The CIA World Factbook Edition 1990 Defense Forces

Military expenditures In 25 editions of 36.

Military expenditures was published in 25 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1990 edition carries it in 172 entries, in its Defense Forces section, under the heading “Defense expenditures”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1990 edition: 172
the first edition with it: 1990
the latest edition with it: 2025

Published as “Military expenditures” (2008 to 2025) and “Defense expenditures” (1990 to 1996).

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1990

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Entries with Military expenditures in each edition

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World

1 entry

World

5.4% of GWP, or $1.1 trillion (1989 est.)

Africa

53 entries

Algeria

1.8% of GDP, or $974 million (1989 est.)

Angola

Benin

1.7% of GDP, or $28.9 million (1988 est.)

Botswana

2.2% of GNP (1987)

Burkina now Burkina Faso

3.1% of GDP (1987)

Burundi

3.1% of GDP (1987)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

11.8% of GDP (1981)

Cameroon

1.7% of GDP, or $219 million (1990 est.)

Central African Republic

1.8% of GDP, or $23 million (1989 est.)

Chad

3.5% of GDP (1987)

Comoros

3% of GDP (1981)

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

$67 million (1988)

Congo now Republic of the Congo

4.6% of GDP (1987)

Ivory Coast now Cote d'Ivoire

1.9% of GDP (1987)

Djibouti

$29.9 million, 23% of central government budget (1986)

Egypt

7.2% of GDP, or $2.8 billion (FY90 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

11% of GNP (FY81 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

Ethiopia

8.5% of GDP (1988)

Gabon

3.2% of GDP, or $102 million (1990 est.)

The Gambia

Ghana

0.9% of GNP (1987)

Guinea

3.1% of GDP (1984)

Guinea-Bissau

3.2% of GDP (1987)

Kenya

1.0% of GDP, or $100 million (1989 est.)

Lesotho

8.6% of GDP, or $35 million (1989 est.)

Liberia

2.4% of GDP (1987)

Libya

11.1% of GNP (1987)

Madagascar

2.2% of GDP, or $37 million (1989 est.)

Malawi

1.6% of GDP, or $22 million (1989 est.)

Mali

2.5% of GDP (1987)

Mauritania

4.2% of GDP (1987)

Mauritius

Morocco

7.1% of GDP (1987)

Mozambique

8.4% of GDP (1987)

Namibia

4.9% of GNP (1986)

Niger

$20.6 million (1988)

Nigeria

1% of GNP, or $300 million (1990 est.)

Rwanda

2.1% of GDP (1987)

Sao Tome and Principe

1.6% of GDP (1980)

Senegal

2% of GDP, or $100 million (1989 est.)

Seychelles

6% of GDP, or $12 million (1990 est.)

Sierra Leone

1% of GDP (1986)

Somalia

South Africa

5% of GDP, or $4 billion (1989 est.)

Sudan

7.2% of GDP, or $610 million (1989 est)

Tanzania

3.3% of GDP (1985)

Togo

3.3% of GDP (1987)

Tunisia

2.7% of GDP, or $235 million (1989 est.)

Uganda

1.4% of GDP (1985)

Western Sahara

Zambia

Zimbabwe

$446.7 million (FY89 est.)

Arctic Region

1 entry

Iceland

none

Asia

13 entries

Afghanistan

9.1% of GDP (1984)

Bangladesh

1.5% of GDP, or $309 million (FY90 est.)

Bhutan

China

$5.28 billion (1988)

India

2.6% of GNP, or $8.7 billion (FY90 est.)

Japan

1.0% of GNP at market prices (1989 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

22% of GNP (1987)

Korea, South now South Korea

5% of GNP, or $10 billion (1989 est.)

Maldives

$1.8 million (1984 est.)

Mongolia

Nepal

2% of GDP, or $58 million (1989 est.)

Pakistan

5.6% of GNP, or $2.4 billion (1989 est.)

Sri Lanka

5% of GDP, or $300 million (1989 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

20 entries

Antigua and Barbuda

The Bahamas

Barbados

0.6% of GDP (1986)

Belize

2.0% of GDP, or $4.6 million (1989 est.)

Costa Rica

0.6% of GDP (1987)

Cuba

about 6% of GNP, or $1.2-$1.4 billion (1989 est.)

Dominica

Dominican Republic

1.2% of GDP, or $61 million (1989 est.)

El Salvador

4% of GDP, or $220 million (1990 est.)

Grenada

Guatemala

1% of GDP, or $115 million (1990 est.)

Haiti

Honduras

1.9% of GDP, or $82.5 million (1990 est.)

Jamaica

1.1% of GDP (1987)

Nicaragua

Panama

2.0% of GDP (1987)

St. Kitts and Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia now Saint Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

1.6% of GDP, or $59 million (1989 est.)

Europe

28 entries

Albania

1.1 billion leks, 11.3% of total budget (FY88);
note--conversion of the military budget into US dollars using the official administratively set exchange rate would produce misleading results

Austria

1.1% of GDP, or $1.1 billion (1989 est.)

