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Rank country (% of GDP) Date of Information 1 South Sudan 10.32 2012 2 Oman 8.61 2012 3 Saudi Arabia 7.98 2012 4 Israel 5.69 2012 5 Azerbaijan 5.20 2013 6 Jordan 4.65 2012 7 Algeria 4.48 2012 8 Russia 4.47 2012 9 United States 4.35 2012 10 Lebanon 4.04 2012 11 Yemen 4.02 2012 12 Armenia 3.92 2012 13 Angola 3.63 2012 14 Morocco 3.55 2012 15 Singapore 3.52 2012 16 Colombia 3.28 2012 17 Swaziland 3.17 2012 18 Bahrain 3.14 2012 19 Namibia 3.11 2012 20 Pakistan 3.04 2012 21 Zimbabwe 2.94 2012 22 Timor-Leste 2.92 2012 23 Iraq 2.88 2012 24 Georgia 2.88 2012 25 Ecuador 2.83 2012 26 Korea, South 2.80 2012 27 Ukraine 2.77 2012 28 United Kingdom 2.49 2012 29 Brunei 2.43 2012 30 Sri Lanka 2.43 2012 31 India 2.43 2012 32 Burundi 2.39 2012 33 Vietnam 2.37 2012 34 Botswana 2.31 2012 35 Turkey 2.31 2012 36 Serbia 2.21 2012 37 Cyprus 2.05 2012 38 Chile 2.04 2012 39 Estonia 2.00 2013 40 China 1.99 2012 41 Kenya 1.96 2012 42 Uruguay 1.95 2012 43 Lesotho 1.94 2012 44 Poland 1.91 2012 45 Montenegro 1.87 2012 46 Guinea-Bissau 1.85 2012 47 France 1.80 2014 48 Greece 1.72 2012 49 Egypt 1.72 2012 50 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.72 2012 51 Australia 1.71 2012 52 Croatia 1.70 2012 53 Italy 1.69 2012 54 Paraguay 1.66 2012 55 European Union 1.65 2012 56 Cote d'Ivoire 1.65 2012 57 Malaysia 1.55 2012 58 Tunisia 1.55 2012 59 Zambia 1.55 2012 60 Cambodia 1.54 2012 61 Fiji 1.47 2012 62 Finland 1.47 2012 63 Albania 1.47 2012 64 Brazil 1.47 2012 65 Thailand 1.47 2012 66 Bolivia 1.47 2012 67 Bulgaria 1.46 2012 68 Uganda 1.45 2012 69 Mali 1.44 2012 70 Cameroon 1.42 2012 71 Denmark 1.41 2012 72 Norway 1.40 2012 73 Burkina Faso 1.39 2012 74 Macedonia 1.38 2012 75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.35 2012 76 Bangladesh 1.35 2012 77 Germany 1.35 2012 78 Gabon 1.34 2012 79 Romania 1.29 2012 80 Portugal 1.29 2014 81 Peru 1.28 2012 82 Netherlands 1.27 2012 83 Canada 1.24 2012 84 Kazakhstan 1.21 2012 85 Belarus 1.20 2012 86 Philippines 1.19 2012 87 Sweden 1.18 2012 88 Slovenia 1.18 2012 89 New Zealand 1.13 2012 90 Tanzania 1.13 2012 91 Slovakia 1.12 2012 92 Mongolia 1.12 2012 93 Rwanda 1.12 2012 94 Guyana 1.09 2012 95 Czech Republic 1.08 2013 96 Niger 1.06 2012 97 Honduras 1.05 2012 98 Venezuela 1.05 2012 99 Belgium 1.05 2012 100 Benin 1.03 2012 101 South Africa 1.00 2013 102 El Salvador 0.99 2012 103 Japan 0.99 2012 104 Lithuania 0.97 2012 105 Malawi 0.93 2012 106 Latvia 0.92 2012 107 Ethiopia 0.91 2012 108 Argentina 0.91 2012 109 Nigeria 0.89 2012 110 Seychelles 0.89 2012 111 Spain 0.86 2012 112 Jamaica 0.86 2012 113 Hungary 0.83 2012 114 Liberia 0.82 2012 115 Austria 0.81 2012 116 Indonesia 0.78 2012 117 Switzerland 0.76 2012 118 Sierra Leone 0.72 2012 119 Madagascar 0.69 2012 120 Nicaragua 0.63 2012 121 Dominican Republic 0.61 2012 122 Malta 0.61 2012 123 Luxembourg 0.60 2012 124 Mexico 0.59 2012 125 Ireland 0.55 2012 126 Papua New Guinea 0.54 2012 127 Guatemala 0.42 2012 128 Moldova 0.30 2012 129 Ghana 0.27 2012 130 Mauritius 0.19 2012 131 Iceland 0.13 2012 132 Kuwait 0.00 2012