List_of_countries_by_past_military_expenditure
This is a list of countries by past military expenditure, starting 1987.
Figures for the tables below are provided by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) database. They are presented in millions of United States dollars in current prices, converted at the exchange rate for the given year.[1] If there is no data for a particular year, a cell is left blank. Although the database includes statistics for over 150 countries, per SIPRI's Terms and Condition permission is needed to directly reproduce more than 10% of the database.
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Country | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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Australia * | 5,057 | 5,836 | 6,300 |
Brazil * | 4,324 | 5,874 | 8,761 |
Canada * | 8,694 | 9,897 | 10,747 |
China * | 11,403 | ||
France * | 29,280 | 30,327 | 29,666 |
West Germany * | 32,650 | 33,569 | 32,142 |
India * | 10,877 | 11,346 | 10,590 |
Iran * | 15,263 | 18,889 | 16,302 |
Israel * | 5,996 | 7,000 | 5,551 |
Italy * | 15,653 | 17,404 | 17,676 |
Japan * | 23,642 | 28,216 | 27,966 |
Poland * | 1,765 | 1,784 | 1,494 |
Saudi Arabia * | 14,460 | 13,335 | 12,750 |
South Korea * | 6,041 | 7,732 | 9,469 |
Spain * | 7,922 | 8,900 | 9,303 |
Soviet Union * | 225,021 | 246,011 | 218,760 |
Turkey * | 2,890 | 2,664 | 3,374 |
Great Britain * | 31,232 | 34,304 | 33,499 |
United States * | 304,087 | 309,661 | 321,867 |
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Country | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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Australia * | 6,704 | 7,024 | 6,882 | 6,734 | 7,460 | 7,666 | 8,203 | 7,937 | 7.180 | 7,770 |
Brazil * | 9,236 | 6,695 | 4,994 | 7,100 | 10,591 | 14,319 | 14,073 | 13,934 | 14,357 | 9,867 |
Canada * | 11,415 | 11,339 | 10,789 | 10,269 | 9,577 | 9,177 | 8,616 | 7,945 | 7,749 | 8,211 |
China * | 10,085 | 9,954 | 12,420 | 12,570 | 10,051 | 12,606 | 14,563 | 16,105 | 17,528 | 21,027 |
France * | 35,774 | 35,869 | 37,902 | 35,775 | 37,289 | 40,124 | 38,978 | 34,698 | 33,634 | 32,673 |
Germany * | 40,477 | 37,797 | 40,139 | 35,595 | 34,749 | 39,367 | 37,293 | 31,772 | 31,704 | 31,185 |
India * | 10,537 | 8,622 | 8,083 | 8,254 | 8,881 | 9,754 | 9,905 | 11,465 | 11,921 | 13,096 |
Israel * | 6,529 | 9,338 | 7,313 | 7,753 | 7,772 | 7,946 | 8,499 | 8,581 | 8,096 | 7,653 |
Italy * | 20,735 | 21,586 | 22,177 | 18,242 | 18,063 | 17,186 | 20,793 | 20,156 | 20,825 | 21,016 |
Japan * | 28,800 | 32,785 | 35,999 | 41,354 | 45,286 | 49,962 | 44,047 | 40,047 | 37,849 | 43,123 |
Russia * | 7,767 | 13,548 | 12,742 | 15,826 | 17,557 | 7,956 | 6,469 | |||
Saudi Arabia * | 16,355 | 16,355 | 15,360 | 16,451 | 14,280 | 13,200 | 13,340 | 18,127 | 20,862 | 18,320 |
South Korea * | 10,111 | 10,957 | 11,615 | 12,377 | 13,519 | 16,085 | 16,409 | 14,848 | 10,458 | 12,095 |
Spain * | 11,695 | 11,680 | 12,250 | 10,042 | 10,093 | 11,440 | 11,294 | 9,866 | 10,333 | 11,114 |
Soviet Union * | 219,114 | |||||||||
Turkey * | 5,315 | 5,671 | 6,158 | 7,075 | 5,293 | 6,606 | 7,512 | 7,729 | 8,781 | 9,952 |
Great Britain * | 38,944 | 42,074 | 40,775 | 34,086 | 34,494 | 34,248 | 34,491 | 35,675 | 36,866 | 36,453 |
United States * | 325,129 | 299,373 | 325,034 | 316,719 | 308,084 | 295,853 | 287,961 | 293,168 | 290,996 | 298,095 |
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Country | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Australia * | 7,274 | 7,043 | 7,947 | 9,927 | 11,995 | 13,238 | 14,240 | 17,186 | 18,633 | 18,960 |
Brazil * | 11,344 | 10,930 | 9,665 | 8,393 | 9,780 | 13,589 | 16,405 | 20,486 | 24,453 | 25,649 |
Canada * | 8,299 | 8,376 | 8,495 | 9,958 | 11,336 | 12,988 | 14,810 | 17,417 | 19,342 | 18,936 |
