Who are the leaders of Space Exploration

Moving on with exploration topic: I decided to look into who where the leaders of space exploration and what nations where capable of venturing into space: I also felt that it would be beneficial looking into how much each nation spends on space programmes. 

Looking into how much is spent on space exploration and research: 

That really depends on how "leading country in space research" is defined. If it is in terms of budgetary expense, then here is a list of the money being spent on Space research:

United States $17,600 million
ESA $5,350 million
France $2,590 million
Russia $2,400 million
Japan $2,100 million
Germany $1,821 million
Italy $1,550 million
China $1,300 million
India $1,268 million
United Kingdom $414 million
Iran $400 million
Canada $373.5 million
Brazil $343 million
Ukraine $250 million
Belgium $230 million
Spain $175 million
Netherlands $160 million
South Korea $150 million
Switzerland $110 million
Sweden $100 million

This is a list of government agencies engaged in activities related to outer space and space exploration
The tables below show the top space agencies i have selected these due to their capabilities:

The table below shows the space agencies with manned space flight capabilities.

The table below shows the space agencies with lunar landing capabilities.

World Maps and space travel: