Rank Country Spending ($ Bn.) % of GDP World total 1686 2.2 1 United_States United_States 611.2 3.3 2 China China[a] 215.7 1.9 3 Russia Russia 69.2 5.3 4 Saudi_Arabia Saudi_Arabia[a][b] 63.7 10 5 India India 55.9 2.5 6 France France 55.7 2.3 7 United_Kingdom United_Kingdom 48.3 1.9 8 Japan Japan 46.1 1.0 9 Germany Germany 41.1 1.2 10 South_Korea South_Korea 36.8 2.7 11 Italy Italy 27.9 1.5 12 Australia Australia 24.3 2.0 13 Brazil Brazil 22.8 1.3 14 United_Arab_Emirates United_Arab_Emirates[c] 22.8 5.7 15 Israel Israel 17.8 5.8 16 Canada Canada 15.5 1.0 17 Spain Spain 14.9 1.2 18 Turkey Turkey 14.9 2.0 19 Iran Iran 12.3 3.0 20 Algeria Algeria 10.6 6.7 21 Singapore Singapore 9.9 3.4 22 Taiwan Republic_of_China 9.9 1.9 23 Pakistan Pakistan 9.9 3.4 24 Colombia Colombia 9.9 3.4 25 Poland Poland 9.7 2.0 26 Netherlands Netherlands 9.2 1.2 27 Oman Oman 9.0 16.7 28 Indonesia Indonesia 7.7 0.9 29 Mexico Mexico 6.8 0.6 30 Kuwait Kuwait 6.3 6.5