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India: military expenditure (% of GDP), 1960 onwards

India-only series from the World Bank (compiled by SIPRI), loaded automatically from the free World Bank API.

Source: World Bank (data compiled by SIPRI) · updated October 6, 2026 · World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Underlying source: SIPRI.

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India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2024 2.271
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2023 2.357
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2022 2.383
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2021 2.469
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2020 2.804
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2019 2.546
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2018 2.424
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2017 2.532
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2016 2.543
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2015 2.457
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2014 2.544
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2013 2.549
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2012 2.618
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2011 2.704
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2010 2.889
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2009 3.129
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2008 2.631
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2007 2.478
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2006 2.68
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2005 2.911
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2004 2.829
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2003 2.678
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2002 2.827
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2001 2.924
India IND Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2000 2.949
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