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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| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 5.423 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.202 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 0.947 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.11 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 2.376 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 2.417 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 4.301 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.504 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.118 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.498 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.368 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 9.571 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 3.163 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.088 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 2.127 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 4.872 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 13.023 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 3.047 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.337 |
| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.813 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 3.848 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 3.464 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2015 | 1.907 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 1.298 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 5.644 |