page_title: List of countries by military expenditures
section_title: Military spending by GDP
hierarchical_section_title: List of countries by military expenditures / Military spending by GDP
caption_attribution_description: English: Military Expenditures as percent of GDP 2017 from World Bank data
context_page_description: Military expenditure figures are presented in United States dollars based on either constant or current exchange rates.
context_section_description: This first list is a list of countries by military expenditure share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the top 15 countries by percentage share in recent years—the amount spent by a nation on its military as a share of its GDP.
  The second list presents this as a share of the general government expenditure. The first list is sourced from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute for the year 2017 and from Military Balance 2017 published by International Institute for Strategic Studies for the year 2016. The second list is sourced only from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute for the year 2017.
  None of the following analyze such potential record-breakers like North Korea, Syria, Yemen, and Libya.
caption: Map of military expenditures as a percentage of GDP by country, 2017.[5]
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