Editor's Foreword

464 The MiliTary BalanCe 2010
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
Jordan 1,115 1,621 2,127 189 270 347 7.54 9.84 10.63 101 65 10
Kuwait 5,024 5,250 6,812 2,077 2,095 2,623 4.92 4.62 4.38 16 24 7
Lebanon 589 733 751 152 187 189 2.60 2.99 2.71 59 0 20
Libya 593 656 800 100 108 129 1.13 1.19 1.22 76 40 0
Mauritania 18 19 20 6 6 7 0.69 0.72 0.69 16 0 5
Morocco 2,161 2,409 2,977 65 79 96 3.78 3.21 3.48 196 150 50
Oman 4,076 4,376 4,671 1,314 1,366 1,410 10.99 10.39 8.53 43 0 4
Palestinian Authority n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0 0 56
Qatar 1,072 1,266 1,756 1,210 1,554 2,129 1.89 1.79 1.75 12 0 0
Saudi Arabia 29,541 35,446 38,223 1,093 1,284 1,357 8.30 9.24 8.15 234 0 16
Syria 1,330 1,376 1,941 70 67 91 4.09 3.48 3.78 325 314 108
Tunisia 502 491 534 49 48 51 1.61 1.39 1.28 36 0 12
UAE 9,482 11,253 13,733 3,643 2,532 2,972 5.58 5.67 5.09 51 0 0
Yemen 1,066 1,211 1,492 50 56 67 6.11 6.58 6.35 67 0 71
Total 84,979 95,068 110,498 241 269 306 5.29 5.06 4.71 3,131 2,137 1,003
South and Central asia
Afghanistan 118 153 180 4 6 7 1.53 1.58 1.51 94 0 0
Bangladesh 938 998 1,195 6 7 8 1.56 1.45 1.50 157 0 64
India 22,428 26,513 31,540 20 24 28 2.46 2.32 2.58 1,325 1,155 1,301
Kazakhstan 800 1,164 1,608 53 76 105 1.03 1.12 1.18 49 0 32
Kyrgyzstan 35 44 47 7 8 9 1.24 1.17 0.92 11 0 10
Maldives 56 37 43 156 102 111 6.07 3.52 3.40 0 0 0
Nepal 156 167 176 6 6 6 3.55 3.34 3.48 96 0 62
Pakistan 4,156 4,530 4,422 25 27 26 3.28 3.15 2.97 617 0 304
Sri Lanka 863 1,383 1,793 42 66 85 3.00 4.25 4.15 161 6 62
Tajikistan 73 78 80 10 11 11 2.60 2.13 1.74 9 0 8
Turkmenistan 91 99 84 18 21 17 0.90 0.81 0.71 22 0 0
Uzbekistan n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a 67 0 20
Total 29,714 35,166 41,167 19 22 26 2.37 2.27 2.42 2,607 1,161 1,861