List of countries by military expenditure per capita

This is a list of countries by military expenditure per capita, the amount spent by a nation on its military per capita in a given year. This list is sourced from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute for the year 2015.^[1][2] Note: by 2014 there had been a large change in Saudi military expenditure per capita, standing at 80.8 billion^[3] for a population of some 30.8 million,^[4] thus surpassing $2623 per capita spending by Saudi Arabia. In April 2015 it was confirmed that of all the world's countries, Saudi Arabia's military spending was the highest "by far" as percent of GDP^[5] as well as highest in per capita military spending.

Per capita spending

Rank	Country	Amount in USD$
1	Saudi Arabia	6,909[6]
2	Singapore	2,385
3	Israel	1,882
4	United States	1,859
5	Kuwait	1,289
6	Norway	1,245
7	Greece	1,230
8	United Kingdom	1,066
9	France	977
10	Bahrain	912
11	Australia	893
12	Brunei	866
13	Luxembourg	809
14	Denmark	804
15	Netherlands	759

See also

• Military budget
• List of countries by military expenditures
• List of countries by past and projected military expenditure (current US$)
• List of countries by past and projected military expenditure (constant US$)
• List of countries without armed forces

References

1. The SIPRI Military Expenditure Database
2. The 15 countries with the highest military expenditure in 2009
3. List of countries by military expenditures
4. Saudi Arabia
5. Saudi Arabia is world's fourth biggest military buyer
6. Cordesman, Anthony. Saudi Arabia Enters the Twenty-First Century. ISBN 978-0275980917.