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) | 2003 | 2.615 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 1.438 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 1.969 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 1.393 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 7.962 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 4.091 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 1.551 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 1.899 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 3.334 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 3.671 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 8.687 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 4.838 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 1.233 |
| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 3.267 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 2.746 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 3.827 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2003 | 2.129 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2002 | 4.876 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2002 | 1.868 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2002 | 1.048 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2002 | 1.896 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2002 | 1.117 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2002 | 2.059 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2002 | 1.313 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2002 | 3.278 |