World Development Indicators

Military expenditures and arms transfers
Military expenditure				Arm forces personnel				Arms transfers (trend indicator values)
								Exports		Imports
% of GDP		% of central government expenditure		thousands		% of labor force		1990 $ millions		1990 $ millions
2010	2014	2010	2013	2010	2014	2010	2014	2010	2015	2010	2015

Afghanistan	1.9	1.3	3.7	2.8	307	309	4.4	3.7	..	..	377	74
Albania	1.6	1.3	..	..	15	9	1.2	0.7	0	..	15	7
Algeria	3.5	5.6	14.4	14.6	317	317	2.8	2.6	..	..	829	636
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	4.2	4.4	16.3	13.8	117	117	1.5	1.3	..	..	20	61
Antigua and Barbuda	..	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argentina	0.7	0.9	..	..	104	106	0.6	0.5	1	..	14	23
Armenia	4.3	3.9	18.5	16.8	56	49	3.8	3.1	..	..	52	16
Aruba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	2.0	1.8	7.3	6.5	57	57	0.5	0.5	115	113	1,507	1,574
Austria	0.8	0.8	2.4	2.2	26	23	0.6	0.5	48	14	7	2
Azerbaijan	2.8	4.6	13.4	21.0	82	82	1.8	1.7	..	..	146	285
Bahamas, The	..	..	..	..	1	1	0.4	0.6	..	0	1	22
Bahrain	3.3	4.4	16.8	16.0	19	19	2.7	2.6	..	..	103	10
Bangladesh	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	221	221	0.3	0.3	..	..	35	653
Barbados	..	..	..	..	1	1	0.4	0.4	..	..	10	..
Belarus	1.4	1.3	4.4	4.5	183	158	4.1	3.5	159	14	75	164
Belgium	1.1	1.0	3.7	3.3	36	38	0.7	0.8	9	10	32	49
Belize	1.1	1.0	4.3	4.3	1	1	0.8	0.7	..	..	..	..
Benin	1.0	1.0	7.5	7.4	7	9	0.2	0.2	..	..	0	2
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Bolivia	1.7	1.9	..	..	83	71	1.8	1.4	..	..	1	7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3	1.0	5.4	5.1	11	11	0.7	0.7	14	3	..	..
Botswana	2.7	2.4	8.2	7.6	11	11	1.0	0.9	4	4	10	8
Brazil	1.5	1.4	5.9	5.7	713	730	0.7	0.7	151	41	318	289
Brunei Darussalam	3.2	3.1	..	..	9	9	4.9	4.5	24	..	33	36
Bulgaria	1.8	1.5	6.1	4.9	65	47	1.9	1.4	4	8	8	3
Burkina Faso	1.4	1.6	11.6	9.6	11	11	0.2	0.1	..	..	0	6
Burundi	2.4	2.0	..	..	51	51	1.2	1.0	..	..	2	1
Cambodia	1.5	1.7	14.0	13.5	191	191	2.4	2.2	..	..	34	67
Cameroon	1.5	1.3	..	..	23	23	0.3	0.3	..	..	10	2
Canada	1.2	1.0	7.3	6.9	66	70	0.3	0.4	244	312	236	395
Cabo Verde	0.5	0.5	2.2	..	1	1	0.5	0.5	..	..	2	..
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	2.6	..	14.8	..	3	8	0.2	0.4	..	..	7	..
Chad	5.8	2.8	..	..	35	40	0.8	0.8	..	..	38	57
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	2.2	2.0	10.5	10.0	104	109	1.3	1.3	100	20	475	114
China	1.9	1.9	16.1	..	2,945	2,993	0.4	0.4	1,496	1,966	1,045	1,214
Hong Kong SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Macao SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Colombia	3.6	3.1	14.3	11.7	442	456	1.9	1.9	..	..	255	215
Comoros	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.9	1.0	10.2	..	159	134	0.6	0.5	..	..	151	1
Congo, Rep.	1.8	5.0	15.2	..	12	12	0.7	0.7	..	..	27	13
Costa Rica	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10	10	0.5	0.4	0	..	1	1
Cote d'Ivoire	1.6	1.5	10.5	10.1	19	25	0.2	0.3	..	..	..	6
Croatia	1.7	1.6	4.6	4.6	22	20	1.1	1.1	..	..	10	11
Cuba	3.3	3.5	..	..	76	76	1.4	1.4	..	..	..	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	1.9	1.5	5.7	4.8	13	13	2.2	2.1	..	..	44	..
