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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| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2020 | 1.297 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2020 | 2.263 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2020 | 4.145 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2020 | 8.792 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2020 | 2.803 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2020 | 1.461 |
| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2020 | 2.196 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2020 | 4.4 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2020 | 3.645 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.171 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.88 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.244 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.383 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.285 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.683 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.24 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.181 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.225 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.853 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.985 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 2.596 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 0.729 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 2.546 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 2.147 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 5.072 |