Editor's Foreword

Country comparisons
Table 39 International Comparisons of Defence Expenditure and Military Manpower
Defence
Defence
Defence
number in estimated Paramilitary
expenditure
expenditure
expenditure
armed Forces reservists
(Current US$ m) US$ m per capita US$ % of GDP (000) (000) (000)
2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 2010 2010 2010
Subtotal naTO ex-US 277,787 316,469 325,478 482 545 556 1.77 1.75 1.65 2,446 2,216 489
Total naTO 894,942 942,319 1,021,746 1,023 1,068 1,149 3.10 2.95 3.01 4,026 3,081 489
non-nato europe
Armenia 184 296 396 62 99 133 2.87 3.13 3.32 47 0 5
Austria 2,630 3,603 3,193 321 439 389 0.82 0.97 0.77 27 195 0
Azerbaijan 658 936 1,585 82 115 194 3.13 2.96 3.23 67 300 15
Belarus 466 573 674 48 59 70 1.26 1.28 1.12 73 290 110
Bosnia 179 196 244 40 43 53 1.57 1.42 1.32 11 0 0
Cyprus 240 498 537 306 474 503 1.29 2.30 2.16 10 50 1
Finland 2,750 3,151 3,632 526 601 693 1.31 1.29 1.33 23 350 3
Georgia 339 573 1,037 73 123 224 4.38 5.60 8.13 21 0 12
Ireland 1,113 1,329 1,588 274 323 382 0.51 0.51 0.60 10 15 0
Macedonia 134 157 192 65 76 93 2.10 1.98 2.06 8 5 0
Malta 46 44 49 114 109 122 0.69 0.59 0.60 2 0 0
Moldova 13 19 22 3 4 5 0.40 0.44 0.36 6 66 2
Montenegro 53 55 71 79 80 105 2.36 2.11 2.31 3 0 10
Serbia 812 985 1,034 80 132 139 2.51 2.67 2.10 29 50 0
Sweden 6,006 6,773 6,659 666 750 736 1.53 1.49 1.39 13 200 1
Switzerland 3,473 3,526 4,110 462 467 542 0.89 0.83 0.83 22 174 0
Ukraine 1,269 1,877 1,804 27 41 39 1.19 1.32 1.00 130 1,000 85
Total 20,364 24,590 26,828 158 195 213 1.14 1.18 1.14 502 2,695 243
Russia 1
Russia 24,577 32,215 40,484 173 228 288 2.48 2.48 2.41 1,027 20,000 449
Middle east and north africa
Algeria 3,096 4,270 5,179 94 128 153 2.64 3.18 3.03 147 150 187
Bahrain 532 579 553 761 816 768 3.42 3.28 2.76 8 0 11
Egypt 4,337 4,464 4,562 55 59 59 4.01 3.36 2.90 469 479 397
Iran 8,864 8,040 9,595 136 123 146 3.98 2.81 2.84 523 350 40
Iraq n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 578 0 0
Israel 11,582 11,607 14,772 1,823 1,806 2,077 8.05 7.07 7.41 177 565 8
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