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Appendix
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Comparing Defense Budgets Around the World

As of 2019
Defense Budget Defense Budget- Troops Per-Capita Defense
Country GDP (USD billion)
(USD billion) GDP Ratio (%) (thousand) Budget (USD)
ROK 1,646.3 42.5 2.43 579 816
United States 22,440 684.6 3.19 1,380 2,063
Japan 5,150 48.6 0.94 247 386
China 14,100 181.1 1.28 2,035 130
Russia 1,640 48.2 2.94 900 340
Taiwan 586 10.9 1.87 163 464
UK 2,740 54.8 2.00 148 837
France 2,710 52.3 1.93 204 773
Germany 3,860 48.5 1.26 181 604
Israel 388 19.3 5.82 170 2,254
Egypt 302 3.4 1.54 439 33
Saudi Arabia 779 78.4 10.06 227 2,331
Australia 1,380 25.5 1.85 57 1,074
Turkey 744 8.1 1.09 355 99
Malaysia 365 3.3 0.91 113 103
Thailand 529 7.1 1.34 361 103
Singapore 363 11.3 3.11 51 1,846
Canada 2,300 18.7 1.08 67 518
* Source: The Military Balance 2018 (Center for Strategic and International Studies, February 2020), the ROK’s data is derived from government statistics.

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