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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| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.046 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.936 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 5.425 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 9.56 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 3.095 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.325 |
| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 2.05 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 3.669 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 3.403 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2016 | 1.951 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 0.995 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.952 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.209 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.366 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.153 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.777 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.115 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.723 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.26 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.87 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 2.049 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 2.477 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 0.882 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 2.457 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 2.557 |