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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| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.226 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.393 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.244 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 10.583 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 3.096 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.107 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.804 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 3.689 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 7.616 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 3.108 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.39 |
| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 2.009 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 2.353 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 4.462 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2012 | 1.718 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2011 | 1.821 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2011 | 5.466 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2011 | 1.755 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2011 | 1.218 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2011 | 1.412 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2011 | 1.193 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2011 | 1.659 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2011 | 1.182 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2011 | 1.837 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2011 | 1.326 |