Military Expenditure, by Country

The latest figure available in a published report (the US census for 2004, not newspaper and other reports) shows that the US military expenditure in 2003 was close to $400 billion. See: http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/04statab/defense.pdf    but much more than that, currently.

The US certainly has the dubious distinction of being #1, but we cannot show the US military spending here on a bar chart. It would be quite literally off-the-chart.

US Spends more on the military than the next 19 countries combined, among the largest spenders. Source: The Telegraph, UK. "Defense Spending: The World's Biggest Armies in Stats." 

Military Statistics > Expenditures > Dollar figure (2003-04) by country

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Rank	Countries	Amount	Date
# 1	China:	$67,490,000,000.00	2004
# 2	Japan:	$45,841,000,000.00	2004
# 3	France:	$45,238,100,000.00	2003
# 4	United Kingdom:	$42,836,500,000.00	2003
# 5	Germany:	$35,063,000,000.00	2003
# 6	Italy:	$28,182,800,000.00	2003
# 7	Saudi Arabia:	$18,000,000,000.00	2002
# 8	Australia:	$16,650,000,000.00	2004
# 9	Korea, South:	$14,522,000,000.00	2003
# 10	India:	$14,018,800,000.00	2003
# 11	Turkey:	$12,155,000,000.00	2003
# 12	Brazil:	$11,000,000,000.00	2004
# 13	Spain:	$9,906,500,000.00	2003
# 14	Canada:	$9,801,700,000.00	2003
# 15	Netherlands:	$9,408,000,000.00	2004
# 16	Israel:	$9,110,000,000.00	2003
# 17	Taiwan:	$7,574,000,000.00	2003
# 18	Mexico:	$6,043,000,000.00	2004
# 19	Greece:	$5,890,000,000.00	2004
# 20	Sweden:	$5,729,000,000.00	2004
# 21	Korea, North:	$5,217,400,000.00	2002
= 22	Argentina:	$4,300,000,000.00	1999
= 22	Iran:	$4,300,000,000.00	2003
# 24	Norway:	$4,033,500,000.00	2003
# 25	Belgium:	$3,999,000,000.00	2003
# 26	Pakistan:	$3,848,000,000.00	2004
# 27	Poland:	$3,500,000,000.00	2002
# 28	Portugal:	$3,497,800,000.00	2003
# 29	Chile:	$3,420,000,000.00	2004
# 30	Colombia:	$3,300,000,000.00	2001
# 31	Denmark:	$3,271,600,000.00	2003
# 32	South Africa:	$3,172,000,000.00	2004
# 33	Kuwait:	$2,584,500,000.00	2004
# 34	Switzerland:	$2,548,000,000.00	2001
# 35	Algeria:	$2,480,000,000.00	2004
# 36	Egypt:	$2,440,000,000.00	2003
# 37	Morocco:	$2,305,600,000.00	2003
# 38	Czech Republic:	$2,170,000,000.00	2004
# 39	Finland:	$1,800,000,000.00	1998
# 40	Malaysia:	$1,690,000,000.00	2000
# 41	Venezuela:	$1,687,000,000.00	2004
# 42	United Arab Emirates:	$1,600,000,000.00	2000
# 43	Austria:	$1,497,000,000.00	2001
# 44	Jordan:	$1,460,000,000.00	2004
= 45	Libya:	$1,300,000,000.00	1999
= 45	Indonesia:	$1,300,000,000.00	2004
= 45	Iraq:	$1,300,000,000.00	2000
# 48	Hungary:	$1,080,000,000.00	2002
# 49	Bangladesh:	$995,300,000.00	2004
# 50	Romania:	$985,000,000.00	2002
# 51	Yemen:	$885,500,000.00	2003
# 52	Syria:	$858,000,000.00	2000
# 53	Peru:	$829,300,000.00	2003
# 54	Philippines:	$805,500,000.00	2004
# 55	Ireland:	$700,000,000.00	2000
# 56	Ecuador:	$655,000,000.00	2004
# 57	Serbia and Montenegro:	$654,000,000.00	2002
# 58	Vietnam:	$650,000,000.00	1998
# 59	Bahrain:	$628,900,000.00	2004
# 60	Croatia:	$620,000,000.00	2004
# 61	Ukraine:	$617,900,000.00	2002
# 62	Sudan:	$587,000,000.00	2001
# 63	Cuba:	$572,300,000.00	2003
# 64	Nigeria:	$544,600,000.00	2004
# 65	Lebanon:	$540,600,000.00	2002
# 66	Sri Lanka:	$514,800,000.00	2004
# 67	Slovakia:	$406,000,000.00	2002
# 68	Cyprus:	$384,000,000.00	2002
# 69	Slovenia:	$370,000,000.00	2000
= 70	Bulgaria:	$356,000,000.00	2002
