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) | 1997 | 2.086 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 1.638 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 2.016 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 0.718 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 9.358 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 5.621 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 1.914 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 1.996 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 4.04 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 11.001 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 4.452 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 2.174 |
| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 4.104 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 3.988 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1997 | 3.406 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 1.93 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 1.539 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 1.655 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 1.404 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 1.653 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 1.457 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 2.975 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 1.814 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 2.438 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 2.725 |