**JP** List of countries by military expenditures

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is a list of countries by military expenditures. The first list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) database which gives military expenditures in 2010 (in constant 2009 US$). The second list is based on the SIPRI Yearbook 2010 which includes a list on the world's top 15 military spenders in 2009 at current exchange rates SIPRI Military Expenditure Database This list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database for 2010 (in constant 2009 US$). It also includes military expenditure data as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2009.[1] The world's top 5 largest military budgets in 2010. Figures sourced from SIPRI[1] Military spending Military spending as percentage of GDP Rank Country Military expenditure, 2010[2]  % of GDP, 2009 1 United States 687,105,000,000 4.7% 2 People's Republic of China 114,300,000,000 2.2% 3 France 61,285,000,000 2.5% 4 United Kingdom 57,424,000,000 2.7% 5 Russia 52,586,000,000 4.3% 6 Japan 51,420,000,000 1.0% 7 Germany 46,848,000,000 1.4% 8 Saudi Arabia 42,917,000,000 11.2% 9 Italy 38,198,000,000 1.8% 10 India 34,816,000,000 2.8% 11 Brazil 28,096,000,000 1.6% 12 South Korea 24,270,000,000 2.9% 13 Canada 20,164,000,000 1.5% 14 Australia 19,799,000,000 1.9% 15 Spain 15,803,000,000 1.1% 16 United Arab Emirates 15,749,000,000 7.3% 17 Turkey 15,634,000,000 2.7% 18 Israel 13,001,000,000 6.3% 19 Netherlands 11,604,000,000 1.5% 20 Greece 9,369,000,000 3.2% 21 Colombia 9,191,000,000 3.7% 22 Republic of China (Taiwan) 8,535,000,000 2.4% 23 Poland 8,380,000,000 1.8% 24 Singapore 7,651,000,000 4.3% 25 Iran 7,044,000,000