Czech Republic	1.2	1.0	3.5	3.1	29	25	0.5	0.5	5	120	13	0
Denmark	1.4	1.2	3.3	3.0	19	17	0.6	0.6	8	15	17	0
Djibouti	3.6	..	..	..	13	13	4.6	4.2	..	..	6	7
Dominica	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	0.7	0.7	4.8	4.0	40	71	0.9	1.5	..	..	51	1
Ecuador	3.0	2.9	..	..	59	41	0.8	0.5	..	6	90	1
Egypt, Arab Rep.	2.1	1.7	7.1	5.7	836	836	3.1	2.8	..	22	686	1,475
El Salvador	0.9	0.9	5.6	5.3	33	42	1.3	1.5	..	..	2	20
Equatorial Guinea	3.6	1.1	52.2	..	1	1	0.3	0.3	..	..	3	92
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	202	202	8.8	8.1	..	..	..	..
Estonia	1.7	1.9	87.8	108.7	6	6	0.8	0.8	..	0	13	22
Ethiopia	1.1	0.7	9.1	10.3	138	138	0.3	0.3	..	..	54	30
Faeroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	1.6	1.0	..	..	4	4	1.0	1.0	..	..	..	..
Finland	1.4	1.3	4.9	4.9	25	25	0.9	0.9	58	16	50	228
France	2.3	2.2	9.3	9.6	342	312	1.1	1.0	898	2,013	103	34
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	1.9	1.1	..	..	7	7	1.2	1.0	..	..	22	3
Gambia, The	0.8	1.7	..	..	1	1	0.1	0.1	..	..	16	..
Georgia	3.9	2.5	14.8	12.2	32	32	1.6	1.6	..	..	2	1
Germany	1.4	1.2	8.4	9.3	251	179	0.6	0.4	2,745	2,049	324	129
Ghana	0.4	0.5	1.9	2.8	16	16	0.2	0.1	..	..	2	13
Greece	2.7	2.3	6.9	4.6	150	147	2.9	3.0	..	..	652	762
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	0.4	0.4	3.2	3.4	34	43	0.6	0.6	..	..	2	33
Guinea	3.0	3.8	..	..	19	12	0.4	0.2	..	..	4	5
Guinea-Bissau	2.0	2.1	..	..	6	6	0.9	0.8	..	..	..	..
Guyana	1.4	1.3	..	..	3	3	0.9	1.0	..	..	0	..
Haiti	0.0	0.0	..	..	0	0	0.0	0.0	..	..	..	..
Honduras	1.1	1.6	5.0	6.5	20	19	0.7	0.6	..	..	0	6
Hungary	1.0	0.9	3.1	2.6	35	39	0.8	0.9	..	41	18	7
Iceland	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.4	0	0	0.1	0.1	..	..	50	..
India	2.7	2.5	16.7	15.7	2,626	2,750	0.6	0.6	5	33	3,017	3,078
Indonesia	0.6	0.8	4.4	4.6	582	677	0.5	0.5	8	4	225	683
Iran, Islamic Rep.	2.9	2.3	15.4	..	563	563	2.2	2.1	45	43	103	13
Iraq	2.6	4.3	..	..	802	209	10.6	2.4	..	..	453	1,215
Ireland	0.6	0.5	0.9	1.3	10	9	0.5	0.4	25	13	5	41
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	6.2	5.9	17.6	16.4	185	185	5.8	4.9	686	710	67	617
Italy	1.7	1.5	5.8	5.3	359	357	1.5	1.4	516	570	115	596
Jamaica	0.9	0.9	2.5	3.0	3	3	0.2	0.3	..	..	1	2
Japan	1.0	1.0	5.5	5.2	260	260	0.4	0.4	..	..	426	310
Jordan	5.9	4.3	23.3	16.1	111	116	6.8	6.5	113	18	87	198
Kazakhstan	1.0	1.1	..	..	81	71	0.9	0.8	..	..	58	419
Kenya	1.6	1.3	8.6	8.5	29	29	0.2	0.2	..	..	112	30
Kiribati	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Dem. Rep.	..	..	..	..	1,379	1,379	9.3	9.0	20	1	1	..
Korea, Rep.	2.6	2.6	14.0	13.6	660	633	2.6	2.4	197	105	1,250	245
Kosovo	0.7	0.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Kuwait	3.8	3.6	..	..	23	23	1.4	1.1	..	..	85	366
Kyrgyz Republic	3.8	3.4	18.2	14.0	20	20	0.8	0.7	14	..	..	..
Lao PDR	0.2	0.2	2.0	1.8	129	129	4.2	3.8	..	..	14	7
Latvia	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.1	5	5	0.4	0.5	..	..	14	1
Lebanon	4.2	5.0	16.0	15.5	79	80	5.1	4.8	..	..	64	50
Lesotho	3.2	2.2	3.3	..	2	2	0.2	0.2	..	..	..	..
Liberia	0.7	0.7	..	..	2	2	0.1	0.1	..	..	..	..
