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WORLD STATISTICS

Government

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

percent of GDP. Produced by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Indicator code
MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS
Unit
percent of GDP
Frequency
annual
Default classification
Latest available
Original producer
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Distributed by
World Bank — World Development Indicators
License
CC BY 4.0

World trend

1990 – 2025

Highest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 1Ukraine40%2025
  2. 2Algeria8.83%2025
  3. 3Israel7.81%2025
  4. 5Myanmar6.60%2024
  5. 6Qatar6.50%2022
  6. 7Saudi Arabia6.48%2025
  7. 8Azerbaijan6.47%2025
  8. 9Armenia6.09%2025
  9. 10Oman5.68%2025

Lowest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 156Costa Rica0.00%2025
  2. 155Iceland0.00%2025
  3. 154Panama0.00%2025
  4. 153Haiti0.12%2025
  5. 152Mauritius0.15%2025
  6. 151Ireland0.22%2025
  7. 150Papua New Guinea0.35%2025
  8. 149Sierra Leone0.37%2025
  9. 148Kazakhstan0.43%2025
  10. 147Malta0.45%2025

Revision history

Changes to previously published values detected during imports.

No revisions recorded since the first import.