= 70	Tunisia:	$356,000,000.00	1999
# 72	Botswana:	$338,500,000.00	2004
# 73	Ethiopia:	$337,100,000.00	2004
# 74	Brunei:	$290,700,000.00	2004
# 75	Uruguay:	$257,500,000.00	2004
# 76	Oman:	$252,990,000.00	2004
# 77	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	$234,300,000.00	2002
# 78	Luxembourg:	$231,600,000.00	2003
# 79	Lithuania:	$230,800,000.00	2001
# 80	Kazakhstan:	$221,800,000.00	2002
# 81	Cameroon:	$221,100,000.00	2004
# 82	Zimbabwe:	$217,000,000.00	2004
# 83	Guatemala:	$201,900,000.00	2004
# 84	Macedonia, Republic of:	$200,000,000.00	2001
# 85	Afghanistan:	$188,400,000.00	2004
# 86	Gabon:	$184,800,000.00	2004
# 87	Angola:	$183,580,000.00	2004
# 88	Côte d'Ivoire:	$180,200,000.00	2004
# 89	Dominican Republic:	$180,000,000.00	1998
# 90	Kenya:	$177,100,000.00	2004
# 91	Belarus:	$176,100,000.00	2002
# 92	Uganda:	$170,300,000.00	2004
# 93	Namibia:	$168,400,000.00	2004
# 94	El Salvador:	$157,000,000.00	2003
# 95	Estonia:	$155,000,000.00	2002
# 96	Eritrea:	$151,000,000.00	2004
# 97	Panama:	$147,000,000.00	2004
# 98	Armenia:	$135,000,000.00	2001
# 99	Bolivia:	$132,200,000.00	2004
# 100	Congo, Republic of the:	$126,500,000.00	2004
# 101	Equatorial Guinea:	$126,200,000.00	2004
# 102	Azerbaijan:	$121,000,000.00	1999
# 103	Mozambique:	$117,300,000.00	2004
# 104	Cambodia:	$112,000,000.00	2001
# 105	Senegal:	$107,300,000.00	2004
# 106	Zambia:	$106,800,000.00	2004
# 107	Chad:	$101,300,000.00	2004
# 108	Honduras:	$100,600,000.00	2004
# 109	Nepal:	$99,200,000.00	2004
# 110	Benin:	$96,500,000.00	2004
# 111	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	$93,500,000.00	2004
# 112	Turkmenistan:	$90,000,000.00	1999
# 113	Latvia:	$87,000,000.00	2001
# 114	Trinidad and Tobago:	$66,700,000.00	2003
= 115	Costa Rica:	$64,200,000.00	2004
= 115	Burkina Faso:	$64,200,000.00	2004
# 117	Guinea:	$56,700,000.00	2004
# 118	Albania:	$56,500,000.00	2002
# 119	Paraguay:	$53,100,000.00	2004
# 120	Rwanda:	$50,100,000.00	2004
# 121	Ghana:	$49,200,000.00	2004
# 122	Madagascar:	$44,600,000.00	2004
# 123	Maldives:	$41,100,000.00	2004
# 124	Swaziland:	$40,500,000.00	2004
# 125	Burundi:	$38,700,000.00	2004
# 126	Fiji:	$36,000,000.00	2004
# 127	Togo:	$35,500,000.00	2004
# 128	Tajikistan:	$35,400,000.00	2001
# 129	Niger:	$33,300,000.00	2004
# 130	Nicaragua:	$32,800,000.00	2004
# 131	Lesotho:	$32,300,000.00	2004
# 132	Jamaica:	$31,200,000.00	2003
# 133	Malta:	$31,100,000.00	2004
# 134	Djibouti:	$28,600,000.00	2004
# 135	Haiti:	$26,000,000.00	2003
# 136	Mongolia:	$23,100,000.00	2002
# 137	Georgia:	$23,000,000.00	2000
# 138	Mali:	$22,400,000.00	2004
# 139	Mauritania:	$20,800,000.00	2004
# 140	Tanzania:	$20,600,000.00	2004
# 141	Kyrgyzstan:	$19,200,000.00	2001
# 142	Somalia:	$18,900,000.00	2003
# 143	Belize:	$18,000,000.00	2003
# 144	Papua New Guinea:	$16,900,000.00	2003
# 145	Central African Republic:	$15,500,000.00	2004
# 146	Cape Verde:	$14,100,000.00	2004
# 147	Bhutan:	$13,700,000.00	2004
# 148	Sierra Leone:	$13,200,000.00	2004
# 149	Mauritius:	$12,500,000.00	2004
# 150	Seychelles:	$12,300,000.00	2004
# 151	Comoros:	$11,600,000.00	2004
# 152	Malawi:	$11,100,000.00	2004
# 153	Laos:	$10,700,000.00	2004
# 154	Guinea-Bissau:	$8,900,000.00	2004
# 155	Moldova:	$8,700,000.00	2004
# 156	Suriname:	$7,500,000.00	2003
# 157	Guyana:	$6,500,000.00	2003
# 158	Bermuda:	$4,028,000.00	2002
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