Libya	3.6	8.0	..	..	76	0	3.2	0.0	28	..	24	44
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	0.9	0.9	3.6	3.6	25	27	1.6	1.8	..	..	8	21
Luxembourg	0.5	0.4	1.3	1.1	2	2	0.6	0.6	..	..	7	..
Macedonia, FYR	1.4	1.1	4.6	4.2	8	8	0.9	0.8	..	..	..	1
Madagascar	0.7	0.7	7.2	7.5	22	22	0.2	0.2	..	..	0	0
Malawi	0.9	1.3	..	..	5	7	0.1	0.1	..	..	1	2
Malaysia	1.5	1.5	8.3	6.8	134	134	1.1	1.0	0	..	421	190
Maldives	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	5
Mali	1.6	1.8	10.8	8.8	12	14	0.2	0.2	..	..	10	6
Malta	0.7	0.6	1.7	1.3	2	2	1.2	1.1	..	5	8	12
Marshall Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritania	3.1	2.9	..	..	21	21	1.8	1.6	..	..	9	5
Mauritius	0.2	0.3	0.7	0.9	2	3	0.3	0.4	..	..	..	45
Mexico	0.6	0.7	..	..	332	336	0.7	0.6	..	..	112	500
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Moldova	0.3	0.3	0.9	1.0	8	8	0.6	0.6	11	..	..	..
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	0.8	0.9	3.3	3.6	17	18	1.4	1.3	..	..	27	13
Montenegro	1.8	1.5	..	..	13	12	5.2	4.8	18	..	..	..
Morocco	3.4	3.7	12.7	11.5	246	246	2.1	2.0	..	..	306	42
Mozambique	1.0	1.0	4.4	3.7	11	11	0.1	0.1	..	..	0	12
Myanmar	4.0	3.7	..	..	513	513	1.8	1.7	..	..	63	320
Namibia	3.5	4.2	12.3	10.2	15	15	1.8	1.7	..	..	1	2
Nepal	1.6	1.6	10.0	10.1	158	158	1.1	1.0	..	..	3	14
Netherlands	1.3	1.2	4.6	4.5	43	42	0.5	0.5	389	444	193	86
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	1.3	1.1	2.9	3.5	10	9	0.4	0.3	75	7	58	56
Nicaragua	0.5	0.7	3.4	4.4	12	12	0.5	0.5	..	..	14	..
Niger	1.2	1.0	..	..	11	11	0.2	0.2	..	..	0	9
Nigeria	0.5	0.4	9.0	9.8	162	162	0.3	0.3	..	..	186	188
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	1.5	1.5	4.4	4.1	24	26	0.9	0.9	159	155	159	143
Oman	8.3	13.4	34.8	44.3	47	47	3.6	2.1	..	..	30	148
Pakistan	3.4	3.5	19.6	19.5	946	926	1.6	1.4	1	..	2,176	735
Palau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Panama	0.0	0.0	..	..	12	12	0.7	0.7	..	..	7	30
Papua New Guinea	0.5	0.7	..	..	3	2	0.1	0.1	..	..	..	3
Paraguay	1.1	1.4	6.7	6.5	25	25	0.9	0.8	..	..	3	0
Peru	1.3	1.4	7.4	6.9	192	158	1.2	0.9	..	..	46	169
Philippines	1.2	1.1	7.2	7.1	166	166	0.4	0.4	..	..	3	158
Poland	1.8	1.9	7.2	7.8	121	173	0.7	0.9	28	14	158	131
Portugal	2.0	1.8	5.4	5.6	90	78	1.6	1.5	0	7	892	11
Puerto Rico	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Qatar	1.5	..	8.0	..	12	12	0.9	0.7	..	..	30	655
Romania	1.2	1.4	4.6	5.5	154	151	1.6	1.6	1	2	105	22
Russian Federation	3.9	4.6	17.6	21.7	1,430	1,287	1.9	1.7	6,172	5,483	22	201
Rwanda	1.3	1.2	8.5	8.4	35	35	0.7	0.6	..	..	11	7
Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
San Marino	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sao Tome and Principe	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Saudi Arabia	8.6	10.7	..	..	249	252	2.5	2.1	1	..	1,070	3,161
Senegal	1.5	1.5	9.7	8.2	19	19	0.3	0.3	..	..	4	11
Serbia	2.2	2.1	5.7	5.3	29	28	0.9	0.9	31	19	16	..
Seychelles	0.7	2.4	2.4	3.4	1	1	..	..	..	..	8	16
Sierra Leone	1.0	1.0	..	..	11	9	0.5	0.3	..	..	2	1
Singapore	3.4	3.1	27.2	25.1	148	148	5.2	4.7	24	48	1,020	98
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	1.3	1.0	5.4	4.5	16	16	0.6	0.6	4	5	9	6
Slovenia	1.6	1.0	3.9	2.8	12	14	1.2	1.3	..	..	40	..
