World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): United Kingdom

Most recent
2.27862 (2024)
Earliest
7.09249 (1960)
Highest
7.09249 (1960)
Years reported
65
Member state
United Kingdom at the United Nations
05101960: 71961: 71962: 71963: 71964: 71965: 61966: 61967: 61968: 61969: 61970: 51971: 51972: 51973: 51974: 51975: 51976: 51977: 51978: 51979: 51980: 51981: 51982: 51983: 51984: 61985: 51986: 51987: 51988: 41989: 41990: 41991: 41992: 41993: 41994: 31995: 31996: 31997: 31998: 21999: 22000: 22001: 22002: 22003: 32004: 22005: 22006: 22007: 22008: 22009: 32010: 32011: 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)
20242.27862
20232.23064
20222.05692
20212.07242
20202.16304
20191.98525
20181.94456
20171.95003
20161.98449
20152.04891
20142.18449
20132.29232
20122.41782
20112.49904
20102.568
20092.64772
20082.48715
20072.37466
20062.36967
20052.42272
20042.49782
20032.55206
20022.48566
20012.41112
20002.3728
19992.42291
19982.49596
19972.56015
19962.72459
19952.8542
19943.38193
19933.59065
19923.86472
19914.1168
19903.98322
19894.04095
19884.21429
19874.68667
19865.05982
19855.3207
19845.50808
19835.39689
19825.38133
19814.98376
19805.0199
19794.67976
19784.73304
19774.92328
19765.1755
19755.3396
19745.06943
19734.90616
19725.17105
19715.07633
19705.19741
19695.5022
19685.94111
19676.2357
19666.24904
19656.43698
19646.59606
19636.80074
19626.94417
19616.92139
19607.09249

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