10 countries with highest defence budgets
10 countries with highest defence budgets
BusinessToday.In
- Jan 5, 2017,
- Updated Jan 5, 2017 5:02 PM IST

- 1/10
United States spent $596.0 billion, 3.3 per cent of GDP.(List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 2016 - Fact Sheet for 2015)

- 2/10
China spent $215.0 billion, 1.9 per cent of GDP(List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 2016 - Fact Sheet for 2015)

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Saudi Arabia spent $87.2 billion, 13.7 per cent of GDP.(List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 2016 - Fact Sheet for 2015)

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Russia spent $66.4 billion, 5.4 per cent of GDP.(List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 2016 - Fact Sheet for 2015)

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United Kingdom spent $55.5 billion, 2.0 per cent of GDP.(List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 2016 - Fact Sheet for 2015)

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India spent $51.3 billion, 2.3 per cent of GDP.(List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 2016 - Fact Sheet for 2015)

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France spent $50.9 billion, 2.1 per cent of GDP.(List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 2016 - Fact Sheet for 2015)

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Japan spent $43.6 billion, 1.4 per cent of GDP.(List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 2016 - Fact Sheet for 2015)

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Germany spent $39.4 billion, 1.2 per cent of GDP.(List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 2016 - Fact Sheet for 2015)

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South Korea spent $36.4 billion, 2.6 per cent of GDP.(List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 2016 - Fact Sheet for 2015)