PPP indicates Purchasing Power Parity.
CHINA.
Defence Expenditure------ 4.30% of its GDP or USD 485 billion.
GDP PPP---------------------11.29 trillion USD
INDIA.
Defence Expenditure------- 2.50% of its GDP or USD 112 billion.
India GDP PPP----------------4.463 trillion USD
PAKISTAN
Defence Expenditure------- 3.00% of its GDP or USD 15 billion.
Pakistan GDP PPP----------- 0.488 trillion USD
Based on these figures our neighbour Pakistan should be extremely worried about us. Their expenditure on defence is some 9 times less than ours because their per capita incomes are lesser and also because of its lesser population which is 1/6th of ours. This is despite their higher expenditure on defence GDP wise.
China is spending 4 times more than us on defence.
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