Military Expenditure Percent Of GDP - Ranking



Indicator Definition:
Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Indicator Unit:
The statistic is measured in Percent.

Descriptive Statistics regarding the Indicator "Military Expenditure Percent Of Gdp":
The number of countries with data stands at: 147 countries.
The average value across those countries stands at: 2.19.
The standard deviation across those countries stands at: 3.24.
The lowest value stands at: 0.0541, and was observed in Haiti, which in this case constitutes the country that ranks last.
The highest value stands at: 36.65, and was observed in Ukraine, which in this case constitutes the country that ranks first.

Looking at countries with values, the top 5 countries are:
1. Ukraine, actual value 36.65, actual ranking 1.
2. Lebanon, actual value 8.91, actual ranking 2.
3. Algeria, actual value 8.17, actual ranking 3.
4. Saudi Arabia, actual value 7.09, actual ranking 4.
5. South Sudan, actual value 6.26, actual ranking 5.

Looking at countries with values, the bottom 5 countries are:
1. Haiti, actual value 0.0541, actual ranking 147.
2. Mauritius, actual value 0.1528, actual ranking 146.
3. Ireland, actual value 0.2169, actual ranking 145.
4. Zimbabwe, actual value 0.2488, actual ranking 144.
5. Papua New Guinea, actual value 0.3133, actual ranking 143.

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