{"id":1220,"date":"2000-07-08T09:52:47","date_gmt":"2000-07-08T13:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2008-12-28T18:59:09","modified_gmt":"2008-12-28T22:59:09","slug":"japans-about-face-data-global-military-expenditures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/japans-about-face-data-global-military-expenditures\/1220\/","title":{"rendered":"Data: Global Military Expenditures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"top\"><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Military expenditure&#8221; covers all expenditure on: the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies involved in defense projects; paramilitary forces that are trained, equipped and available for military operations; and military space activities.<\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/><strong>The top 20 countries ranked by global military expenditure in 2007, in millions of constant 2005 US dollars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter noborder size-medium wp-image-1617\" title=\"wa_japan_milexp_graph_new\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/07\/wa_japan_milexp_graph_new.gif\" alt=\"Top 20 military spenders, 2007\" width=\"590\" height=\"417\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2006 Chinese military spending surpassed that of Japan for the first time, while as late as 1999, Chinese military spending was only half of that of Japan.  (Source: www.sipri.org)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Global military expenditures for select countries in 2006, as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter noborder size-medium wp-image-1555\" title=\"wa_japan_milexp_graph1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/07\/wa_japan_milexp_graph1.jpg\" alt=\"Global military expenditures as percentage of GDP, 2006\" width=\"590\" height=\"461\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While the U.S. spends 4% of its GDP on its military, Japan&#8217;s spending has only recently surpassed 1% of its GDP.<\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/><strong>Here is the rest of the world, ranked by military expenditure in millions of USD in 2006.<\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"tableFormatting\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"3\"><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>COUNTRY<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Military expenditure as percentage of GDP<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Military expenditure in millions of constant 2005 US dollars<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Iran<\/td>\n<td>4.6<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">7,677<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Syria<\/td>\n<td>5.1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">7,328<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Poland<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">6,506<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Singapore<\/td>\n<td>4.7<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">5,862<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Sweden<\/td>\n<td>1.5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">5,435<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Colombia<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">5,240<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">North Korea<\/td>\n<td>na<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">5,217**<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Chile<\/td>\n<td>3.6<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">4,851<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Norway<\/td>\n<td>1.5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">4,826<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Pakistan<\/td>\n<td>3.2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">4,465<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Belgium<\/td>\n<td>1.1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">4,197<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">South Africa<\/td>\n<td>1.5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">3,978<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Kuwait<\/td>\n<td>4 *<\/td>\n<td>3,909 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Oman<\/td>\n<td>11.2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">3,905<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Indonesia<\/td>\n<td>1.3 *<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">3,802 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Denmark<\/td>\n<td>1.4<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">3,792<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Portugal<\/td>\n<td>1.9 *<\/td>\n<td>3,660 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Mexico<\/td>\n<td>0.4<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">3,262<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Switzerland<\/td>\n<td>0.8<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">3,157<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Malaysia<\/td>\n<td>2.2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">3,054<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Algeria<\/td>\n<td>2.7<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">2,992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Finland<\/td>\n<td>1.4<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">2,793<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Iraq<\/td>\n<td>7.8 *<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">2,783 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Ukraine<\/td>\n<td>2.8<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">2,699<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Egypt<\/td>\n<td>2.7<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">2,674<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Austria<\/td>\n<td>0.8<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">2,580<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Czech Republic<\/td>\n<td>1.7<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">2,253<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"always\">\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Thailand<\/td>\n<td>1.1 *<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">2,060 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Morocco<\/td>\n<td>3.7<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">2,049<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Romania<\/td>\n<td>1.8<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">2,036<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Venezuela<\/td>\n<td>1.2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">1,884<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Argentina<\/td>\n<td>0.9<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">1,776<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Hungary<\/td>\n<td>1.2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">1,340<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Peru<\/td>\n<td>1.3<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">1,193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">New Zealand<\/td>\n<td>1.1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">1,177<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Ireland<\/td>\n<td>0.5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">1,135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Lebanon<\/td>\n<td>4.6 *<\/td>\n<td>999 