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Largest Military Expenditures, 2010

(Military expenditure: in MER¹ dollar terms)

Rank	Country	Spending level ($ billions)	Share 2010 GDP (%)	World share (%)
1.	United States	$698	4.8%	43%
2.	China	119	2.1	7.3
3.	United Kingdom	59.6	2.7	3.7
4.	France	59.3	2.3	3.6
5.	Russia	58.7	4.0	3.5
6.	Japan	54.5	1.0	3.3
7.	Germany	45.2	1.3	2.8
8.	Saudi Arabia ²	45.2	10.4	2.8
9.	India	41.3	2.7	2.5
10.	Italy	37.0	1.8	2.3
11.	Brazil	33.5	1.6	2.1
12.	South Korea	27.6	2.8	1.7
13.	Australia	24.0	2.0	1.5
14.	Canada	22.8	1.5	1.4
15.	Turkey	17.5	2.4	1.1
	World	1,630	2.6	100

1. Market Exchange Rate.

2. Data for Saudi Arabia includes expenditure for public order and safety and might be slight overestimates.

Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2011, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

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