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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| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 1.155 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 2.389 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 3.244 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 1.825 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 1.297 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 1.37 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 1.4 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 4.96 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 3.459 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 1.25 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 1.746 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 2.011 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 3.149 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 7.353 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 3.85 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 1.253 |
| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 2.182 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 2.673 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 4.447 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2008 | 2.156 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2007 | 2.566 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2007 | 3.281 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2007 | 1.811 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2007 | 0.997 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2007 | 1.466 |