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Ecuador<\/td>\n<td>2.3<\/td>\n<td>922<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Philippines<\/td>\n<td>0.9<\/td>\n<td>880<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Slovakia<\/td>\n<td>1.7<\/td>\n<td>835<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Croatia<\/td>\n<td>1.9<\/td>\n<td>793<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Yemen, Arab Republic<\/td>\n<td>4.3<\/td>\n<td>715<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Sri Lanka<\/td>\n<td>2.9<\/td>\n<td>713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Nigeria<\/td>\n<td>0.6<\/td>\n<td>703<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Kazakhstan<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>693<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Bangladesh<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>684<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Bulgaria<\/td>\n<td>2.3<\/td>\n<td>663<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Jordan<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>660<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Azerbaijan<\/td>\n<td>3.6<\/td>\n<td>625<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Slovenia<\/td>\n<td>1.6<\/td>\n<td>589<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Belarus<\/td>\n<td>1.7<\/td>\n<td>588<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Libya<\/td>\n<td>1.1<\/td>\n<td>568<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Bahrain<\/td>\n<td>3.5<\/td>\n<td>528<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Tunisia<\/td>\n<td>1.4<\/td>\n<td>423<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Georgia<\/td>\n<td>5.2<\/td>\n<td>362<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Latvia<\/td>\n<td>1.8<\/td>\n<td>342<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Lithuania<\/td>\n<td>1.2<\/td>\n<td>338<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Luxembourg<\/td>\n<td>0.8 *<\/td>\n<td>319 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Kenya<\/td>\n<td>1.6<\/td>\n<td>313<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Botswana<\/td>\n<td>2.7<\/td>\n<td>290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Ethiopia<\/td>\n<td>2.1<\/td>\n<td>263<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Brunei Darussalam<\/td>\n<td>3.5 *<\/td>\n<td>260 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire<\/td>\n<td>1.5<\/td>\n<td>259<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Estonia<\/td>\n<td>1.6<\/td>\n<td>251<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Cameroon<\/td>\n<td>1.4<\/td>\n<td>242<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Cyprus<\/td>\n<td>1.4<\/td>\n<td>239<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Uruguay<\/td>\n<td>1.3<\/td>\n<td>219<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Namibia<\/td>\n<td>3.1<\/td>\n<td>202<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Uganda<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\">196<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Dominican Republic<\/td>\n<td>0.5<\/td>\n<td>194<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/td>\n<td>1.7<\/td>\n<td>165<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Armenia<\/td>\n<td>2.8<\/td>\n<td>157<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Bolivia<\/td>\n<td>1.4<\/td>\n<td>149<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Tanzania<\/td>\n<td>1.1<\/td>\n<td>149<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Senegal<\/td>\n<td>1.6<\/td>\n<td>144<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Nepal<\/td>\n<td>1.7 *<\/td>\n<td>143 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Congo, Democratic Republi<span style=\"none\">c of the<\/span><\/td>\n<td>1.9 *<\/td>\n<td>142 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"always\">\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Guatemala<\/td>\n<td>0.4<\/td>\n<td>137<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Albania<\/td>\n<td>1.6<\/td>\n<td>135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Zambia<\/td>\n<td>1.7<\/td>\n<td>135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Mali<\/td>\n<td>2.2<\/td>\n<td>129<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Macedonia<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>121<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Afghanistan<\/td>\n<td>1.5<\/td>\n<td>119<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">El Salvador<\/td>\n<td>0.6<\/td>\n<td>110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Zimbabwe<\/td>\n<td>1.9 *<\/td>\n<td>107 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Gabon<\/td>\n<td>1.1<\/td>\n<td>106<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Kyrgyzstan<\/td>\n<td>3.2<\/td>\n<td>83.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Congo, Republic of<\/td>\n<td>1.2<\/td>\n<td>80.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Mauritania<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>77.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Cambodia<\/td>\n<td>1.1<\/td>\n<td>76.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Jamaica<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td>70.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Ghana<\/td>\n<td>0.6<\/td>\n<td>69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Burkina Faso<\/td>\n<td>1.2<\/td>\n<td>68.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Paraguay<\/td>\n<td>0.8<\/td>\n<td>63.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Mozambique<\/td>\n<td>0.8<\/td>\n<td>55.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Chad<\/td>\n<td>0.9<\/td>\n<td>54.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Honduras<\/td>\n<td>0.6<\/td>\n<td>52.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Madagascar<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>52.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Rwanda<\/td>\n<td>1.9<\/td>\n<td>49.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Bahamas<\/td>\n<td>0.8<\/td>\n<td>47.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Benin<\/td>\n<td>1 *<\/td>\n<td>46.8 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Fiji<\/td>\n<td>1.4<\/td>\n<td>42.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Malta<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td>42.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Burundi<\/td>\n<td>4.7<\/td>\n<td>41.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Malawi<\/td>\n<td>1.7 *<\/td>\n<td>38.9 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Mongolia<\/td>\n<td>1.5<\/td>\n<td>36.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Lesotho<\/td>\n<td>2.4<\/td>\n<td>35.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Nicaragua<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td>33.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Papua New Guinea<\/td>\n<td>0.5<\/td>\n<td>29.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Sierra Leone<\/td>\n<td>2.1 *<\/td>\n<td>26.4 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Barbados<\/td>\n<td>0.8 *<\/td>\n<td>24.6 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Seychelles<\/td>\n<td>1.9<\/td>\n<td>14.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Mauritius<\/td>\n<td>0.2<\/td>\n<td>10.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Cape Verde<\/td>\n<td>0.6<\/td>\n<td>6.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Liberia<\/td>\n<td>0.8 *<\/td>\n<td>4.6 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Tonga<\/td>\n<td>1.4<\/td>\n<td>3.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Iceland<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"darkcell\">Angola<\/td>\n<td>3.7 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