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World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Australia

Most recent
1.88379 (2024)
Earliest
2.36955 (1960)
Highest
3.83727 (1968)
Years reported
65
Member state
Australia at the United Nations
0251960: 21961: 21962: 21963: 21964: 31965: 31966: 31967: 41968: 41969: 31970: 31971: 31972: 31973: 21974: 21975: 21976: 21977: 21978: 21979: 21980: 21981: 21982: 21983: 31984: 31985: 31986: 31987: 21988: 21989: 21990: 21991: 21992: 21993: 21994: 21995: 21996: 21997: 21998: 21999: 22000: 22001: 22002: 22003: 22004: 22005: 22006: 22007: 22008: 22009: 22010: 22011: 22012: 22013: 22014: 22015: 22016: 22017: 22018: 22019: 22020: 22021: 22022: 22023: 22024: 219602024
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearMilitary expenditure (% of GDP)
20241.88379
20231.86157
20221.8833
20211.97848
20202.00739
20191.88
20181.89562
20172.0051
20162.08962
20151.95233
20141.77242
20131.6382
20121.67028
20111.75527
20101.8526
20091.92366
20081.7962
20071.81128
20061.81773
20051.79629
20041.82208
20031.84254
20021.86803
20011.86298
20001.82441
19991.88736
19981.86889
19971.86486
19961.92973
19952.01963
19942.11377
19932.17545
19922.16771
19912.16399
19902.07634
19892.04853
19882.16075
19872.37299
19862.54043
19852.52327
19842.50523
19832.51981
19822.39327
19812.2966
19802.24896
19792.19273
19782.21569
19772.2472
19762.21661
19752.26732
19742.2628
19732.37935
19722.68562
19712.76315
19702.96604
19693.38592
19683.83727
19673.79376
19663.45138
19652.95229
19642.64824
19632.44663
19622.3637
19612.41514
19602.36955

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