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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2004 | 2.507 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2004 | 4.016 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2004 | 2.014 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 4.692 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 1.843 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 1.003 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 1.503 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 1.112 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 1.996 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 1.299 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 3.177 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 1.423 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 2.106 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 2.552 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 2.563 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 0.909 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 2.678 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 2.405 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 6.253 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 1.698 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 0.94 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 1.03 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 2.175 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 2.869 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 2.071 |