Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure)
Country Name	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Algeria	6.3	7.5	7.6	9.4	..	7.7	..	5.9	8.1	9.5	9.4	10.6	12	..	..
Bahrain	10.7	11.8	11.2	20.2	13.2	13.6	18.1	28.2	31.1	31.6	27.4	28.5	24.9	..	..
Djibouti	..	21.4	..	28.6	..	20.1	19.2	15.8	11.9	12.1	11.4	..	11.4	..	..
Egypt, Arab Rep.	22.1	19.5	22.3	16.9	10.9	10.1	10	8.5	9.3	8.4	8.7	10.9	11	..	..
Iran, Islamic Rep.	34.1	51.8	44.8	39	36.4	30.2	26.4	14.9	14.1	13.4	10.7	9.5	11.6	..	..
Iraq	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	27.2	28	24.2	23	25	24.8	22.5	23.3	23.8	21	21.5	20.2	20.9	..	..
Jordan	39.7	42.9	38.1	30.7	28.9	27.5	26.4	27.3	25	26.9	26.6	25.2	25	..	..
Kuwait	13.6	12.5	14	13.9	19.9	134	71.7	96.3	24.4	24.3	27.9	36.7	26.8	..	..
Lebanon	..	..	..	..	..	14	12.9	18.5	15.3	11.9	11.4	10.3	8.4	..	..
Libya	..	..	..	..	25.1	..	..	..	16.4	15	19.7	..	..	..	..
Morocco	..	20	21.1	18.2	17.3	17.9	14.8	14.3	13	12.5	12.4	13	12.9	..	..
Oman	42.3	41.7	43.4	37.7	41.4	45.2	41	40.2	38.9	40.8	39.2	39.1	36.4	..	..
Qatar	..	..	..	..	..	..	29.2	23.6	22.7	23	24.9	27	..	..	..
Saudi Arabia	27	32	46.3	36.1	38.5	60.6	..	72.5	41	38.2	39.8	34.9	35.8	..	..
Somalia	..	30	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sudan	..	..	..	..	61.5	..	64.5	..	60	53.4	39	52	53.8	..	..
Syrian Arab Republic	42	51.6	40.4	..	52.6	..	42.3	39	31.4	28.2	28.5	26.2	..	..	..
Tunisia	8.8	8.3	5.6	7.6	7.7	7.2	7.4	7.1	7	6.9	5.7	6.1	5.3	..	..
Turkey	17.9	22.5	19.4	17.7	18.4	20.3	17.9	18.8	15.8	17.4	17.5	15.4	14.7	..	..
United Arab Emirates	43.5	43.4	44	44.2	43.3	65.8	118	49.5	50	50.3	49.3	47.8	46.5	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Yemen, Rep.	..	..	21.9	30	29.8	28.4	29.1	29.8	29.4	34.8	30.9	19.1	17.4	..	..
		Military expenditure (% of GNI)
Algeria	2.5	2.9	2.8	3.3	3	2	1.7	1.8	2.8	3.3	3.2	3.3	3.9	..	..
Bahrain	4.4	5.6	5.6	6.2	5.9	6.3	7.7	11.2	10.7	10.8	10.3	10.2	10.3	..	..
Djibouti	..	7.9	8.7	8.7	5.8	7.1	8.6	8.1	6	5.2	4.5	4.3	4.1	..	..
Egypt, Arab Rep.	12.8	11.7	8.9	7.3	4.3	3.1	4	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.2	3	2.8	..	..
Iran, Islamic Rep.	7.7	10.7	8.8	8.2	6.4	6	5.1	3	3.4	3.4	2.5	2.6	3	..	..
Iraq	41.2	54.8	54.5	57.5	41.1	61.3	12.5	9.7	9.7	7.3	6.3	6.1	4.9	..	..
Israel	20.3	17.3	14.2	13.6	13.2	13.2	9.4	11.7	11.2	9.8	10.5	10.1	9.7	..	..
Jordan	15.5	15.4	14.8	11.8	12	10.8	10.7	8.8	8.3	8.6	8.7	9	9	..	..
Kuwait	5.7	5.2	4.8	4.9	6.1	53.1	101.9	77	12.8	11	11.1	10.7	7.5	..	..
Lebanon	..	..	..	..	..	4.1	3.5	4	3.5	4	3.9	3.8	3	..	..
Libya	..	..	12	..	12.8	..	7.4	7.6	5	4.4	6.1	..	..	..	..
Morocco	..	6	6.2	5.4	5.5	5.4	4.3	4.5	4.7	4.2	4.3	3.9	4.3	..	..
Oman	24.4	27	21.4	20.6	21.1	20.1	18.4	20.5	20	21.5	19.1	29.3	26.1	..	..
Qatar	..	..	..	..	..	..	13.2	10.2	10.9	11.7	11.8	10.5	..	..	..
Saudi Arabia	22.7	20.9	19.4	15.8	15.9	20.6	28.5	26.8	16.4	14	14.1	13	14.5	..	..
Somalia	..	3.2	..	..	1.3	0.9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sudan	3.2	2.7	3.2	3.7	3.9	2.8	6.6	..	7.8	5.7	5.3	5.6	4.6	..	..
Syrian Arab Republic	21.8	18	11.7	..	14.4	..	11.1	9.7	7.8	8	7.4	6.7	5.6	..	..
Tunisia	3.6	3.6	2.1	2.8	2.9	2.7	2.7	2.4	2.5	2.4	2	2.1	2	..	..
Turkey	4.6	4.9	3.3	2.9	3.1	3.5	3.7	3.8	3.9	4	3.9	4.1	4	..	..
United Arab Emirates	6.7	7	6.4	6.3	5.5	7.3	13.6	5.7	5.7	5.2	4.9	6.8	6.9	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Yemen, Rep.	..	..	4.9	8.3	9.9	8.5	9.2	9.4	9.1	11.4	8.5	7.6	8.1	..	..