United States-$687,105,000,000
People's Republic of China-$114,300,000,000
France-$61,285,000,000
United Kingdom-$57,424,000,000
Russia-$52,586,000,000
Japan-$51,420,000,000
Germany-$46,848,000,000
Saudi Arabia-$42,917,000,000
Italy-$38,198,000,000
India-$36,816,000,000
Brazil-$28,096,000,000
South Korea-$24,270,000,000
Canada-$20,164,000,000
Australia-$19,799,000,000
Spain-$15,803,000,000
United Arab Emirates-$15,749,000,000
Turkey-$15,634,000,000
Israel-$13,001,000,000
Netherlands-$11,604,000,000
Greece-$9,369,000,000
2 comments:
Hmmm...interesting question! I am mildly shocked at the difference in dollars spent per country, most notably India and South Korea. It seems pretty incredible that they spend more than we do.
Sorry DCW - I am still a bit loopy from my procedure this morning. Where my thought were going with this is that I would somehow expect that a country like South Korea would spend that much money on their military, but my assumption was that our expenditure in that area would be much lower. After all, we are a "peaceful" country.
Would be nice to see some of those billions invested in space travel, medical research, and care for our homeless residents, wouldn't it?
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