Bernie Sanders @SenSanders (11:26 AM - 8 Sep 2019):
The world's largest military budgets:Replying to @SenSanders:
๐ฏ๐ต $50 billion (Japan)
๐ฌ๐ง $53 billion (UK)
๐ซ๐ท $56 billion (France)
๐ฎ๐ณ $58 billion (India)
๐ท๐บ $63 billion (Russia)
๐ธ๐ฆ $83 billion (Saudi Arabia)
๐จ๐ณ $168 billion (China)
๐บ๐ธ $700 billion (USA)
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The world's biggest per-capita military spenders:
๐ฑ๐บ $710 (Luxembourg)
๐ฉ๐ฐ $735 (Denmark)
๐ฌ๐ง $751 (UK)
๐ง๐ณ $799 (Brunei)
๐ฐ๐ท $842 (South Korea)
๐ง๐ญ $891 (Bahrain)
๐ซ๐ท $978 (France)
๐ฆ๐บ $1,078 (Australia)
๐ณ๐ด $1,320 (Norway)
๐ด๐ฒ $1,389 (Oman)
๐ฐ๐ผ $1,738 (Kuwait)
๐ธ๐ฌ $1,872 (Singapore)
๐ฎ๐ฑ $1,887 (Israel)
๐บ๐ธ $1,986 (USA)
๐ธ๐ฆ $2,013 (Saudi Arabia)
World's biggest military spenders as share of all govt spending:
(World 6.3% [Stockholm International Peace Research Institute])
(๐บ๐ธ 9.0% [SIPRI])
๐ฐ๐ท 12.1% (South Korea)
๐ฒ๐ฒ 12.4% (Myanmar)
๐ฒ๐ฑ 12.7% (Mali)
๐น๐ฉ 13.8% (Chad)
๐ฆ๐ฒ 15.5% (Armenia)
๐ฑ๐ง 15.6% (Lebanon)
๐ฏ๐ด 15.8% (Jordan)
๐ฎ๐ท 15.8% (Iran)
๐ฉ๐ฟ 16.1% (Algeria)
๐ต๐ฐ 17.1% (Pakistan)
๐ธ๐ฌ 17.2% (Singapore)
๐จ๐ฌ 17.9% (Congo-Brazzaville)
๐ง๐พ 25.3% (Belarus)
๐ด๐ฒ 26.3% (Oman)
๐ธ๐ฆ 30.4% (Saudi Arabia)
๐ธ๐ฉ 30.9% (Sudan)
World's biggest military spending as share of GDP
(SIPRI):
(๐บ๐ธ 3.2%)
๐จ๐ด 3.2% (Colombia)
๐ณ๐ฆ 3.3% (Namibia)
๐บ๐ฟ 3.6% (Uzbekistan)
๐ง๐ญ 3.6% (Bahrain)
๐ฆ๐ฟ 3.8% (Azerbaijan)
๐บ๐ฆ 3.8% [est] (Ukraine)
๐ท๐บ 3.9% (Russia)
๐ต๐ฐ 4.0% (Pakistan)
๐ฎ๐ฑ 4.3% (Israel)
๐ฏ๐ด 4.7% (Jordan)
๐ฆ๐ฒ 4.8% (Armenia)
๐ฑ๐ง 5.0% [est] (Lebanon)
๐ฐ๐ผ 5.1% (Kuwait)
๐ฉ๐ฟ 5.3% [uncert] (Algeria)
๐ด๐ฒ 8.2% [uncert] (Oman)
๐ธ๐ฆ 8.8% [est] (Saudi Arabia)
World's biggest military spending as share of GDP
(International Institute for Strategic Studies):
๐ฒ๐ฑ 3.9% (Mali)
๐ฆ๐ฒ 4.0% (Armenia)
๐ฆ๐ฟ 4.0% (Azerbaijan)
๐ณ๐ฆ 4.1% (Namibia)
๐ฏ๐ด 4.4% (Jordan)
๐ง๐ผ 4.4% (Botswana)
๐ท๐บ 4.6% (Russia)
๐ง๐ญ 4.8% (Bahrain)
๐ฎ๐ฑ 6.1% (Israel)
๐ฉ๐ฟ 6.3% (Algeria)
๐จ๐ฌ 6.4% (Congo-Brazzaville)
๐ธ๐ฆ 8.9% (Saudi Arabia)
๐ฎ๐ถ 11.6% (Iraq)
๐ฆ๐ซ 14.0% (Afghanistan)
๐ด๐ฒ 15.3% (Oman)
Note, the above do not include ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ธ๐พ, ๐พ๐ช, and ๐ฑ๐พ (North Korea, Syria, Yemen, and Libya).
Sources:
World Bank (data from SIPRI): Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.ZS
Wikipedia (data from SIPRI): List of countries by military expenditure per capita. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditure_per_capita
Wikipedia (data from SIPRI and IISS): List of countries by military expenditures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures