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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| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2013 | 1.744 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.175 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 5.076 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.67 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.181 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.379 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.118 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.701 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.217 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.648 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.417 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.872 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 2.418 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 2.476 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 0.712 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 2.618 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 2.687 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 5.51 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.419 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 0.957 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.047 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 2.392 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 2.155 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 4.125 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.413 |