What Countries Have the Highest Military Expenditures?

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Military spending averages $311 per capita worldwide, but some of the top spenders allocate over three times that amount. Here are the top 25 countries in terms military spending per capita according to the CIA world factbook. Keep in mind that these are per capita statistics so some of the numbers are high because the countries spend large sums of money on the military, and others are high because they have relatively small populations.

country annual military spending per capita
Worldwide average $311 Worldwide Average Military Expenditures
Israel $1,487 Israel Military Expenditures
Singapore $1,003 Singapore Military Expenditures
United States $986 United States Military Expenditures
Brunei $977 Brunei Military Expenditures
Kuwait $931 Kuwait Military Expenditures
New Caledonia $925 New Caledonia Military Expenditures
Qatar $911 Qatar Military Expenditures
Oman $893 Oman Military Expenditures
Bahrain $801 Bahrain Military Expenditures
Saudi Arabia $778 Saudi Arabia Military Expenditures
France $778 France Military Expenditures
Norway $687 Norway Military Expenditures
United Arab Emirates $654 United Arab Emirates Military Expenditures
Greece $574 Greece Military Expenditures
United Kingdom $530 United Kingdom Military Expenditures
Sweden $495 Sweden Military Expenditures
Cyprus $482 Cyprus Military Expenditures
Australia $475 Australia Military Expenditures
Germany $466 Germany Military Expenditures
Denmark $460 Denmark Military Expenditures
Netherlands $404 Netherlands Military Expenditures
Taiwan $356 Taiwan Military Expenditures
Italy $349 Italy Military Expenditures
Switzerland $348 Switzerland Military Expenditures
Finland $347 Finland Military Expenditures

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Source: CIA World Factbook 2002



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