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Military expenditure as a share of GDP, 2004-2009 (table)

Figures are shares (%) of gross domestic product (GDP).
Countrya Income groupb

Military expenditure

Africa

  2004 

 2005

  2006

  2007

  2008

  2009

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
. .
Mauritania Low 4.9 3.7
3.3 . .
3.4
3.8
Sudan Lower Middle 4.7
3.3
3.4
. .
. . . .
Zimbabwe Low 5.5
2.3
2.1 . .
. . . .
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
. .
 

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.

SIPRI Database on Military Expenditure

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