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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| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2011 | 2.258 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2011 | 4.822 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2011 | 1.557 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.946 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 6.039 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.853 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.184 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.539 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.194 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.734 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.242 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.953 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.382 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.969 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 2.568 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 2.757 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 0.618 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 2.889 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 2.787 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 5.789 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.494 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 0.949 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.014 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 2.361 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 2.701 |