar (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Greenland (Den) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Guadeloupe (Fr Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Guam (US) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Guernsey (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Guiana, Fr (Fr Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Hawaii (US Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Hong Kong (Ch) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SAS In Kashmir (Ind Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Isle of Man (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Jan Mayen (Norw) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Jersey (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Kiribati 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Los Roqs (Venez Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Los Test (Venez Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Macao (Ch) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Madeira (Port Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Martinique (Fr Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 AFR Mayotte (Fr Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Melilla (Sp Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Micronesia (US) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Midway Is (US) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Montserrat (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME N Ireland (UK Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Nauru 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA New Caledonia (Fr) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Niue (NZ) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Norfolk Is (Aus) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Northern Mariana Is 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Palmyra Atoll (US) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Paracel Is (Ch) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Penon de Ve (Sp Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Pitcairn Is (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SAS Pk Kashmir (Pak Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Puerto Rico (US) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Quebec (Can Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Queen Maud Lnd (Norw) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 AFR Reunion (Fr Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 AFR Rodrigues (Mau Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Ross Dependency (NZ) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Rotuma I (Fiji Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME S Tyrol (It Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 AFR SCG (Sey Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME SGSSI (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Saba (Neth Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Samoa, American (US) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM San Andres (Col Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Scotland (UK Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Sint Maarten (Neth) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME South US (US Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM St Barthelemy (Fr) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 AFR St Brandon (Mau Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 AFR St Helena (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM St Martin (Fr) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME St Pierre & Mqln (Fr) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Statia (Neth Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Svalbard (Norw) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SAS Tibet (Ch Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Tokelau (NZ) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Trento (It Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Turks & Caics Is (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Tuvalu 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Valencia (Sp Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Virgin Is, Brit (UK) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 LAM Virgin Is, US (US) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 AFR W Sahara (Mor) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Wake Is (US) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 DME Wales (UK Home) 0.000 18(CIA) 259 SEA Wallis & Futuna (Fr) 0.000 18(CIA)