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This list is sourced from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) for the year 2020. As of 2021, the top five per capita spenders are Qatar (~$3955), Israel (~$2770), United States (~$2405), Kuwait (~$2085) and Singapore (~$1885). All five countries have increased their spending since the previous year (2020).
Qatar also hosts the largest American military base in the Middle East and in 2017 inaugurated a military attache office in Washington. [ 8 ] SIPRI states that Qatar's plans to transform and significantly enlarge its armed forces have accelerated in 2014, and in 2010-14 Qatar was the 46th largest arms importer in the world.
The third list is a user-generated list of the highest military budgets of the current year, compiled from various sources. Some sources say that Russian and Chinese military spending are actually far higher than the chart due to captive markets and purchasing price parity in those countries. [3][4]
Rank Country Global Militarization Index (GMI) Military Expenditure Index Score People Index Score Heavy Weapons Index Score 1 Ukraine 335: 5.11: 1.29: 1.75
As military forces around the world are constantly changing in size, no definitive list can ever be compiled. All of the 172 countries listed here, especially those with the highest number of total soldiers such as the two Koreas and Vietnam, include a large number of paramilitaries, civilians and policemen in their reserve personnel.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (P.L. 111-84) authorized $117 million in FY2010 spending to build new Air Force recreational, dormitory, and other facilities at Al Udeid. The Administration's FY2011 military construction request for Qatar was $64.3 million, for Air Force facilities and a National Security Agency ...
Military expenditure of the world from 1950 to 2022 in constant 2021 US$ billions. This is a list of countries by past military expenditure, starting 1987.
In 2008 Qatar spent US$2.3 billion on its military, which was 2.3% of the GDP, [172] and its military spending increased to US$7.49 billion as of 2022. [171] After the Arab spring events in 2011 and a diplomatic incident with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries in 2014, Qatar started expanding its armed forces. [173]