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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| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2007 | 1.96 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2007 | 3.119 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2007 | 8.527 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2007 | 3.603 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2007 | 1.019 |
| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2007 | 2.2 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2007 | 2.87 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2007 | 4.073 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2007 | 2.305 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 1.896 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 3.226 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 1.818 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 0.99 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 1.481 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 1.123 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 1.87 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 1.179 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 2.606 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 1.37 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 1.977 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 2.37 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 2.83 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 0.659 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 2.68 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 3.315 |