Compare Military expenditures - percent of GDP (2002) - Military expenditures - percent of GDP (2001)

Compare Military expenditures - percent of GDP (2002) with Military expenditures - percent of GDP (2001)

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	Military expenditures - percent of GDP (2002)	Military expenditures - percent of GDP (2001)
Afghanistan	NA%	NA%
Albania	1.49% (FY02)	1.5% (FY99)
Algeria	4.1% (FY99)	4.1% (FY99)
Angola	22% (1999)	22% (1999)
Antigua and Barbuda	NA%	NA%
Argentina	1.3% (FY00)	1.3% (FY99)
Armenia	6.5% (FY01)	4% (FY99)
Australia	2% (FY01/02)	1.9% (FY98/99)
Austria	0.8% (FY01/02)	1.2% (FY98)
Azerbaijan	2.6% (FY99)	2.6% (FY99)
Bahamas, The	0.7% (FY99)	NA%
Bahrain	6.7% (FY01)	5.2% (FY99)
Bangladesh	1.8% (FY96/97)	1.8% (FY96/97)
Barbados	NA%	NA%
Belarus	1% (FY01)	1.2% (FY98)
Belgium	1.4% (FY01/02)	1.2% (FY99)
Belize	1.87% (FY00/01)	2.4% (FY98/99)
Benin	1.2% (FY96)	1.2% (FY96)
Bermuda	0.11% (FY00/01)	NA%
Bhutan	1.9% (FY01)	NA%
Bolivia	1.8% (FY99)	1.8% (FY99)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA%	NA%
Botswana	3.5% (FY01/02)	1.2% (FY99)
Brazil	1.9% (FY99)	1.9% (FY99)
Brunei	5.1% (FY98)	5.1% (FY98)
Bulgaria	2.7% (FY02)	2.4% (FY00)
Burkina Faso	1.4% (FY01)	2% (FY96)
Burma	2.1% (FY97/98)	2.1% (FY97/98)
Burundi	5.3% (FY01)	6.1% (FY97)
Cambodia	3% (FY01 est.)	3% (FY01 est.)
Cameroon	1.4% (FY98/99)	1.4% (FY98/99)
Canada	1.1% (FY01/02)	1.3% (FY00/01)
Cape Verde	1.6% (FY01)	1.8% (FY96)
Central African Republic	2.2% (FY96)	2.2% (FY96)
Chad	1.9% (FY01)	3.5% (FY96)
Chile	3.1% (FY99)	3.1% (FY99)
China	1.6% (2002); note - this is the officially announced figure, but actual defense spending is more likely between 3.5% to 5.0% of GDP for 2002	1.2% (FY99)
Colombia	3.4% (FY01)	3.4% (FY00)
Comoros	3% (FY01)	NA%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	4.6% (FY97)	4.6% (FY97)
Congo, Republic of the	2.8% (FY01)	3.8% (FY93)
Costa Rica	1.6% (FY99)	1.6% (FY99)
Cote d'Ivoire	1.3% (FY01)	1% (FY96)
Croatia	2.39% (2002 est.)	3.8% (2000)
Cuba	roughly 4% (FY95 est.)	roughly 4% (FY95 est.)
Cyprus	4.2% (FY00)	4.2% (FY00)
Czech Republic	2.1% (FY01)	2.2% (FY01)
Denmark	1.4% (FY99/00)	1.4% (FY99)
Djibouti	4.4% (FY01)	4.5% (FY97)
Dominica	NA%	NA%
Dominican Republic	1.1% (FY98)	1.1% (FY98)
East Timor	NA%	-
Ecuador	3.4% (FY98)	3.4% (FY98)
Egypt	4.1% (FY99/00)	4.1% (FY99/00)
El Salvador	0.7% (FY99)	0.7% (FY99)
Equatorial Guinea	2.5% (FY01)	0.6% (FY97/98)
Eritrea	19.8% (FY01)	29.4% (2000 est.)
