Modern-Aviation

5. India

- Military expenditure (2017): $63.9 billion
- Military expenditure as a % of general government expenditure (2017): 9.1%
(#31 among countries)
- Military expenditure per capita (2017): $048 (#47 among countries)
India surpassed France for the first time in military spending but much of that money goes toward paying salaries and pensions to the world's second-largest army, with 1.4 million currently serving troops and more than 2 million veterans. The government's promise to modernize Indian defense forces have been stymied by inflation and other problems in the budget, making it more difficult to outpace China in the “arms race” on the Asian continent. Outside the budget, India's biggest military conflicts are close to home; conflict with Pakistan over the disputed territory in the Kashmir Province, recently came to the brink of full-blown war.