Military Expenditure

Table on the fifteen major spenders in 1999

The fifteen major spenders in 1999: military expenditure, 1995-99
Figures are in US $b., at constant 1995 prices and exchange rates. Figures in italics are percentages.
Figures do not always add up to totals because of the conventions of rounding.

Rank
 Country
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Share (%) of world military expenditure
1
 USA
278.9
263.7
262.2
256.1
259.9
36
2
 Japan
50.1
51.1
51.3
51.3
51.2
7
3
 France
47.8
46.6
46.8
45.5
46.8
7
4
 Germany
41.2
40.3
38.9
39.0
39.5
5
5
 UK
33.8
34.4
32.3
32.6
31.8
4
Sub-total top 5
429.2
60
6
 Italy
19.4
21.4
22.4
23.1
23.5
3
7
 Russia
25.7
23.4
24.9
18.1
22.4
3
8
 China
12.5
13.7
14.9
16.9
18.4
3
9
 South Korea
14.4
15.5
15.6
15.2
15.0
2
10
 Saudi Arabia
13.2
13.2
17.9
16.4
14.5
2
Sub-total top 10
523.0
73
11
 Brazil
10.9
9.4
11.5
10.9
14.3
2
12
 India
8.0
8.2
8.9
9.3
10.2
1
13
 Turkey
6.6
7.4
7.7
8.1
9.6
1
14
 Taiwan
9.9
10.2
10.5
10.6
9.3
1
15
 Spain
8.7
8.5
8.5
8.4
8.7
1
Sub-total top 15
575.1
80
World total
724
708
718
[704]
[719]
100.0
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2000.

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