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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| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.49 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.318 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.508 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.368 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 5.649 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 3.042 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.17 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.839 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.474 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 3.585 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 8.566 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 3.381 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.523 |
| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 2.272 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 2.742 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 4.904 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2010 | 1.815 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2009 | 2.087 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2009 | 5.457 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2009 | 1.924 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2009 | 1.029 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2009 | 1.539 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2009 | 1.378 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2009 | 1.894 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2009 | 1.285 |