Belgium

2.7% of GDP, or $3.7 billion (1989 est.)

Bulgaria

1.6051 billion leva (1989); note--conversion of the military budget into US dollars using the official administratively set exchange rate would produce misleading results

Czechoslovakia

28.4 billion koruny, 7% of total budget (1989);
note--conversion of the military budget into US dollars using the official administratively set exchange rate would produce misleading results

Denmark

2.1% of GDP, or $1.5 billion (1989 est.)

Finland

1.5% of GDP (1989 est.)

France

3.8% of GDP, or $31.1 billion (1989 est.)

German Democratic Republic

16.2 billion marks, 5.4% of total budget (1989);
note--conversion of the military budget into US dollars using the official administratively set exchange rate would produce misleading results

Germany, Federal Republic of now Germany

2.9% of GDP (1989 est.)

Greece

6.0% of GDP, or $3.4 billion (1989 est.)

Hungary

43.7 billion forints, NA% of total budget (1989);
note--conversion of the military budget into US dollars using the official administratively set exchange rate would produce misleading results

Ireland

1.6% of GDP, or $500 million (1989 est.)

Italy

2.4% of GDP, or $19 billion (1989 est.)

Luxembourg

1.2% of GDP, or $76 million (1989 est.)

Malta

1.3% of GDP, or $25 million (1989 est.)

Netherlands

2.9% of GDP, or $6.0 billion (1989 est.)

Norway

3.3% of GDP, or $2.5 billion (1989 est.)

Poland

954 billion zlotych, NA% of total budget (1989);
note--conversion of the military budget into US dollars using the official administratively set exchange rate would produce misleading results

Portugal

$1.3 billion (1989 est.)

Romania

11.8 billion lei, 2.8% of total budget (1989);
note--conversion of the military budget into US dollars using the official administratively set exchange rate would produce misleading results

San Marino

Soviet Union

Spain

2.1% of GDP, or $8.4 billion (1989 est.)

Sweden

$4.5 billion (1989 est.)

Switzerland

$1.2 billion (1989 est.)

United Kingdom

4.3% of GDP, or $35 billion (1989 est.)

Yugoslavia

14.8 trillion dinars, 4.6% of national income (1989 est.);
note--conversion of the military budget into US dollars using the official administratively set exchange rate would produce misleading results

Middle East

18 entries

Bahrain

5% of GDP, or $194 million (1990 est.)

Cyprus

2% of GDP, or $84 million (1990 est.)

Gaza Strip

Iran

8% of GNP, or $7.8 billion (1989 est.)

Iraq

Israel

8.5% of GNP, or $3.2 billion (1989 est.); note--does not include an estimated $1.8 billion in US military aid

Jordan

11% of GNP, or $570 million (1990 est.)

Kuwait

5.8% of GDP, or $1.2 billion (FY89)

Lebanon

Oman

16.5% of GDP, or $1.3 billion (1990 est.)

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

16.9% of GDP, or $12.3 billion (1990 est.)

Syria

Turkey now Turkiye

3.9% of GDP, or $2.9 billion (1989 est.)

United Arab Emirates

$1.59 billion (1987)

West Bank

Yemen Arab Republic

$358 million (1987)

Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of now People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

North America

3 entries

Canada

2.0% of GDP, or $10 billion (1989 est.)

Mexico

0.5% of GDP (1987)

United States

5.8% of GNP, or $302.8 billion (1989)

Oceania

11 entries

Australia

Fiji

2.5% of GDP (1988)

Kiribati

Nauru

no formal defense structure

New Zealand

2.1% of GDP, or $820 million (1989 est.)

Papua New Guinea

1.3% of GDP, or $42 million (1989 est.)

Western Samoa now Samoa

Solomon Islands

Tonga

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

South America

12 entries

Argentina

1.4% of GNP (1987)

Bolivia

3% of GNP (1987)

Brazil

0.6% of GDP, or $2.3 billion (1989 est.)

Chile

4.0% of GDP (1987)

Colombia

1.9% of GDP, or $700 million (1990 est.)

Ecuador

1% of GDP, or $100 million (1988 est.)

Guyana

4.3% of GDP, or $13.8 million (1988 est.)

Paraguay

Peru

4.9% of GNP (1987)

Suriname

7.2% of GDP, or $91 million (1990 est.)

Uruguay

2.5% of GDP (1986)

Venezuela

1.1% of GDP, or $570 million (1990 est.)

Southeast Asia

12 entries

Brunei

$197.6 million, 17% of central government budget (FY86)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$315.0 million, 21.0% of central government budget (FY88)

3.8% of GDP, or $1.4 billion (1990 est.)

Philippines

2.1% of GNP, or $850 million (1990 est.)

Singapore

5% of GDP, or $1.4 billion (1989 est.)

Taiwan

6.8% of GNP, or $8.2 billion (FY90 est.)

Thailand

2.9% of GNP, or $1.9 billion (1989 est.)

Vietnam

19.4% of GNP (1986 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1990, “Military expenditures”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/military-expenditures/1990.

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