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Aircraft And Military Development & Applications
Military Nation Spending Listing 2019
Countries Spending The Most on their Military Spending
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10. Korea, Republic
- Military expenditure (2017): $39.2 billion
- Military expenditure as a % of general government expenditure (2017): 12.1% (#16 among countries)
- Military expenditure per capita (2017): $761 (#13 among countries)
Tensions between South Korea and its northern neighbor shaped much of the Republic's defense policy—and budget since the Korean Peninsula was divided at the end of the Korean War. A significant portion of the budget proposed in 2018 has been earmarked for efforts to increase cooperation between the two countries. President Moon Jae-in and North Korea's Kim Jong Un signed the Panmunjom Declaration after a summit in April last year and committed to halt in hostilities and denuclearization, though that goal remains elusive.
11. Brazil

- Military expenditure (2017): $29.3 billion
- Military expenditure as a % of general government expenditure (2017): 3.7% (#91 among countries)
- Military expenditure per capita (2017): $140 (#37 among countries)
Though Brazil is largely free of external conflicts, it has Latin America's largest military budget, much of which is spent policing drug trafficking and providing security in cities and the high-poverty favela neighborhoods. An economic crisis has crippled Brazil's economy and hampered its ability to increase its military spending, delaying several military projects, but that may change. Brazil's new president, Jair Bolsonaro, inherits an improving economy and, as a former army captain is closely tied to the military.