| Military expenditures as a share of GDP, selected countriesa, 1990–98 Figures are shares (%) of gross domestic product (GDP). |
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| Country | Income groupb | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
| Africa | ||||||||||
| Angola | Low | 5.8 | 6.8 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 19.8 | 17.0 | 19.2 | (23.9) | 14.9 |
| Burundi | Low | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 5.8 | . . |
| Eritrea | Low | . . | . . | . . | 21.4 | 13.0 | 19.9 | 22.8 | 13.5 | . . |
| Morocco | Middle | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 | . . | . . |
| Mozambique | Low | 10.1 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | (4.2) |
| Rwanda | Low | 3.7 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| Asia and Oceania | ||||||||||
| Brunei | High | . . | [6.7] | [6.5] | [6.0] | [6.3] | [5.7] | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.6 |
| Cambodia | Low | . . | . . | . . | [3.0] | [4.9] | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| Pakistan | Low | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| Singapore | High | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | [5.1] |
| Sri Lanka | Low | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Taiwan | Upper-middle | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Turkmenistan | Middle | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Europe | ||||||||||
| Armenia | Low | . . | . . | . . | 2.1 | . . | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Croatia | Upper-middle | . . | . . | 7.3 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 9.8 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| Greece | Upper-middle | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| Russia | Middle | [12.3] | . . | [5.5] | [5.3] | [5.9] | [4.1] | [3.8] | [4.2] | [3.2] |
| Yugoslavia | Middle | . . | . . | . . | . . | 5.8 | 4.2 | (6.0) | (7.2) | (5.4) |
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| Middle East | ||||||||||
| Bahrain | Upper-middle | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 |
| Israel | High | 12.3 | 11 | 10.5 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.7 |
| Jordan | Middle | 9.6 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.6 |
| Kuwait | High | 48.5 | 116.1 | 30.8 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 13.9 | 10.6 | 8.1 | [9.3] |
| Lebanon | Middle | 5.0 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.0 | [3.2] |
| Oman | Upper-middle | 18.3 | 14.7 | 16.2 | 15.4 | 15.7 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 11.5 | (12.8) |
| S. Arabia | Upper-middle | [12.8] | [22.6] | 11.7 | 13.9 | 11.9 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 12.4 | [12.8] |
| Syria | Middle | 6.9 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 5.9 | [6.3] |
| Turkey | Middle | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| UAE | High | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | [3.7] | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| Yemen | Low | 8.4 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 11.3 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 6.5 |
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