Global Defense Outlook 2015

Defense and Development

This report examines policies, practices, and trends affecting the defense budgets and strategies of the 50 nations whose combined defense budgets total more than 95% of global defense spending (the “Top 50”). Publicly available information, commercially sourced data, interviews with officials in government and industry, and analyses by Deloitte’s global network of defense-oriented professionals were applied to develop the insights presented in the Global Defense Outlook 2015. This is an independently written report and the data and conclusions herein have not been submitted for review or approval by any government organization, corporation, or other institution.

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To simplify presentation and illuminate patterns in the data, Deloitte categorizes each of the Top 50 nations analyzed in this report as “Higher-Income” or “Lower-Income” (defined as Gross Domestic Product Per Capita above or below $20,000) and as a “Spender” or “Economizer” (defined as percentage of Gross Domestic Product allocated to defense above or below 2%). This classification produces four Defense Budget Profiles, comprised of the following nations:

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Higher-Income Spenders: France, Greece, Israel, South Korea, Kuwait, Oman, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and United States.

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Higher-Income Economizers: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.

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Lower-Income Spenders: Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, China, Colombia, India, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine.

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Lower-Income Economizers: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, Thailand, and Venezuela.

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