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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| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 10.925 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 1.752 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 0.948 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 3.69 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 3.368 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 3.355 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 2.986 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 2.213 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 2.907 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 0.857 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 12.184 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 6.698 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 2.036 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 2.231 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 4.427 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 11.284 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 4.471 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 2.657 |
| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 3.871 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 4.97 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1992 | 3.375 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1991 | 2.164 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1991 | 1.214 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1991 | 1.963 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1991 | 1.895 |