Stockholm International Peace Research Institute figures

This is a list of the fifteen countries with the highest defence budgets for the year 2007. The information is the most up-to-date from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute,[36] which is used to calculate defence spending by the British Ministry of Defence and many other government ministries in the European Union.
The chart on the right includes the police force of France and Italy.

Total World spending amounted to $1.339 trillion in 2007, with about 45% of the total amount spent by the United States.
Rank Country Spending ($ billions.) World Share (%)
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0 World Total 1339.0 100
1 United States 547.0 45
2 United Kingdom 59.7 5
3 China 58.3 5
4 France 53.6 4
5 Japan 43.6 4
6 Germany 36.9 3
7 Russia 35.4 3
8 Saudi Arabia 33.8 3
9 Italy 33.1 3
10 India 24.2 2
11 South Korea 22.6 2
12 Brazil 15.3 1
13 Canada 15.2 1
14 Australia 15.1 1
15 Spain 14.6 1