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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| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.306 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 0.992 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.021 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 2.519 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.752 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 2.19 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 0.893 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.292 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.844 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.236 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 7.439 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 3.506 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.131 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.953 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 3.86 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 7.795 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 2.76 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 1.327 |
| Turkiye | TUR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 2.69 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 4.068 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2019 | 3.409 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2018 | 1.007 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2018 | 1.896 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2018 | 1.154 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 2018 | 1.47 |