Military Expenditures (% of GDP) 2007
Military Expenditures as a percentage of GDP highlights national defense spending. Compare countries, explore rankings, and view trends.
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1 |  Antigua and Barbuda | NaN % of GDP |
2 |  Burundi | 5.9 % of GDP |
3 |  Angola | 5.7 % of GDP |
4 |  Bahrain | 4.5 % of GDP |
5 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.5 % of GDP |
6 |  Brunei Darussalam | 4.5 % of GDP |
7 |  China | 4.3 % of GDP |
8 |  Chad | 4.2 % of GDP |
9 |  Cuba | 3.8 % of GDP |
10 |  Cyprus | 3.8 % of GDP |
11 |  Djibouti | 3.8 % of GDP |
12 |  Colombia | 3.4 % of GDP |
13 |  Algeria | 3.3 % of GDP |
14 |  Botswana | 3.3 % of GDP |
15 |  United Arab Emirates | 3.1 % of GDP |
16 |  Congo | 3.1 % of GDP |
17 |  Solomon Islands | 3 % of GDP |
18 |  Cambodia | 3 % of GDP |
19 |  Comoros | 2.8 % of GDP |
20 |  Chile | 2.7 % of GDP |
21 |  Azerbaijan | 2.6 % of GDP |
22 |  Brazil | 2.6 % of GDP |
23 |  Bulgaria | 2.6 % of GDP |
24 |  Sri Lanka | 2.6 % of GDP |
25 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 2.5 % of GDP |
26 |  Australia | 2.4 % of GDP |
27 |  Myanmar | 2.1 % of GDP |
28 |  Afghanistan | 1.9 % of GDP |
29 |  Bolivia | 1.9 % of GDP |
30 |  Benin | 1.7 % of GDP |
31 |  Bangladesh | 1.5 % of GDP |
32 |  Denmark | 1.5 % of GDP |
33 |  Albania | 1.49 % of GDP |
34 |  Belize | 1.4 % of GDP |
35 |  Belarus | 1.4 % of GDP |
36 |  Argentina | 1.3 % of GDP |
37 |  Belgium | 1.3 % of GDP |
38 |  Cameroon | 1.3 % of GDP |
39 |  Canada | 1.1 % of GDP |
40 |  Central African Republic | 1.1 % of GDP |
41 |  Bhutan | 1 % of GDP |
42 |  Austria | 0.9 % of GDP |
43 |  Cabo Verde | 0.7 % of GDP |
44 |  Barbados | 0.5 % of GDP |
45 |  Bahamas | 0.5 % of GDP |
46 |  Costa Rica | 0.4 % of GDP |
47 |  Bermuda | 0.11 % of GDP |
48 |  Dominica | NaN % of GDP |
49 |  Iraq | 8.6 % of GDP |
50 |  Jordan | 8.6 % of GDP |
51 |  Israel | 7.3 % of GDP |
52 |  Eritrea | 6.3 % of GDP |
53 |  Kuwait | 5.3 % of GDP |
54 |  El Salvador | 5 % of GDP |
55 |  Greece | 4.3 % of GDP |
56 |  Egypt | 3.4 % of GDP |
57 |  Gabon | 3.4 % of GDP |
58 |  Ethiopia | 3 % of GDP |
59 |  Indonesia | 3 % of GDP |
60 |  Ecuador | 2.8 % of GDP |
61 |  Kenya | 2.8 % of GDP |
62 |  South Korea | 2.7 % of GDP |
63 |  France | 2.6 % of GDP |
64 |  India | 2.5 % of GDP |
65 |  Iran | 2.5 % of GDP |
66 |  Croatia | 2.39 % of GDP |
67 |  Fiji | 2.2 % of GDP |
68 |  Estonia | 2 % of GDP |
69 |  Finland | 2 % of GDP |
70 |  Czech Republic | 1.81 % of GDP |
71 |  Guyana | 1.8 % of GDP |
72 |  Italy | 1.8 % of GDP |
73 |  Hungary | 1.75 % of GDP |
74 |  Guinea | 1.7 % of GDP |
75 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 1.6 % of GDP |
76 |  Germany | 1.5 % of GDP |
77 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1.4 % of GDP |
78 |  Ireland | 0.9 % of GDP |
79 |  Dominican Republic | 0.8 % of GDP |
80 |  Ghana | 0.8 % of GDP |
81 |  Japan | 0.8 % of GDP |
82 |  Honduras | 0.6 % of GDP |
83 |  Georgia | 0.59 % of GDP |
84 |  Haiti | 0.4 % of GDP |
85 |  Equatorial Guinea | 0.1 % of GDP |
86 |  Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | NaN % of GDP |
87 |  Faroe Islands | NaN % of GDP |
88 |  Gambia | 0.5 % of GDP |
89 |  Grenada | NaN % of GDP |
90 |  Jamaica | 0.6 % of GDP |
91 |  Guatemala | 0.4 % of GDP |
92 |  Iceland | 0 % of GDP |
93 |  North Korea | NaN % of GDP |
94 |  Kiribati | NaN % of GDP |
95 |  Oman | 11.4 % of GDP |
96 |  Qatar | 10 % of GDP |
