Military Budget of The People's Republic of China - Comparison With Other Countries

Comparison With Other Countries

Absolute expenditures in USD for 2004–2007
Country/Region Official budget DIA SIPRI RAND DoD
United States $419.3 billion $475.3 billion $475.3 billion $419.3 billion
United Kingdom $58.6 billion $47.4 billion $47.4 billion
Japan $45.8 billion $45.8 billion $42.4 billion
People's Republic of China (PRC) $29.9 billion $90–130 billion $30.7 billion $42.0-51.0 billion $63.0 billion
Russia $14.5 billion $70.0 billion $19.4 billion $70.0 billion
Republic of China (Taiwan) $7.6 billion $7.7 billion
Relative expenditures as percentage of GDP
Country/Region Official budget SIPRI RAND DoD
United States 3.6% 4.0% 3.6%
Russia 2.8% 4.3% 12%
United Kingdom 2.7% 2.2%
Republic of China (Taiwan) 2.6% 2.2%
People's Republic of China (PRC) 1.4% 1.8% 1.9-2.4% 1.2%
Japan 1.0% 1.0%
  • Note that this data have been adapted to the revision of China's 2004 GDP. This revision increased China's GDP number by 16.8%, or US$283 billion. These figures were issued by the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics following a survey that aimed to gather more accurate data. Service industries accounted for 93% of the revision.
  • 2007 military budget is 350.92bn yuan, an increase of only 4.1 yuan per capita
  • Due to differences between the countries' budget systems, China categorizes the budget of the 2nd Artillery Corps as the budget of Space Development Rockets, and missile development is included in the Air Science budget. As a result, China and Russia's military budgets do not correspond to those of other countries. Actual military expenditure can be estimated by military equipment inventory. DIA re-estimated China's real military expenditure for 2007, and Pentagon reported to Congress that it will be between US$80–130 billion, at the same as the military spending for Japan, the United Kingdom, and France combined.

Real volume comparison

  • The following table exposes the effects of purchasing power parity by comparing the equipment that each country can afford with its budget. With the exception of the "troops" category, the data show only relatively modern and in-use material owned by each military, excluding stocks and obsolete hardware.
Type PRC Russia Japan US ROC N. Korea S. Korea
Combat aircraft 2,200 2,200 400->260 4,601 400 ~300 300
Tanks 8,000 21,000 900->600 ~7,000 900 3,000 2,000
Submarines 60 60 16 72 2 24 8
Tanks/Transportation 420 200(Pac50) 30 900(Pac450) - - 10
Troops (in thousands) 1600 400 165 650 220 1100 660

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