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Country           Military expenditures - dollar figure     Budget Period
World                                    $1100 billion     2004 est. [see Note 4]
Rest-of-World [all but USA]    $500 billion     2004 est. [see Note 4]

United States                           $623.0 billion     FY08 budget [see Note 6]
China                                         $65.0 billion     2004 [see Note 1]
Russia                                        $50.0 billion     [see Note 5]
France                                        $45.0 billion     2005
United Kingdom                          $42.8 billion     2005 est.
 
Japan                                          $41.75 billion     2007
Germany                                     $35.1 billion     2003
Italy                                             $28.2 billion     2003
South Korea                                $21.1 billion     2003 est.
India                                            $19.0 billion     2005 est.

Saudi Arabia                                 $18.0 billion     2005 est.
Australia                                       $16.9 billion     2006
Turkey                                          $12.2 billion     2003
Brazil                                               $9.9 billion     2005 est.
Spain                                               $9.9 billion     2003

Canada                                            $9.8 billion     2003
Israel                                               $9.4 billion     FY06 [see Note 7]
Netherlands                                     $9.4 billion     2004
Taiwan                                              $7.9 billion     2005 est.
Mexico                                             $6.1 billion     2005 est.

Greece                                             $5.9 billion     2004
Singapore                                         $5.6 billion     2005
Sweden                                            $5.5 billion     2005 est.
North Korea                                     $5.0 billion     FY02
Iran                                                   $4.3 billion     2003 est.

Pakistan                                  $4.3 billion     2005 est.
Belgium                                  $4.0 billion     2003
Norway                                 $4.0 billion     2003
Chile                                     $3.9 billion     2005 est.
Colombia                              $3.5 billion     2005

Poland                       $3.5 billion     2002
Portugal                     $3.5 billion     2003
South Africa               $3.5 billion     2005 est.
Denmark                     $3.3 billion     2003
Vietnam                       $3.2 billion     2005

Algeria                         $3.0 billion     2005 est.
Kuwait                          $3.0 billion     2005 est. [see Note 2]
United Arab Emirates     $2.7 billion     2005
Egypt                            $2.5 billion     2005
Malaysia                        $2.5 billion     2005

Switzerland                  $2.5 billion     2005 est.
Morocco                    $2.3 billion     2005 est.
Czech Republic          $2.2 billion     2004
Qatar                        $2.2 billion     2005
Thailand                   $2.0 billion     2005

Angola               $2.0 billion     2005 est.
Finland               $1.8 billion     FY98/99
Argentina           $1.8 billion     2005
Venezuela          $1.6 billion     2005 est.
Austria              $1.5 billion     FY01/02

Romania          $1.5 billion     2005
Jordan             $1.4 billion     2005 est.
Indonesia         $1.3 billion     2004
Iraq                $1.3 billion     2005 est.
Hungary           $1.1 billion     2002 est.

New Zealand     $1.1 billion     2005 est.
Bangladesh        $1.0 billion     2005 est.
Yemen                     $992 million     2005 est.
Syria                        $858 million     N/A [see Note 3]
Philippines                $837 million     2005 est.