China * | 22,930 | 27,875 | 32,138 | 35,126 | 40,353 | 45,729 | 55,338 | 68,011 | 86,362 | 105,644 |
France * | 28,403 | 27,952 | 30,578 | 38,569 | 44,525 | 44,442 | 45,792 | 50,684 | 55,366 | 56,441 |
Germany * | 26,925 | 26,232 | 28,057 | 33,529 | 36,353 | 36,398 | 36,435 | 41,116 | 46,460 | 46,120 |
India * | 14,228 | 14,601 | 14,750 | 16,334 | 20,239 | 23,072 | 23,952 | 28,255 | 33,002 | 38,722 |
Israel * | 8,327 | 8,504 | 7,982 | 8,225 | 8,605 | 8,922 | 9,315 | 11,382 | 13,804 | 12,754 |
Italy * | 19,879 | 19,519 | 21,610 | 26,824 | 30,261 | 29,738 | 29,633 | 31,982 | 36,840 | 34,054 |
Japan * | 45,510 | 40,758 | 39,334 | 42,486 | 45,340 | 44,301 | 41,553 | 40,530 | 46,361 | 51,465 |
Russia * | 9,228 | 11,683 | 13,944 | 16,974 | 20,995 | 27,337 | 34,518 | 43,535 | 56,184 | 51,532 |
Saudi Arabia * | 19,964 | 21,027 | 18,502 | 18,747 | 20,910 | 25,392 | 29,581 | 35,470 | 38,223 | 41,267 |
South Korea * | 13,801 | 12,942 | 14,102 | 15,847 | 17,830 | 22,160 | 25,177 | 27,726 | 26,072 | 24,576 |
Spain * | 10,274 | 10,222 | 10,271 | 12,881 | 15,262 | 15,998 | 17,252 | 20,066 | 22,228 | 20,178 |
Turkey * | 9,994 | 7,216 | 9,050 | 10,278 | 10,921 | 12,081 | 13,363 | 14,988 | 16,810 | 16,048 |
United Arab Emirates * | 5,876 | 5,789 | 5,354 | 5,835 | 6,817 | 6,604 | 7,165 | 8,461 | 11,572 | 13,836 |
Great Britain * | 35,255 | 35,332 | 39,660 | 46,943 | 53,970 | 55,152 | 57,483 | 65,986 | 65,619 | 57,915 |
United States * | 320,086 | 331,806 | 378,463 | 440,532 | 492,999 | 533,203 | 558,335 | 589,586 | 656,756 | 705,917 |
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Country | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Australia * | 23,218 | 26,597 | 26,217 | 24,825 | 25,784 | 24,046 | 26,383 | 27,691 | 26,840 | 25,912 |
Brazil * | 34,003 | 36,936 | 33,987 | 32,875 | 32,660 | 24,618 | 24,225 | 29,283 | 28,177 | 26,946 |
Canada * | 19,361 | 21,394 | 20,452 | 18,516 | 17,854 | 17,938 | 17,783 | 22,270 | 22,729 | 22,198 |
China * | 115,712 | 137,967 | 157,390 | 179,880 | 200,772 | 214,471 | 216,404 | 228,466 | 253,492 | 261,082 |
France * | 52,044 | 54,121 | 50,217 | 52,001 | 53,135 | 45,647 | 47,371 | 49,196 | 51,410 | 50,119 |
Germany * | 44,853 | 46,766 | 44,470 | 44,866 | 44,216 | 37,020 | 39,725 | 42,366 | 46,512 | 49,277 |
India * | 46,090 | 49,634 | 47,217 | 47,404 | 50,914 | 51,296 | 56,638 | 64,559 | 66,258 | 71,125 |
Israel | 13,875 | 15,163 | 14,601 | 16,325 | 17,810 | 16,517 | 17,488 | 19,434 | 19,759 | 20,465 |
Italy * | 32,021 | 33,829 | 29,781 | 29,957 | 27,701 | 22,181 | 25,033 | 26,448 | 27,808 | 26,790 |
Japan * | 54,655 | 60,762 | 60,012 | 49,024 | 46,881 | 42,106 | 46,472 | 45,387 | 46,618 | 47,609 |
Russia * | 58,720 | 70,238 | 81,469 | 88,353 | 84,697 | 66,418 | 69,245 | 66,527 | 61,388 | 65,103 |
Saudi Arabia * | 45,245 | 48,531 | 56,498 | 67,020 | 80,726 | 87,186 | 63,673 | 70,400 | 74,400 | 61,867 |
South Korea * | 28,175 | 30,992 | 31,952 | 34,137 | 37,552 | 36,571 | 36,885 | 39,171 | 43,070 | 43,891 |
Spain * | 19,711 | 19,695 | 18,861 | 17,243 | 17,179 | 15,189 | 14,015 | 16,044 | 17,823 | 17,177 |
Turkey * | 17,650 | 17,006 | 17,694 | 18,428 | 17,577 | 15,669 | 17,828 | 17,823 | 19,649 | 20,448 |
United Arab Emirates * | 17,505 | 19,182 | 19,024 | 23,561 | 22,755 | - | - | - | ||
Great Britain * | 58,083 | 60,270 | 58,496 | 56,862 | 59,183 | 53,862 | 48,119 | 46,433 | 49,892 | 48,650 |
United States * | 738,005 | 752,288 | 725,205 | 679,229 | 647,789 | 633,830 | 639,856 | 646,753 | 682,491 | 731,751 |
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- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute: Military Expenditure Database, sipri.org, Accessed 18 May 2020 (Download data for all countries from 1949-2019 as an Excel spreadsheet.)