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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| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 2.247 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 2.496 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 3.455 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 1.019 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 2.727 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 2.629 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 6.714 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 1.636 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 0.924 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 1.15 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 2.794 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 4.643 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 2.54 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 1.605 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 1.559 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 2.156 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 0.755 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 8.216 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 5.415 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 1.697 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 1.992 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 2.733 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 14.311 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 5.21 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 1.856 |