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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| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 1.772 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 1.136 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 1.33 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 0.99 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 1.738 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 1.128 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 1.69 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 1.246 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 1.86 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 2.184 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 2.368 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 0.778 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 2.544 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 2.117 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 5.631 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 1.276 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 0.958 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 1.042 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 2.413 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 2.413 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 3.79 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 1.455 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 1.148 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 1.462 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2014 | 1.434 |