Solomon Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Somalia	..	0.0	..	..	2	17	0.1	0.5	..	..	..	0
South Africa	1.1	1.1	3.6	3.6	77	82	0.4	0.4	235	39	180	50
South Sudan	4.1	9.8	..	..	140	185	..	..	..	..	61	22
Spain	1.4	1.2	7.0	5.6	223	200	0.9	0.9	263	1,279	290	153
Sri Lanka	2.7	2.6	16.0	13.8	223	223	2.6	2.6	..	..	5	5
St. Kitts and Nevis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Lucia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sudan	..	..	..	..	127	264	1.1	2.1	..	11	182	27
Suriname	..	..	..	..	2	2	0.9	0.9	..	..	..	3
Swaziland	2.9	1.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sweden	1.2	1.1	4.0	3.8	21	31	0.4	0.6	658	186	51	43
Switzerland	0.7	0.7	7.2	7.0	25	21	0.6	0.4	239	369	47	2
Syrian Arab Republic	..	..	22.9	..	403	281	6.9	4.6	20	..	298	15
Tajikistan	1.0	1.1	..	..	16	16	0.5	0.4	..	..	32	3
Tanzania	0.9	1.0	5.1	5.3	28	28	0.1	0.1	..	..	78	20
Thailand	1.5	1.4	8.5	7.5	420	454	1.1	1.1	..	..	49	185
Timor-Leste	2.8	2.1	..	..	1	1	0.6	0.5	..	..	18	..
Togo	1.8	1.8	12.4	7.8	9	9	0.3	0.3	..	..	1	16
Tonga	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5
Trinidad and Tobago	0.7	0.7	2.1	..	4	4	0.6	0.6	..	..	24	46
Tunisia	1.3	1.9	4.6	4.3	48	48	1.3	1.2	..	..	7	6
Turkey	2.5	2.2	9.5	8.9	613	613	2.4	2.2	72	291	484	448
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	22	37	1.0	1.6	..	..	14	122
Turks and Caicos Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	3.2	1.2	23.3	12.3	47	47	0.4	0.3	..	..	37	3
Ukraine	2.7	3.1	6.7	5.7	215	204	0.9	0.9	470	323	..	10
United Arab Emirates	6.1	5.7	124.4	160.1	51	63	0.9	1.0	39	63	605	1,289
United Kingdom	2.4	2.0	5.5	5.1	174	155	0.5	0.5	1,151	1,214	511	382
United States	4.7	3.5	28.3	27.6	1,569	1,381	1.0	0.9	8,098	10,484	1,111	565
Uruguay	2.0	1.5	6.6	5.8	25	25	1.5	1.4	..	..	20	8
Uzbekistan	..	..	..	..	87	68	0.7	0.5	209	34	..	62
Vanuatu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Venezuela, RB	0.9	1.4	..	..	115	265	0.9	1.9	40	..	208	162
Vietnam	2.3	2.3	..	..	522	522	1.0	1.0	..	..	184	870
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	..	..	..	..	56	56	6.3	5.8	..	..	6	..
Yemen, Rep.	4.7	4.6	..	..	138	20	2.1	0.3	..	..	258	12
Zambia	1.4	1.6	10.1	8.5	17	17	0.3	0.2	..	..	1	24
Zimbabwe	1.0	2.6	..	..	51	51	0.7	0.7	..	..	..	..
World	2.5	2.3	12.9	13.1	28,134	27,310	0.9	0.8	..	..	25,873	28,386
East Asia & Pacific	1.6	1.7	..	..	8,455	8,527	0.7	0.7	..	2,247	6,461	6,645
Europe & Central Asia	1.9	1.8	7.4	8.1	5,243	4,906	1.2	1.1	14,335	14,629	4,687	4,258
Latin America & Caribbean	1.3	1.3	..	..	2,445	2,622	0.9	0.9	..	41	1,618	1,601
Middle East & North Africa	4.8	5.9	..	..	4,199	3,329	3.3	2.3	..	818	5,111	9,934
North America	4.3	3.3	25.7	24.8	1,635	1,451	0.9	0.8	8,342	10,796	1,347	960
South Asia	2.6	2.4	16.3	15.8	4,480	4,586	0.7	0.7	5	53	5,615	4,555
Sub-Saharan Africa	1.3	1.1	7.1	7.0	1,677	1,887	0.5	0.4	..	39	1,034	433
Low income	1.7	1.6	..	..	3,054	3,097	1.2	1.1	..	..	1,195	156
Lower middle income	1.9	1.8	11.8	11.0	8,670	8,702	0.8	0.7	..	..	7,865	8,460
Upper middle income	1.8	1.8	11.2	..	8,848	8,314	0.7	0.7	1,584	2,388	5,033	6,483
High income	2.8	2.5	13.6	13.9	7,562	7,197	1.1	1.0	22,775	25,799	12,276	13,287

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