Estonia	2% (2002 est.)	1.2% (FY99)
Ethiopia	12.6% (FY00)	2.5% (FY98/99)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA%	NA%
Faroe Islands	NA%	NA%
Fiji	2.2% (FY00)	1.1% (FY98)
Finland	2% (FY98/99)	2% (FY98)
France	2.57% (2002)	2.5% (FY97)
French Guiana	NA%	NA%
Gabon	2% (FY01)	1.6% (FY96)
Gambia, The	0.3% (FY01)	2% (FY96/97)
Gaza Strip	NA%	NA%
Georgia	0.59% (FY00)	0.59% (FY00)
Germany	1.38% (2002)	1.5% (FY98)
Ghana	0.7% (FY01)	0.7% (FY99)
Greece	4.91% (FY99/00 est.)	4.91% (FY99/00 est.)
Grenada	NA%	NA%
Guatemala	0.6% (FY99)	0.6% (FY99)
Guinea	3.3% (FY01)	1.4% (FY96)
Guinea-Bissau	2.8% (FY01)	2.8% (FY96)
Guyana	NA%	1.7% (FY94)
Haiti	1.3% (FY00)	NA%
Honduras	0.6% (FY99)	0.6% (FY99)
Hong Kong	NA%	NA%
Hungary	1.75% (2002 est.)	1.6% (FY00)
India	2.5% (FY01)	2.5% (FY00)
Indonesia	1.3% (FY98/99)	1.3% (FY98/99)
Iran	3.1% (FY00)	2.9% (FY98/99)
Iraq	NA%	NA%
Ireland	0.9% (FY00/01)	0.75% (2001 est.)
Israel	8.75% (FY02)	9.4% (FY99)
Italy	1.64% (2002)	1.7% (FY00/01)
Jamaica	NA%	NA%
Japan	1% (FY01)	0.96% (FY01)
Jordan	8.6% (FY01)	7.8% (FY98/99)
Kazakhstan	1% (Ministry of Defense expenditures) (FY01)	1.5% (FY99)
Kenya	1.8% (FY01)	1.9% (FY98/99)
Kiribati	NA%	NA%
Korea, North	31.3% (FY01)	25% to 33% (FY98 est.)
Korea, South	2.8% (FY00)	3.2% (FY98/99)
Kuwait	5.5% (FY01)	8.7% (FY00/01)
Kyrgyzstan	1.4% (FY01)	1% (FY99)
Laos	4.2% (FY96/97)	4.2% (FY96/97)
Latvia	1.2% (FY01)	0.9% (FY99)
Lebanon	4.8% (FY99/00)	4.8% (FY99/00)
Lesotho	NA%	NA%
Liberia	1.3% (FY01)	2% (FY98)
Libya	3.9% (FY99/00)	3.9% (FY99/00)
Lithuania	1.9% (FY01)	1.66% (FY00)
Luxembourg	0.8% (FY01/02)	1% (FY98/99)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	6% (FY01/02 est.)	2.17% (FY00/01)
Madagascar	1.2% (FY01)	1% (FY94)
Malawi	0.76% (FY00/01)	0.76% (FY00/01)
Malaysia	2.03% (FY00)	2.03% (FY00)
Maldives	8.6% (FY01)	NA%
Mali	2% (FY01)	2% (FY96)
Malta	1.7% (2000)	5.5% (FY98)
Marshall Islands	NA%	NA%
Mauritania	3.7% (FY01)	2.7% (FY97/98)
Mauritius	0.2% (FY01)	0.3% (FY97/98)
Mexico	1% (FY99)	1% (FY99)
Moldova	0.4% (FY01)	1% (FY99)
Mongolia	2.5% (FY01)	2.3% (FY01)
Morocco	4% (FY99/00)	4% (FY99/00)
Mozambique	1% (2000 est.)	1% (2000 est.)
Namibia	2.6% (FY97/98)	2.6% (FY97/98)
Nauru	NA%	NA%
Nepal	1% (FY01)	0.9% (FY96/97)
Netherlands	1.5% (FY00/01 est.)	1.5% (FY00/01 est.)
New Caledonia	5.3% (FY96)	5.3% (1996)
New Zealand	1.2% (FY2001/02)	1.1% (FY97/98)
Nicaragua	1.2% (FY98)	1.2% (FY98)
Niger	1.3% (FY01)	1.1% (FY96)
Nigeria	1% (FY01)	10% (FY00)
Norway	2.13% (2002)	2.1% (FY98)
Oman	12.2% (FY01)	13% (FY00)
Pakistan	4.6% (FY01)	3.9% (FY99/00)
Palau	NA%	NA%
Panama	1.3% (FY99)	1.3% (FY99)
Papua New Guinea	1% (FY98)	1% (FY98)
Paraguay	1.4% (FY98)	1.4% (FY98)
Peru	1.8% (FY01)	1.9% (FY00)
Philippines	1.5% (FY98)	1.5% (FY98)
Poland	1.71% (2002)	1.95% (FY00)
Portugal	2.2% (FY99/00)	2.6% (FY97)
Qatar	10% (FY00/01)	10% (FY00/01)
Romania	2.47% (2002)	2.2% (FY00)
Russia	NA%	NA%
Rwanda	3.1% (FY01)	3.2% (FY01)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA%	NA%
Saint Lucia	$NA	2% (FY91/92)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA%	NA%
Samoa	NA%	NA%
San Marino	NA%	NA%
Sao Tome and Principe	0.8% (FY01)	1.5% (FY94)
Saudi Arabia	13% (FY00)	13% (FY00)
Senegal	1.4% (FY02)	1.4% (FY97)
Serbia and Montenegro	NA%	-
Seychelles	1.8% (FY01)	2.8% (FY93)
Sierra Leone	1.5% (FY01)	2% (FY96/97)
Singapore	4.9% (FY01/02)	4.5% (FY00/01 est.)
Slovakia	1.89% (2002)	1.71% (FY00)
Slovenia	1.7% (FY00)	1.7% (FY00)
Solomon Islands	NA%	NA%
Somalia	0.9% (FY01)	NA%
South Africa	1.6% (FY01)	1.5% (FY99/00)
Spain	1.15% (2002)	1.1% (FY97)
Sri Lanka	4.2% (FY98)	4.2% (FY98)
Sudan	2.5% (1999)	NA%
Suriname	1.6% (FY97 est.)	1.6% (FY97 est.)
Swaziland	4.75% (FY00/01)	4.75% (FY00/01)
Sweden	2.1% (FY01)	2.1% (FY98)
Switzerland	1% (FY01)	1.2% (FY98)
Syria	5.9% (FY98)	5.9% (FY98)
Taiwan	2.8% (FY01)	2.8% (FY98/99)
Tajikistan	3.9% (FY01)	1.8% (FY97)
Tanzania	0.2% (FY01)	0.2% (FY98/99)
Thailand	1.4% (FY00)	1.4% (FY00)
Togo	1.8% (FY01)	2% (FY96)
Tonga	NA%	NA%
Trinidad and Tobago	1.4% (1999)	NA%
Tunisia	1.5% (FY99)	1.5% (FY99)
Turkey	4.5% (2002 est.)	5.6% (FY99)
Turkmenistan	3.4% (FY99)	3.4% (FY99)
Tuvalu	NA%	NA%
Uganda	2.1% (FY01)	1.9% (FY98/99)
Ukraine	1.4% (FY99)	1.4% (FY99)
United Arab Emirates	3.1% (FY00)	3.1% (FY00)
United Kingdom	2.32% (2002)	2.7% (FY97)
United States	3.2% (FY99 est.)	3.2% (FY99 est.)
Uruguay	1.1% (2000)	0.9% (FY98)
Uzbekistan	2% (FY97)	2% (FY97)
Vanuatu	NA%	NA%
Venezuela	0.9% (FY99)	0.9% (FY99)
Vietnam	2.5% (FY98)	2.5% (FY98)
West Bank	NA%	NA%
Western Sahara	NA%	NA%
World	roughly 2% of gross world product (1999 est.)	roughly 2% of gross world product (1999 est.)
Yemen	5.2% (FY01)	7.6% (FY99)
Yugoslavia	-	NA%
Zambia	0.9% (FY01)	1.8% (FY97)
Zimbabwe	3.8% (FY01)	3.1% (FY99/00)