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Defense Spending by Country

Authored By Staff Writer | Last Updated: 12/2012

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The Defense Spending Budget value indicates funds allotted to the maintenance and strengthening of a standing military. Not all included nations have the luxury of a large spending budget and therefore must rely on affiliations and regional alliances to maintain a capable fighting force.


Defense Spending Budget data through 2012. The values below are displayed in USD ($).
1
$689,591,000,000
2
$129,272,000,000
3
$64,000,000,000
4
$58,244,000,000
5
$57,875,170,000
6
$54,529,000,000
7
$46,219,000,000
8
$44,282,000,000
9
$43,478,000,000
10
$31,946,000,000
11
$31,576,000,000
12
$28,280,000,000
13
$23,082,000,000
14
$22,955,000,000
15
$18,687,000,000
16
$15,242,300,000
17
$15,209,000,000
18
$14,000,000,000
19
$10,687,000,000
20
$10,300,000,000
21
$9,150,000,000
22
$8,888,000,000
23
$8,302,000,000
24
$8,170,000,000
25
$7,502,000,000
26
$7,392,000,000
27
$7,100,000,000
28
$7,000,000,000
29
$5,960,000,000
30
$5,890,000,000
31
$5,723,000,000
32
$5,685,000,000
33
$5,568,000,000
34
$5,220,000,000
35
$5,178,000,000
36
$5,136,000,000
37
$5,114,000,000
38
$4,827,000,000
39
$4,618,000,000
40
$4,515,000,000
41
$4,285,000,000
42
$4,223,000,000
43
$4,107,000,000
44
$3,863,000,000
45
$3,656,000,000
46
$3,448,300,000
47
$3,167,000,000
48
$3,115,000,000
49
$2,500,000,000
50
$2,487,000,000
51
$2,225,000,000
52
$2,215,000,000
53
$1,945,000,000
54
$1,923,000,000
55
$1,657,000,000
56
$1,310,000,000
57
$1,237,400,000
58
$1,037,000,000
59
$880,000,000
60
$805,000,000
61
$803,000,000
62
$781,000,000
63
$481,000,000
64
$371,000,000
65
$286,000,000
66
$241,000,000
67
$206,000,000
68
$69,500,000

Sources: US Library of Congress; CIA.gov/CIA World Factbook; EIA.gov; wikipedia.com; energy.eu; SIPRI.org. Some values estimated based on factors available when official sources are lacking.

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