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Annex VII
The fifteen countries with the highest military expenditures
in 201394
Spending figures are in US$, at current prices and exchange rates. Figures for
changes are calculated from spending figures in constant (2012) prices.
Spending as a share of GDP (%)b
Rank
2013
2012
Country
Spending
Change,
2013 ($ b.) 2014–13 (%)
2013
2004
1
1
USA
640
12
3.8
3.9
2
2
China
188a
170
2.0a
2.1a
3
3
Russia
87.8a
108
4.1a
3.5a
4
7
Saudi Arabia
67.0
118
9.3
8.1
5
4
France
61.2
-6.4
2.2
2.6
6
6
UK
57.9
-2.5
2.3
2.4
7
9
Germany
48.8
3.8
1.4
1.4
8
5
Japan
48.6
-0.2
1.0
1.0
9
8
India
47.4
45
2.5
2.8
10
12
South Korea
33.9
42
2.8
2.5
11
11
Italy
32.7
-26
1.6
2.0
12
10
Brazil
31.5
48
1.4
1.5
13
13
Australia
24.0
19
1.6
1.8
14
16
Turkey
19.1
13
2.3
2.8
a
85
4.7
4.7
26
2.4
2.4
15
15
UAE
c
19.0
Total top 15
1 408
World total
1 747
Notes
a
SIPRI estimate.
The figures for military expenditures as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) are based on
data from the IMF World Economic Outlook database, October 2013.
c
Data for the United Arab Emirates is for 2012, as figures for 2013 are not available.
b
94
See SIPRI Fact Sheet, available from: http://books.sipri.org/product_info?c_product_id=476.
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