Largest Military Expenditures, 2005

(Military expenditure: in MER¹ dollar terms)

Rank	Country	Spending level2 ($ billions)	Per capita ($)	World share (%)
1.	United States	$478.2	$1,604	48%
2.	United Kingdom	48.3	809	5
3.	France	46.2	763	5
4.	Japan	42.1	329	4
5.	China3	41.0	31.2	4
6.	Germany	33.2	401	3
7.	Italy	27.2	468	3
8.	Saudi Arabia	25.2	1,025	3
9.	Russia3	21.0	147	2
10.	India	$20.4	$18.5	2%
11.	South Korea	16.4	344	2
12.	Canada	10.6	327	1
13.	Australia	10.5	522	1
14.	Spain	9.9	230	1
15.	Israel	9.6	1,430	1
	Subtotal, top 15	$839.8		84%
	World	$1,001.0	155	100%

1. MER = market exchange rate.

2. Spending figures are in U.S. dollars, at constant (2003) prices and exchange rates.

3. Estimated figure.

Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2006, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.