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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| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 3.396 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 2.555 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 2.369 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 2.834 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 0.878 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 12.391 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 6.522 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 2.147 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 2.612 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 10.744 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 14.024 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 4.632 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 2.594 |
| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 3.528 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 5.605 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1990 | 7.911 |