97 |  North Macedonia | 6 % of GDP |
98 |  Mauritania | 5.5 % of GDP |
99 |  Maldives | 5.5 % of GDP |
100 |  Morocco | 5 % of GDP |
101 |  Libya | 3.9 % of GDP |
102 |  Pakistan | 3.2 % of GDP |
103 |  Lebanon | 3.1 % of GDP |
104 |  Guinea-Bissau | 3.1 % of GDP |
105 |  Lesotho | 2.6 % of GDP |
106 |  Romania | 2.47 % of GDP |
107 |  Portugal | 2.3 % of GDP |
108 |  Malaysia | 2.03 % of GDP |
109 |  Mali | 1.9 % of GDP |
110 |  Norway | 1.9 % of GDP |
111 |  Slovakia | 1.87 % of GDP |
112 |  Poland | 1.71 % of GDP |
113 |  Netherlands | 1.6 % of GDP |
114 |  Nepal | 1.6 % of GDP |
115 |  Nigeria | 1.5 % of GDP |
116 |  Peru | 1.5 % of GDP |
117 |  Mongolia | 1.4 % of GDP |
118 |  Papua New Guinea | 1.4 % of GDP |
119 |  Liberia | 1.3 % of GDP |
120 |  Malawi | 1.3 % of GDP |
121 |  Niger | 1.3 % of GDP |
122 |  Latvia | 1.2 % of GDP |
123 |  Lithuania | 1.2 % of GDP |
124 |  Madagascar | 1 % of GDP |
125 |  New Zealand | 1 % of GDP |
126 |  Paraguay | 1 % of GDP |
127 |  Panama | 1 % of GDP |
128 |  Kazakhstan | 0.9 % of GDP |
129 |  Luxembourg | 0.9 % of GDP |
130 |  Philippines | 0.9 % of GDP |
131 |  Mozambique | 0.8 % of GDP |
132 |  Malta | 0.7 % of GDP |
133 |  Suriname | 0.6 % of GDP |
134 |  Nicaragua | 0.6 % of GDP |
135 |  Laos | 0.5 % of GDP |
136 |  Mexico | 0.5 % of GDP |
137 |  Republic of Moldova | 0.4 % of GDP |
138 |  Mauritius | 0.3 % of GDP |
139 |  New Caledonia | NaN % of GDP |
140 |  Vanuatu | NaN % of GDP |
141 |  Nauru | NaN % of GDP |
142 |  Russia | NaN % of GDP |
143 |  Saudi Arabia | 10 % of GDP |
144 |  Yemen | 6.6 % of GDP |
145 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 5.9 % of GDP |
146 |  Singapore | 4.9 % of GDP |
147 |  Eswatini | 4.7 % of GDP |
148 |  United States | 4.06 % of GDP |
149 |  Tajikistan | 3.9 % of GDP |
150 |  Zimbabwe | 3.8 % of GDP |
151 |  Rwanda | 2.9 % of GDP |
152 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | NaN % of GDP |
153 |  Turkey | 5.3 % of GDP |
154 |  Namibia | 3.7 % of GDP |
155 |  Turkmenistan | 3.4 % of GDP |
156 |  Vietnam | 2.5 % of GDP |
157 |  United Kingdom | 2.4 % of GDP |
158 |  Sierra Leone | 2.3 % of GDP |
159 |  Taiwan | 2.2 % of GDP |
160 |  Uganda | 2.2 % of GDP |
161 |  Seychelles | 2 % of GDP |
162 |  Uzbekistan | 2 % of GDP |
163 |  Thailand | 1.8 % of GDP |
164 |  Zambia | 1.8 % of GDP |
165 |  South Africa | 1.7 % of GDP |
166 |  Slovenia | 1.7 % of GDP |
167 |  Togo | 1.6 % of GDP |
168 |  Uruguay | 1.6 % of GDP |
169 |  Sweden | 1.5 % of GDP |
170 |  Senegal | 1.4 % of GDP |
171 |  San Marino | NaN % of GDP |
172 |  Tunisia | 1.4 % of GDP |
173 |  Ukraine | 1.4 % of GDP |
174 |  Spain | 1.2 % of GDP |
175 |  Burkina Faso | 1.2 % of GDP |
176 |  Venezuela | 1.2 % of GDP |
177 |  Switzerland | 1 % of GDP |
178 |  Somalia | 0.9 % of GDP |
179 |  Saint Lucia | NaN % of GDP |
180 |  Tonga | 0.9 % of GDP |
181 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 0.8 % of GDP |
182 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 0.3 % of GDP |
183 |  Timor-Leste | NaN % of GDP |
184 |  Tuvalu | NaN % of GDP |
185 |  Tanzania | 0.2 % of GDP |
186 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | NaN % of GDP |
187 |  Samoa | NaN % of GDP |
- #1Antigua and Barbuda
- #2Burundi
- #3Angola
- #4Bahrain
- #5Bosnia and Herzegovina
- #6Brunei Darussalam
- #7China
- #8Chad
- #9Cuba
- #10Cyprus
Analysis: These countries represent the highest values in this dataset, showcasing significant scale and impact on global statistics.
