Military expenditure on national defense
Total expenditure*
As percentage of GDP
Per capita (In current USD)
Military assets**
TOTAL PERSONNEL
AIRCRAFT CARRIER
AIRCRAFT
AIR DEFENSE
*The figures for China are for estimated total military expenditure by SIPRI, including estimates for items not included in the official defense budget; The figures for India include expenditure on the paramilitary forces of the Border Security Force, the Central Reserve Police Force, the Assam Rifles, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and, from 2007, the Sashastra Seema Bal, but do not include spending on military nuclear activities.
**The figures for total personnel include both active and reserve from army, marines, navy and air force; The figures for air defense include anti-aircraft guns and surface-to-air missiles
Sources: SIPRI; The Military Balance 2015; Thomson Reuters Datastream
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