International Politics on the World Stage 8th Ed.

Defense Expenditures, Armed Forces, Refugees, and the Arms Trade


COUNTRY	DEFENSE EXPENDITURES ($US millions)	NUMBERS IN ARMED FORCES (in thousands)	REFUGEE POPULATION	EXPORTS ($US millions)	IMPORTS ($US millions)

WORLD ¹	X	24,908.1	17,556,900	48,640	48,610

AFRICA	X	2,098.3	5,698,450	110	4,870

Algeria	1,300	121.7	210,000	0	825
Angola	1,117	82.0	9,000	0	1,600
Benin	33	4.4	4,300	0	10
Botswana	199	4.5	500	0	30
Burkina Faso	104	8.7	6,300	0	10
Burundi	25	7.2	107,350	0	10
Cameroon	102	11.7	1,500	0	5
Central African Republic	30	6.5	18,000	0	0
Chad	74	17.0	7,800	0	40
Congo	110	8.8	9,400	0	20
Djibouti	26	3.8	96,500	X	X
Egypt	3,582	436.0	10,650	170	725
Equatorial Guinea	3	1.3	5,600	0	0
Ethiopia	140	320.0	416,000	0	725
Eritrea	12	12.3	246,000	X	X
Gabon	154	4.8	200	0	5
Gambia	14	0.9	3,300	0	10
Ghana	30	12.2	12,100	0	10
Guinea	50	9.7	485,000	0	20
Guinea-Bissau	9	9.2	12,000	0	30
Ivory Coast	140	7.1	195,500	0	0
Kenya	136	24.2	422,900	0	160
Lesotho	4	2.0	200	0	0
Liberia	14	7.8	100,000	0	10
Libya	1,400	80.0	15,000	50	575
Madagascar	29	21.0	4,000	0	10
Malawai	10	7.3	1,070,000	0	0
Mali	66	7.3	10,000	0	70
Mauritania	33	9.6	40,000	0	10
Mauritius	11	7.2	900	0	0
Morocco	1,380	195.5	800	0	90
Mozambique	84	34.8	250	0	160
Namibia	64	9.0	150	X	X
Niger	32	3.3.	3,600	0	0
Nigeria	172	77.1	2,900	0	150
Rwanda	112	5.2	24,500	0	0
Senegal	82	9.7	55,100	0	10
Sierra Leone	14	6.2	7,600	0	0
Somalia	46	64.5	10,000	0	30
South Africa	2,900	136.9	250,000	60	0
Sudan	313	118.5	750,500	0	60
Swaziland	22	25.4	52,500	0	0
Tanzania	69	49.1	257,800	0	70
Togo	48	5.9	350	0	0
Tunisia	535	35.0	500	0	20
Uganda	56	70.0	179,600	0	80
Zaire	46	51.0	442,400	0	10
Zambia	96	16.2	155,700	0	0
Zimbabwe	236	45.0	265,000	0	0


ASIA

Afghanistan	245	45.0	52,000	0	X
Armenia	75	60.0	300,000	X	X
Azerbaijan	43	86.7	246,00	X	X
Bangladesh	481	115.5	245,300	0	80
Bhutan	X	X	X	X	X
Cambodia	85	88.5	10,000	0	240
China	12,025	2,930.0	12,500	3,100	270
Georgia	65	29.0	13,000	X	X
India	8,000	1,145.0	378,000	0	3,200
Indonesia	2,700	274.0	15,600	0	130
Iran	4,270	513.0	2,781,800	0	2,000
Iraq	X	382.5	64,600	80	4,600
Israel	9,200	172.0	84,000²	140	1,900
Japan	50,200	239.5	700	70	1,100
Jordan	589	98.6	1,010,850	40	320
Kazakhstan	549	40.0	300	X	X
Korea, North	5,980	1,128.0	240	470	1,000
Korea, South	17,359	633.0	150	50	600
Kuwait	3,559	16.6	13,500	0	190
Kyrgyzstan	438	7.0	350	X	X
Laos	105	37.0	12,000	0	150
Lebanon	278	44.3	322,900	0	10
Malaysia	2,400	114.5	16,700	0	30
Mongolia	23	21.1	570	0	0
Myanmar	135	286.0	11,500	0	30
Nepal	36	35.0	89,400	0	0
Oman	1,820	35.7	100	0	30
Pakistan	3,100	587.0	1,577,000	10	340
Philippines	1,000	106.5	5,600	0	60
Saudi Arabia	12,100	105.5	27,400	5	3,000
Singapore	3,900	53.9	100	10	310
Sri Lanka	640	125.3	2,540	0	20
Syria	1,050	423.0	307,500	0	1,300
Taiwan	1,220	376.0	5,000	490	420
Tajikistan	68	55.0	3,500	X	X
Thailand	4,040	259.0	255,500	0	525
Turkey	13,010	579.2	31,700	0	775
Turkmenistan	33	11.0	2,750	X	X
United Arab Emirates	1,590	70.0	400	0	60
Uzbekistan	47	25.0	15,000	3	50
Vietnam	544	572.0	19,000	70	1,500
Yemen	910	39.5	52,500	X	X


NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA

Belize	8	0.8	8,700	X	X
Canada	9,000	70.5	37,700	180	210
Costa Rica	55	12.3	34,350	0	0
Cuba	696	105.0	1,100	230	1,700
Dominican Republic	116	22.2	2,440	0	5
El Salvador	100	30.5	250	0	60
Guatemala	130	44.6	4,900	0	5
Haiti	21	7.4	100	0	0
Honduras	41	17.5	150	0	40
Jamaica	30	3.4	1,200	0	0
Mexico	2,240	175.0	47,300	0	60
Nicaragua	281	14.7	5,850	0	525
Panama	78	11.7	850	0	10
Trinidad and Tobago	83	2.7	300	0	0
United States	272,200	1,913.8	103,700	14,300	725


SOUTH AMERICA

Argentina	4,700	67.3	300	30	20
Bolivia	145	31.5	500	0	10
Brazil	6,376	295.0	200	380	250
Chile	970	99.0	350	280	30
Colombia	2,003	146.4	400	0	60
Ecuador	386	57.1	200	0	40
Guyana	7	2.0	100	0	0
Paraguay	94	16.0	50	0	30
Peru	998	115.0	400	0	30
Suriname	16	3.0	100	0	0
Uruguay	256	25.6	100	0	5
Venezuela	902	79.0	1,350	0	60


EUROPE

Albania	45	73.0	1,870	0	0
Austria	2,100	55.7	82,100	60	1,300
Belarus	492	98.4	3,700	X	X
Belgium	4,600	47.2	100	X	X
Bosnia-Herzegovina	405	92.0	5,050	X	X
Bulgaria	352	101.9	1,200	380	400
Croatia	337	105.0	7,800	X	X
Czech Republic	931	86.4	2,200	760	190
Denmark	3,200	33.1	13,900	0	200
Estonia	35	11.4	850	X	X
Finland	1,900	31.1	3,500	10	70
France	47,700	409.0	29,400	1,890	140
Germany	42,800	339.9	536,000	X	X
Greece	4,900	171.3	1,900	30	575
Hungary	620	70.5	40,000	160	60
Iceland	0	0.0	0	0	0
Ireland	618	12.9	200	0	10
Italy	20,400	328.7	19,100	390	270
Latvia	56	11.0	1,400	X	X
Lithuania	32	9.7	600	X	X
Macedonia	47	13.4	5,000	X	X
Moldova	48	11.8	1,560	X	X
Netherlands	8,200	74.4	24,600	525	410
Norway	3,700	30.0	5,700	10	230
Poland	2,400	278.6	1,500	675	1000
Portugal	1,900	54.2	1,000	110	50
Romania	885	217.4	3,000	150	20
Russia	72,000	1,520.0	14,500	18,400	1,000
Slovakia	430	47.0	1,000	270	40
Slovenia	81	12.3	890	X	X
Spain	6,300	206.0	12,700	150	900
Sweden	5,800	64.0	88,400	210	150
Switzerland	3,740	35.0	81,700	110	90
Ukraine	3,140	452.5	1,600	X	X
United Kingdom	35,100	236.9	24,600	725	625
Yugoslavia	1,030	126.5	621,000	200	40


OCEANIA

Australia	4,210	56.1	24,000	40	70
Fiji	23	5.0	0	0	0
New Zealand	423	10.0	300	5	80
Papua New Guinea	40	3.5	3,800	0	30
Solomon Islands	X	X	0	X	X
Back to top 1 Only countries for which data are available are listed. 2 Excludes figures from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Sources: International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance (London, 1996); U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (Washington, D.C., 1993); U.S. Committee for Refugees, World Refugee Survey (Washington, D. C., 1996); U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The CIA Factbook, online data 1997.