Military Expenditures
WorldPoliticalGeopoliticalEconomicMilitary expenditures as a percentage of GDP, by country
A world map shows military expenditures. Dark green (more than 6 percent): Algeria, Saudi Arabia. Green to light green (2 to 6 percent): Russia, U S A., India, Iran. Very light green (less than 2 percent): Canada, parts of Europe, Parts of Africa and Asia.
Class | Rank | Percent of GDP | Tropical rain forest (Af) | Tropical monsoon (Am) | Tropical savanna (Aw) | Tropical, subtropical hot desert (BWh) | Midlatitude cold desert (BWk) | Tropical, subtropical hot steppe (BSh) | Midlatitude cold steppe (BSk) | Humid subtropical moist all year, hot summer (Cfa) | Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc) | Mediterranean (Csa, Csb) | Humid continental, hot summers (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa) | Humid continental, mild summers (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb) | Subarctic, cool summer (Dfc, Dwc, Dsc) | Tundra (ET) | Class | Rank | Percent | |
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| 6.90% | 4.19% | 1.68% | 17.2% | 2.57% | 9.24% | 20.9% | 55.8% | 0.656% | 11.0% | 16.7% | 25.1% | 45.5% | 11.1% | |||||||