Military expenditure (% of GDP)
Military spending as a share of GDP for India, China, Pakistan and 38 other countries, 1990 onwards. Edit the country list in Data Sources to add more.
Source: World Bank (data compiled by SIPRI) · updated October 6, 2026 · World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Underlying series: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
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Download CSV| Country | ISO3 | Indicator | Year ▼ | Military expenditure (% of GDP) |
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| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.348 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.164 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.769 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.129 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.667 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.128 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.852 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.984 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 2.573 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 0.792 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 2.543 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 2.796 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 5.417 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.328 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 0.93 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 0.934 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 2.336 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.979 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 4.089 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.384 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.145 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.617 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.469 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 10.563 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 3.204 |