Military expenditure as a share of GDP, 2004-2009 (table)
| Figures are shares (%) of gross domestic product (GDP). | ||||||||
| Countrya | Income groupb |
Military expenditure |
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|
Africa |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
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| Angola | Lower Middle | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.4 |
2.9 |
4.2 |
|
| Burundi | Low | 6.6 |
6.2 | 4.9 |
4.7 | 3.8 |
. . |
|
| Chad | Low | 1.1 | 0.9 |
. . |
5.5 |
7.1 |
6.2 | |
| Djibouti | Lower Middle | 5.6 |
6.3 |
[6.4] | 4.1 |
3.7 |
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|
| Mauritania | Low | 4.9 | 3.7 |
3.3 | . . |
3.4 |
3.8 | |
| Sudan | Lower Middle | 4.7 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
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| Zimbabwe | Low | 5.5 |
2.3 |
2.1 | . . |
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| Americas | ||||||||
| USA | High | 4.0 |
4.0 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
4.3 | 4.7 | |
| Asia | ||||||||
| Singapore | High | 4.6 |
4.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
3.9 | 4.3 | |
| Timor Leste | Lower Middle | 1.1 |
2.5 |
5.2 |
6.6 |
5.3 |
5.8 |
|
| Europe | ||||||||
| Armenia |
Lower Middle |
2.7 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
3.4 |
4.2 |
|
| Georgia | Lower Middle | 1.4 | 3.3 |
5.2 |
9.2 |
8.5 |
5.6 |
|
| Russia | Upper Middle | [3.8] | [3.7] | [3.6] | [3.5] | [3.5] | [4.3] | |
| Middle East | ||||||||
| Bahrain | High | 4.3 | 3.6 |
3.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.7 | |
| Iraq | Lower Middle | 1.9 |
2.6 |
2.7 | 2.9 | 5.3 |
5.4 | |
| Israel | High | 7.7 |
7.6 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 6.9 |
6.3 |
|
| Jordan | Lower Middle | 5.1 |
4.8 |
4.8 | 6.1 |
6.3 | 6.1 |
|
| Kuwait | High | 5.8 |
4.3 |
3.6 |
3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | |
| Lebanon | Upper-middle | 4.4 |
4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
4.1 |
|
| Oman | High | 12.1 | 11.8 |
11.0 | 10.3 | 7.7 |
9.7 |
|
| Saudi Arabia | High | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 9.2 |
8.0 |
11.2 | |
| Syria | Lower Middle | 5.6 |
5.1 | 4.4 |
4.1 | 3.8 |
4.0 |
|
| UAE | High | 7.4 | 5.6 |
5.1 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 7.3 |
|
| Yemen | Low | 4.7 |
4.3 |
3.6 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
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|
a Countries have been selected on the criterion that
the share of their military expenditure was known to be at least 4.0% in any of the years
2004–2009.
b Based on GNI per capita in 2008.
Sources:
Military expenditure as a share of GDP: SIPRI military expenditure database
Income group: World Development Indicators 2010.
