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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| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 5.856 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 1.514 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 0.903 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 0.979 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 2.299 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 2.799 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 2.008 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 1.387 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 1.445 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 1.53 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 7.099 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 3.645 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 1.259 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 1.914 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 1.751 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 3.246 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 7.848 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 3.923 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 0.95 |
| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 2.34 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 2.772 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 4.041 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2006 | 1.938 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2005 | 1.992 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2005 | 3.656 |