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18 World Bank indicators, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Philippines. Each tile shows the annual series since 1960 and the latest known value for each country. Hover a chart to read a given year.

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Military spending / GDP

MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · %

19602024

Latest known value by country

  • Germany1.89%2024
  • United Kingdom2.28%2024
  • Italy1.61%2024
  • Spain1.43%2024
  • Netherlands1.92%2024
  • United States3.42%2024
  • China1.71%2024
  • Philippines1.32%2024

Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product

Military spending / gov.

MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · %

19882024

Latest known value by country

  • Germany3.93%2024
  • United Kingdom5.25%2024
  • Italy3.18%2024
  • Spain3.2%2024
  • Netherlands4.34%2024
  • United States9.11%2024
  • China5.06%2024
  • Philippines5.44%2024

Military expenditure expressed as a percentage of general government expenditure

Tax revenue / GDP

GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · %

19722024

Latest known value by country

  • Germany10.89%2024
  • United Kingdom26.89%2024
  • Italy25.6%2024
  • Spain14.93%2024
  • Netherlands25.28%2024
  • United States10.77%2024
  • China7.02%2024
  • Philippines14.37%2024

Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.

Activity rate

SL.TLF.CACT.ZS · %

19902025

Latest known value by country

  • Germany60.57%2025
  • United Kingdom61.37%2025
  • Italy49.3%2025
  • Spain57.41%2025
  • Netherlands67.25%2025
  • United States61.7%2025
  • China64.55%2025
  • Philippines61.35%2025

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

Employment rate

SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS · %

19912025

Latest known value by country

  • Germany58.32%2025
  • United Kingdom58.46%2025
  • Italy46.15%2025
  • Spain51.45%2025
  • Netherlands64.64%2025
  • United States59.11%2025
  • China61.57%2025
  • Philippines59.98%2025

Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.

Women in parliament

SG.GEN.PARL.ZS · %

19972025

Latest known value by country

  • Germany32.38%2025
  • United Kingdom40.46%2025
  • Italy32.75%2025
  • Spain44.29%2025
  • Netherlands43.33%2025
  • United States28.94%2025
  • China26.54%2025
  • Philippines28.34%2025

Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.

Labor force

SL.TLF.TOTL.IN · people

19902025

Latest known value by country

  • Germany43.55 m people2025
  • United Kingdom35.41 m people2025
  • Italy25.66 m people2025
  • Spain24.76 m people2025
  • Netherlands10.35 m people2025
  • United States174.83 m people2025
  • China768.07 m people2025
  • Philippines52.2 m people2025

Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

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Source: Banque mondiale, World Bank Open Data, data.worldbank.org. Annual data, fetched server side and cached for 24 hours.