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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| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1991 | 12.47 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1991 | 4.448 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1991 | 2.645 |
| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1991 | 3.754 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1991 | 4.883 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1991 | 5.595 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 2.076 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 1.223 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 2.364 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 1.959 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 2.454 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 2.507 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 3.468 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 2.293 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 2.845 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 3.983 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 3.798 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 1.41 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 3.146 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 2.943 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 12.363 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 1.881 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 0.942 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 4.002 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 2.328 |