This is a list of countries by military expenditure in a given year.

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figures are presented in

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s based on either constant or current exchange rates.

Military expenditure, total

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(SIPRI) 2020 fact sheet The first list is based on the SIPRI fact sheet which includes a list of the world's top 15 military spenders in 2020, based on current market exchange rates. The second list is based on the 2021 edition of "The Military Balance" published by the (IISS) using average market exchange rates. Russian and Chinese military spending are actually far higher than the chart due to captive markets and Purchasing Price Parity in those countries.

Military expenditure, share of GDP

This first list is a list of countries by

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share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the top 15 countries by percentage share in recent years—the amount spent by a nation on its military as a share of its GDP. The second list presents this as a share of the general government expenditure. The first list is sourced from the SIPRI for the year 2019 and from Military Balance 2017 published by

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for the year 2016. The second list is sourced only from the SIPRI for the year 2019. None of the following analyze Cuba, Eritrea, Libya, North Korea, or Syria, because although they likely would make the list, there is not enough information available to properly determine an exact statistic for their military spending as a percentage of GDP.

As a share of GDP

Notes

SIPRI estimate. The figures for Saudi Arabia include expenditure for public order and safety and might be slightly overestimated.

References

External links

SIPRI military expenditure database
(sipri.org) {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Countries By Military Expenditures

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Military comparisons lists of countries A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare War is an intense armed conflict between State (polity), states, governments, Society, societies, or para ...