Top Ten Countries and Military Spending

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute these are the top ten countries in relations to military spending. The US is again on top of this list as it has been for years. Even with its steady decline in spending due to budget cuts it still sits at over 3 times that of the number 2 spender China. All of this money is extracted from its citizens through taxation and sits as one of the top expenses in these countries.

Below is the list of the top ten countries and their military spending numbers. Although the Stockholm Institute does not give the break down per capita I have done those numbers and added them underneath each countries stats.

No. 10: Brazil
Military expenditure: $36.2 billion
Expenditure as pct. of GDP: 1.4 percent (tied, 62nd lowest)
1-yr. spending change: -3.9 percent (26th lowest)
Total arms imports: $254 million (24th highest)
Total arms exports: $36 million (12th lowest)
Population: 198.7 Million
Per Capita Spending: 183.00 Yearly


No. 9: India
Military expenditure: $49.1 billion
Expenditure as pct. of GDP: 2.5 percent (31st highest)
1-yr. spending change: -0.7 percent (46th lowest)
Total arms imports: $5.6 billion (the highest)
Total arms exports: $10 million (10th lowest)
Population: 1.237 Billion
Per Capita Spending: 40.91Yearly



No. 8: Germany
Military expenditure: $49.3 billion
Expenditure as pct. of GDP: 1.4 percent (tied, 62nd lowest)
1-yr. spending change: 0.0 percent (53rd lowest)
Total arms imports: $129 million (36th highest)
Total arms exports: $972 million (6th highest)
Population: 81.9 Million
Per Capita Spending: 601.95 Yearly





No. 7: United Kingdom
Military expenditure: $56.2 billion
Expenditure as pct. of GDP: 2.3 percent (34th highest)
1-yr. spending change: -2.6 percent (34th lowest)
Total arms imports: $438 million (15th highest)
Total arms exports: $1.4 billion (5th highest)
Population: 63.23 Million
Per Capita Spending: 903.10 Yearly



No. 6: Japan
Military expenditure: $59.4 billion
Expenditure as pct. of GDP: 1.0 percent (31st lowest)
1-yr. spending change: -0.2 percent (52nd lowest)
Total arms imports: $145 million (34th highest)
Total arms exports: N/A
Population: 127.6 Million
Per Capita Spending: 465.51 Yearly



No. 5: France
Military expenditure: $62.3 billion
Expenditure as pct. of GDP: 2.2 percent (39th highest)
1-yr. spending change: -2.3 percent (35th lowest)
Total arms imports: $43 million (55th highest)
Total arms exports: $1.5 billion (4th highest)
Population: 65.7 Million
Per Capita Spending: 948.24 Yearly



No. 4: Saudi Arabia
Military expenditure: $62.8 billion
Expenditure as pct. of GDP: 9.3 percent (2nd highest)
1-yr. spending change: 14.3 percent (16th highest)
Total arms imports: $1.5 billion (4th highest)
Total arms exports: N/A
Population: 28.29 Million
Per Capita Spending: 2219.86 Yearly



No. 3: Russia
Military expenditure: $84.9 billion
Expenditure as pct. of GDP: 4.1 percent (10th highest)
1-yr. spending change: 4.8 percent (48th highest)
Total arms imports: $148 million (33rd highest)
Total arms exports: $8.3 billion (the highest)
Population: 143.5 Million
Per Capita Spending: 591.63 Yearly



No. 2: China
Military expenditure: $171.4 billion
Expenditure as pct. of GDP: 2.0 percent (45th highest)
1-yr. spending change: 7.4 percent (36th highest)
Total arms imports: $1.5 billion (3rd highest)
Total arms exports: $1.8 billion (3rd highest)
Population:1.35 Billion
Per Capita Spending: 126.96 Yearly



No. 1: United States
Military expenditure: $618.7 billion
Expenditure as pct. of GDP: 3.8 percent (14th highest)
1-yr. spending change: -7.8 percent (12th lowest)
Total arms imports: $759 million (8th highest)
Total arms exports: $6.2 billion (2nd highest)
Population: 313.9 Million
Per Capita Spending: 1971.00 Yearly

As a total these top ten spenders on military combined equals One Trillion Two Hundred Fifty Billion Three Hundred Million, 251,300,000,000 trillion. 

The United States alone spends $100 per person in the WORLD.

These are absolutely staggering numbers. Ones that are unsustainable and unneeded. It is sad to see the worlds citizens be taken for what is a fortune in their own hands, to be taken for the sole purpose of running a governments military. A military that destroys wealth, property, and lives.