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
east asia and australasia
Australia 17,208 20,216 22,194 849 974 1,056 2.35 2.24 2.24 55 20 0
Brunei 324 346 360 854 895 945 2.83 2.81 2.49 7 1 2
Cambodia 123 137 255 9 10 18 1.69 1.59 2.30 124 0 67
China 1 35,223 46,174 60,187 27 35 45 1.32 1.36 1.36 2,285 510 660
Fiji 43 50 57 47 54 61 1.61 1.78 1.84 4 6 0
Indonesia 3,645 4,320 5,108 16 18 22 1.00 1.00 1.00 302 400 280
Japan 41,144 41,039 46,044 323 322 362 0.95 0.93 0.93 230 42 12
Korea, North n.a n.a n.a n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,106 4,700 189
Korea, South 24,645 26,588 24,182 505 551 500 2.59 2.53 2.60 687 4,500 5
Laos 13 15 17 2 2 3 0.38 0.36 0.32 29 0 100
Malaysia 3,206 3,979 4,370 131 160 173 2.15 2.13 1.97 109 52 25
Mongolia 39 43 52 14 15 17 1.22 1.04 1.10 10 137 7
Myanmar n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 406 0 107
New Zealand 1,544 1,611 1,754 379 391 420 1.46 1.24 1.39 10 2 0
Papua New Guinea 31 37 35 6 6 6 0.68 0.74 0.56 3 0 0
Philippines 899 1,130 1,427 10 12 15 0.76 0.78 0.85 120 131 41
Singapore 6,321 7,007 7,662 1,407 1,539 1,663 4.55 4.22 4.20 73 313 94
Taiwan 8,232 9,015 10,495 357 389 458 2.35 2.32 2.76 290 1,657 17
Thailand 2,373 3,333 4,294 37 51 65 1.15 1.36 1.57 306 200 114
Timor-Leste n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1 0 0
Vietnam 2,054 2,159 2,907 24 25 33 3.37 3.04 3.19 455 5,000 40
Total 147,066 167,199 191,400 69 78 88 1.44 1.45 1.44 6,611 17,670 1,759
latin america and Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda 6 7 7 86 80 79 0.59 0.58 0.56 0 0 0
Argentina 1,873 2,093 2,031 47 52 50 0.87 0.80 0.61 73 0 31
Bahamas, The 48 50 49 159 166 161 0.66 0.67 0.65 1 0 0
Barbados 27 28 30 95 97 106 0.82 0.80 0.79 1 0 0
Belize n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1 1 0
Bolivia 156 162 250 17 17 26 1.40 1.24 1.50 46 0 37
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