Interesting Fact of the Day! No. 7 - The Top 5 Military Spenders!

Here are the top 5 nations for military expenditure per annum...

1. United States $518,100,000,000
2. China $81,470,000,000
3. France $45,000,000,000
4. Japan $44,310,000,000
5. United Kingdom $42,836,500,000

It's a lot of doh innit! Some more stats include, Sweden's military budget ($5,501,000,000) is bigger than Iran's ($4,300,000,000). Kuwait's is $3,007,000,000 and despite it's neutral status Switzerland's is still $2,548,000,000.

If taken as a $ per person figure, the UK spends $706 per person per year, China only $62 per person, whilst the US spends a whacking great $1,736 per person per year!

Source: CIA Fact Book