Governance
Military spending / gov.
MS.MIL.XPND.ZS ยท %
Countries compared
9 countries compared out of 142 available.
Latest known value: 3.93% for Germany in 2024, over a series running from 1991 to 2024 and 9 countries compared, from the highest (Armenia, 18.33%) to the lowest (Slovenia, 2.74%).
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Year by year values
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| Germany | Italy | Spain | United States | China | South Sudan | Armenia | Slovenia | Croatia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.93% | 3.18% | 3.2% | 9.11% | 5.06% | 8.23% | 18.33% | 2.74% | 3.76% |
| 2023 | 3.08% | 2.99% | 3.25% | 9.11% | 5.03% | 8.82% | 20.4% | 2.84% | 3.68% |
| 2022 | 2.76% | 3.01% | 3.03% | 9.11% | 4.88% | 5.71% | 15.47% | 2.72% | 4.02% |
| 2021 | 2.56% | 2.97% | 2.7% | 7.99% | 4.93% | 3.43% | 15.58% | 2.48% | 4.1% |
| 2020 | 2.65% | 3.05% | 2.63% | 8.18% | 4.9% | 5.47% | 16.26% | 2.06% | 3.17% |
| 2019 | 2.72% | 2.7% | 2.92% | 9.52% | 4.91% | 7.93% | 19.23% | 2.43% | 3.65% |
| 2018 | 2.57% | 2.8% | 3% | 9.35% | 5.05% | 9.83% | 17.13% | 2.24% | 3.46% |
| 2017 | 2.54% | 2.77% | 2.98% | 9.37% | 5.26% | 6.24% | 14.79% | 2.22% | 3.73% |
| 2016 | 2.52% | 2.71% | 2.68% | 9.63% | 5.48% | 9.01% | 15.12% | 2.16% | 3.48% |
| 2015 | 2.51% | 2.39% | 2.88% | 9.89% | 5.6% | 25.95% | 16.1% | 1.9% | 3.69% |
| 2014 | 2.53% | 2.52% | 2.77% | 10.41% | 5.99% | 23.68% | 16.44% | 1.94% | 3.73% |
| 2013 | 2.57% | 2.73% | 2.74% | 11.24% | 5.97% | 25.93% | 16.8% | 1.83% | 3.38% |
| 2012 | 2.7% | 2.81% | 2.88% | 11.99% | 6.04% | 27.74% | 15.99% | 2.35% | 3.53% |
| 2011 | 2.61% | 2.99% | 2.89% | 12.43% | 6.17% | 28.97% | 15.44% | 2.53% | 3.6% |
| 2010 | 2.58% | 3% | 3.01% | 12.33% | 6.97% | 16.28% | 3.19% | 3.49% | |
| 2009 | 2.66% | 3.03% | 2.94% | 11.78% | 7.4% | 14.56% | 3.21% | 3.63% | |
| 2008 | 2.68% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 11.97% | 7.65% | 15.27% | 3.32% | 3.97% | |
| 2007 | 2.65% | 3.09% | 3.47% | 11.79% | 9.63% | 13.57% | 3.33% | 3.5% | |
| 2006 | 2.6% | 3.18% | 3.56% | 12% | 10.19% | 14.74% | 3.39% | 3.77% | |
| 2005 | 2.63% | 3.39% | 3.6% | 12.05% | 10.23% | 14.45% | 3.07% | 3.79% | |
| 2004 | 2.66% | 3.58% | 3.68% | 11.97% | 10.88% | 3.08% | 3.59% | ||
| 2003 | 2.68% | 3.62% | 3.71% | 11.3% | 10.97% | 2.98% | 4.12% | ||
| 2002 | 2.72% | 3.64% | 3.77% | 10.28% | 11.19% | 2.95% | 5.56% | ||
| 2001 | 2.74% | 3.54% | 4.24% | 9.56% | 11.42% | 2.67% | 5.35% | ||
| 2000 | 2.8% | 3.74% | 4.4% | 11.34% | 2.31% | 5.54% | |||
| 1999 | 2.85% | 3.56% | 4.39% | 12.52% | 2.58% | 7.5% | |||
| 1998 | 2.86% | 3.41% | 4.08% | 13.06% | 2.94% | 9.86% | |||
| 1997 | 2.88% | 3.28% | 4.03% | 14.09% | 3.09% | 14.58% | |||
| 1996 | 2.94% | 3.08% | 4.1% | 14.95% | 3.4% | 15.69% | |||
| 1995 | 2.69% | 2.84% | 4.22% | 15.16% | 2.95% | 18.27% | |||
| 1994 | 3.18% | 3.03% | 4.24% | 14.09% | 20.61% | ||||
| 1993 | 3.47% | 3.01% | 4.12% | 14.8% | 25.02% | ||||
| 1992 | 3.88% | 3.01% | 4.44% | 16.87% | 17.19% | ||||
| 1991 | 4.24% | 3.18% | 4.77% | 14.25% | |||||
| 1990 | 3.29% | 5.33% | 13.75% | ||||||
| 1989 | 3.83% | 5.62% | 13.21% | ||||||
| 1988 | 4.03% | 6.15% |
World Bank definition
Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)
Military expenditure expressed as a percentage of general government expenditure
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