Millions???  A few here a few there
Peru         $829 million     2005 est.
Nigeria     $738 million     2005 est.
Ireland      $700 million     FY00/01
Cuba     $694 million     2005 est.
Serbia and Montenegro    $654 million     2002
Ecuador     $650 million     2005 est.
Bahrain     $628 million     2005 est.
Croatia     $620 million     2004
Ukraine     $618 million     FY02
Sri Lanka     $606 million     2003 est
Libya     $590 million     2005
Sudan     $587 million     2004
Lebanon     $541 million     2004
Tunisia     $440 million     2005
Belarus     $421 million     2006
Slovakia    $406 million     2002
Uruguay     $371 million     2005 est.
Slovenia     $370 million     2005 est.
Bulgaria     $356 million     FY02
Madagascar     $329 million     2005 est.
Botswana     $326 million     2005 est.
Azerbaijan     $310 million     2005
Ethiopia     $296 million     2005 est.
Brunei     $291 million     2003 est.
Kenya     $281 million     2005 est.
Cyprus     $280 million     2005
Gabon     $254 million     2005 est.
Oman     $253 million     2005 est.
Cote d'Ivoire     $247 million     2005 est.
Bosnia and Herzegovina     $234 million     FY02
Luxembourg     $232 million     2003
Lithuania     $231 million     FY01
Cameroon     $230 million     2005 est.
Kazakhstan     $222 million     FY02
Eritrea     $220 million     2005 est.
Uganda     $193 million     2005 est.
New Caledonia     $192 million     FY96
Dominican Republic     $191 million     2005
Turkmenistan     $173 million     2005
Guatemala     $170 million     2005 est.
El Salvador     $162 million     2005 est.
Estonia     $155 million     2002 est.
Equatorial Guinea     $152 million     2005 est.
Panama     $150 million     2005 est.
Namibia     $150 million     2005 est.
Armenia     $136 million     2005
Bolivia     $130 million     2005 est.
Macedonia, FYR     $130 million     2005
Zimbabwe     $125 million     2005 est.
Afghanistan     $122 million     2005 est.
Zambia     $122 million     2005 est.
Guinea     $120 million     2005 est.
Senegal     $117 million     2005 est.
Nepal     $105 million     2005 est.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the     $104 million     2005 est.
Benin     $101 million     2005 est.
Latvia     $87 million     FY01
Congo, Republic of the     $85 million     2005 est.
Ghana     $84 million     2005 est.
Costa Rica     $83 million     2005 est.
Mozambique     $78 million     2005 est.
Burkina Faso     $75 million     2005 est.
Cambodia     $74 million     2005
Chad     $69 million     2005 est.
Liberia     $67 million     2005 est.
Trinidad and Tobago     $67 million     2003
Albania     $57 million     FY02
Uzbekistan     $55 million     2005
Rwanda     $54 million     2005 est.
Honduras     $53 million     2005 est.
Paraguay     $53 million     2003 est.
Mali     $50 million     FY01
Maldives     $45 million     2005 est.
Malta     $45 million     2005 est.
Niger     $45 million     2005 est.
Burundi     $44 million     2005 est.
Swaziland     $42 million     FY01
Lesotho     $41 million     2005 est.
Burma     $39 million     FY97
Fiji     $36 million     2004
Tajikistan     $35 million     FY01
Bahamas, The     $32 million     2005
Nicaragua     $32 million     2005 est.
Jamaica     $31 million     2003 est.
Togo     $30 million     2005 est.
Djibouti     $29 million     2005 est.
Haiti     $26 million     2003 est.
Georgia     $23 million     FY00
Mongolia     $23 million     FY02
Somalia     $22 million     2005 est.
Tanzania     $21 million     2005 est.
Belize     $19 million     2005 est.
Kyrgyzstan     $19 million     FY01
Mauritania     $19 million     2005 est.
Guyana     $17 million     2005
Papua New Guinea     $17 million     2003
Central African Republic     $16 million     2005 est.
Malawi     $16 million     2005 est.
Seychelles     $15 million     2005 est.
Sierra Leone     $14 million     2005 est.
Comoros     $13 million     2005 est.
Mauritius     $12 million     2005 est.
Laos     $11 million     2005 est.
Guinea-Bissau     $9.5 million     2005 est.
Moldova     $8.7 million     2004
Bhutan     $8.3 million     2005 est.
Suriname     $7.5 million     2003 est.
Cape Verde     $7.2 million     2005 est.
East Timor    $4.4 million     FY03
Bermuda     $4.0 million     2001
Gambia, The     $1.6 million     2005 est.
San Marino    $700,000     FY00/01
Sao Tome and Principe     $580,000     2005 est.
Iceland    0
Antigua and Barbuda    $NA     N/A
Barbados    $NA     N/A
Dominica    $NA     N/A
Falkland Islands [Islas Malvinas]     $NA     N/A
Faroe Islands    $NA     N/A
French Guiana    $NA     N/A
Gaza Strip    $NA     N/A
Grenada    $NA     N/A
Kiribati    $NA     N/A
Marshall Islands    $NA     N/A
Nauru    $NA     N/A
Palau    $NA     N/A
Saint Kitts and Nevis    $NA     N/A
Saint Lucia    $NA     N/A
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    $NA     N/A
Samoa    $NA     N/A
Solomon Islands    $NA     N/A
Tonga    $NA     N/A
Tuvalu    $NA     N/A
Vanuatu    $NA     N/A
West Bank    $NA     N/A
Western Sahara    $NA     N/A

# SOURCE [unless otherwise noted]: Field Listing - Military expenditures CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- The Military expenditures dollar figure entry gives current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies.

# Field Listing - Military Expenditures CIA - The World Factbook 2006

# World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (WMEAT) The 28th edition of "World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers" (WMEAT), released on February 6, 2003, is the second published by the Department of State following integration with the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the previous publisher. The report covers the years 1989 through 1999 -- that is, the end of the Cold War and its aftermath.

# SIPRI data on military expenditure

# IISS - The Military Balance 2006


Note 1 - The officially announced figure is $24.6 billion, but actual defense spending more likely ranges from $45 billion to $85 billion for 2004

Note 2 - Kuwait has changed its fiscal year; the above figure is for be April-March 2005.

Note 3 - based on CIA Factbook data that may understate actual spending

Note 4 - Non-US aggregate real expenditure on military worldwide in 2007 remained at approximately the 1998 level, about half a trillion dollars. US spending increased from about $280 billion to about $625 billion.
Note 5 - CIA & SIPRI provide no estimates

Note 6 - The FY2008 budget requests $481.4 billion in discretionary authority for the Department of Defense base budget, an 11.3 percent increase over the projected enacted level for fiscal 2007, for real growth of 8.6 percent; and $141.7 billion to continue the fight in the Global War on Terror (GWOT)



The fiscal year (FY) 2004 Department of Defense (DoD) budget request was $379.9 billion in discretionary budget authority -- $15.3 billion above FY 2003. The fiscal 2004 National Defense Authorization Act, passed by Congress 07 November 2003, authorizes DoD to spend $401.3 billion. The fiscal 2004 Defense Appropriations Act, which actually provides the money, became law 30 September 2003.

On April 16, 2003 President Bush signed the FY2003 $79 billion wartime supplemental to cover the needs directly arising from Operation Iraqi Freedom and the reconstruction of Iraq. The Defense Department received $62.6 billion as a result of the emergency supplemental bill.

On Nov. 6, 2003 President Bush signed the FY2004 $87.5 billion supplemental appropriations bill for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill provides $64.7 billion for military operations in Iraq, in Afghanistan and elsewhere, including about $51 billion is for Operation Iraqi Freedom, and $10 billion for Operation Enduring Freedom. The remaining $22.8 billion in non-DOD monies will cover costs with Operation Noble Eagle and support for allies in the war on terror.


Note 7 - 2006, $7.2 B national budget + $2.2B US assistance


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