- #187Samoa
- #186Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- #185Tanzania
- #184Tuvalu
- #183Timor-Leste
- #182Trinidad and Tobago
- #181Sao Tome and Principe
- #180Tonga
- #179Saint Lucia
- #178Somalia
Context: These countries or territories have the lowest values, often due to geographic size, administrative status, or specific characteristics.
Analysis & Context
In 2007, Oman led the world in Military Expenditures (% of GDP) with a staggering 11.40%. Globally, military spending as a percentage of GDP ranged from 0.00% to 11.40%, highlighting significant disparities in national defense priorities. The global average for military expenditures was 2.45%, with a median value of 1.87%, reflecting a moderate level of military investment worldwide.
High Military Expenditures in the Middle East
The prominence of Middle Eastern nations in the top ranks of military expenditures is notable. Oman at 11.4%, along with Qatar and Saudi Arabia both at 10.0%, underscores the region's strategic focus on defense. This pattern can largely be attributed to geopolitical tensions, energy resource protection, and the need for robust armed forces in a historically volatile area. For instance, Saudi Arabia has consistently prioritized significant military spending to safeguard its oil infrastructure and regional influence.
Other countries in the region, such as Jordan and Iraq, both at 8.6%, reflect similar security concerns, exacerbated by ongoing regional conflicts and political instability. The high percentage of GDP dedicated to military expenditures in these countries highlights the importance placed on maintaining security and stability in a challenging geopolitical landscape.
Minimal Military Spending in Peaceful Regions
In stark contrast, countries such as Iceland, with 0.00%, and Equatorial Guinea, with 0.10%, represent the lower end of the spectrum. Iceland, for instance, has no standing military and relies on NATO for defense, which explains its negligible military expenditure. Similarly, countries like Trinidad and Tobago and Mauritius maintain low military spending, at 0.3%, largely due to their peaceful geopolitical environments and the absence of significant external threats.
This minimal investment in military capabilities often correlates with a strategic reliance on diplomatic relations and international alliances for security, rather than domestic military build-up.
Significant Year-Over-Year Changes
The data also reveals substantial year-over-year changes in military expenditures. Mauritania experienced the largest increase, with military spending rising by 4.10% (a 292.9% increase), likely driven by internal security challenges and efforts to strengthen national defense capabilities. Similarly, El Salvador saw an increase of 4.00% (up by 400.0%), reflecting a shift in national priorities towards addressing domestic security issues.
Conversely, Eritrea experienced the most significant decrease, with a reduction of 11.40% (-64.4%), possibly due to changes in its geopolitical situation or budgetary constraints. Other notable decreases include Liberia and Madagascar, with reductions of 6.20% each, highlighting shifts away from military spending due to peace-building efforts or economic pressures.
Economic Implications of Military Expenditures
The allocation of national budgets towards military expenditures has profound economic implications. Countries with high military spending, such as Israel at 7.3%, often balance defense needs with economic growth strategies, which can strain public finances. High military expenditures may divert resources from other critical areas such as healthcare, education, and infrastructure development.
In contrast, countries with lower military spending, like Guatemala and Costa Rica (both at 0.4%), may have more fiscal flexibility to invest in social programs and economic development initiatives. This difference in budget allocation reflects broader national priorities and strategic decisions that shape economic landscapes worldwide.
Overall, the 2007 data on Military Expenditures (% of GDP) highlights the diverse approaches countries take towards national defense, driven by geopolitical, economic, and strategic considerations. Understanding these patterns provides valuable insights into global security dynamics and their economic ramifications.
Data Source
CIA World Factbook
The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, was a reference resource produced by the US Central Intelligence Agency between 1962 and 2026 with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. From 1971 it was not classified, and available to the public in print since 1975, initially by the CIA, and later the Government Publishing Office.
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