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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 2.073 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 10.12 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 1.714 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 0.906 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 0.839 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 3.193 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 3.729 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 3.541 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 2.847 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 1.913 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 2.677 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 0.793 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 11.766 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 5.924 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 2.172 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 2.273 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 4.524 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 10.645 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 3.791 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 2.502 |
| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 4.051 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 2.418 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 4.215 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1994 | 2.649 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1993 | 2.175 |