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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| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 3.237 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 1.264 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 2.473 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 2.245 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 7.379 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 1.581 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 0.895 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 1.202 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 2.743 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 5.52 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 3.493 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 2.401 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 1.735 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 2.163 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 0.734 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 9.407 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 6.037 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 2.268 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 1.917 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 3.757 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 8.468 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 4.258 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 2.152 |
| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 4.14 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1996 | 3.179 |