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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| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 3.182 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 3.244 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1998 | 3.202 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 6.759 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 1.865 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 1.572 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 1.578 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 1.246 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 1.633 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 1.403 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 2.841 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 1.723 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 2.394 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 2.56 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 3.296 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 1.498 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 2.648 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 2.499 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 7.18 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 1.619 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 0.905 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 1.113 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 2.663 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 4.631 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 2.314 |