India: military expenditure (% of GDP), 1960 onwards
India-only series from the World Bank (compiled by SIPRI), loaded automatically from the free World Bank API.
Source: World Bank (data compiled by SIPRI) · updated October 6, 2026 · World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Underlying source: SIPRI.
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Download CSV| Country | ISO3 | Indicator | Year ▼ | Military expenditure (% of GDP) |
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| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1999 | 2.957 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 2.727 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 2.648 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 2.473 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1995 | 2.578 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 2.665 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1993 | 2.824 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 2.705 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1991 | 2.91 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 3.146 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1989 | 3.534 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1988 | 3.729 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1987 | 4.231 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1986 | 4.106 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1985 | 3.569 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1984 | 3.417 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1983 | 3.323 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1982 | 3.345 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1981 | 3.186 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1980 | 3.134 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1979 | 3.261 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1978 | 3.126 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1977 | 3.163 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1976 | 3.478 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1975 | 3.535 |