Saudi Arabia’s military budget grew by 17 percent last year, and the military now amounts to at least 10.4 percent of the kingdom’s GDP, according to an estimate from SIPRI.
Saudi Arabia’s military spending is up 14% in 2014.
That is by far the largest military spending by GDP in the world.
According to an infographic of the SIPRI data done by Forbes and Statista, Saudi Arabia’s military spending is double that of Israel – the second largest spender by GDP in the world.
Although the United States is the largest spender overall, its spending on GDP is only 3.5%.
