Military Priority Index of Selected Countries

Serial No.	Country Name	Population (2002 estimate)	Total number of military personnel (2001)	People per soldier	GDP per capita (U.S.$) (2000)	Annual expenditure per soldier in US$	Annual expenditure per soldier as multiple of per capita GDP (MPI)
1	Nigeria	129,934,910	78,500	1,655	320	23,561	73.63
2	China	1,284,303,700	2,310,000	556	860	24,779	28.81
3	Yemen	18,701,257	54000	346	490	12,278	25.06
4	India	1,045,845,200	1,263,000	828	450	11,217	24.93
5	Zimbabwe	11,376,676	39000	292	590	11,574	19.62
6	Bangladesh	133,376,680	137,000	974	360	6,188	17.19
7	Sudan	37,090,298	117,000	317	370	6,256	16.91
8	Luxembourg	448,569	900	498	43,090	719,111	16.69
9	Brazil	176,029,560	287,600	612	3,490	57,976	16.61
10	Saudi Arabia	23,513,330	126,500	186	8,360	138,366	16.55
11	Philippines	84,525,639	107,000	790	990	13,264	13.40
12	Pakistan	147,663,430	620,000	238	450	5,800	12.89
13	Kuwait	2,111,561	15,500	136	19,040	238,994	12.55
14	South Africa	43,647,658	61,500	710	2,940	32,754	11.14
15	Uganda	24,699,073	60,000	412	280	3,100	11.07
16	Yugoslavia	11,206,039	105,500	106	790	7,962	10.08
17	Iran	66,622,704	513,000	130	1,650	15,336	9.29
18	Argentina	37,812,817	70,100	539	7,690	69,116	8.99
19	Sri Lanka	19,576,783	123,000	159	840	7,024	8.36
20	Russia	144,978,570	977,100	148	1,730	12,849	7.43
21	Australia	19,546,792	50,700	386	20,340	146,191	7.19
22	Malaysia	22,662,365	100,500	225	3,850	27,669	7.19
23	Indonesia	232,073,070	297,000	781	730	5,162	7.07
24	UK	59,778,002	211,430	283	23,680	158,918	6.71
25	Turkey	67,308,928	515,100	131	3,060	20,190	6.60
26	Canada	31,902,268	56,800	562	22,370	145,352	6.50
27	USA	280,562,490	1,367,700	205	34,940	214,959	6.15
28	Venezuela	24,287,670	59,300	410	4,980	30,354	6.10
29	Netherlands	16,067,754	50,430	319	22,910	137,442	6.00
30	Sweden	8,876,744	33,900	262	25,630	147,510	5.76
31	France	59,765,983	273,740	218	21,980	123,475	5.62
32	Qatar	793,341	12,330	64	24,740	137,591	5.56
33	Oman	2,713,462	43,400	63	6500	34,562	5.32
34	Japan	126,974,630	239,800	530	38,160	200,167	5.25
35	Mexico	103,400,170	192,770	536	5,860	29,802	5.09
36	Vietnam	81,098,416	484,000	168	400	1,940	4.85
37	Egypt	70,712,345	443,000	160	1,540	7,151	4.64
38	Germany	83,251,851	308,400	270	22,800	98,573	4.32
39	Thailand	62,354,402	306,000	204	2,010	7,987	3.97
40	Poland	38,625,478	206,045	187	4,080	15,307	3.75
41	Spain	40,077,100	143,450	279	14,150	50,659	3.58
42	Israel	6,029,529	163,500	37	17,710	60,095	3.39
43	Jordan	5,307,470	100,240	53	1,710	5,713	3.34
44	Syria	17,155,814	321,000	53	1,050	2,966	2.82
45	U. A. E.	2,445,989	65000	38	17,060	41,754	2.45
46	Lebanon	3,677,780	71,830	51	3,810	7,810	2.05
47	South Korea	48,324,000	683,000	71	9,670	18,743	1.94
48	North Korea	22,224,195	1,082,000	21	1,700