World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): South Korea

Most recent
2.56205 (2024)
Earliest
7.15755 (1960)
Highest
7.15755 (1960)
Years reported
65
Member state
South Korea at the United Nations
05101960: 71961: 71962: 71963: 51964: 41965: 41966: 51967: 51968: 51969: 51970: 41971: 51972: 51973: 41974: 51975: 51976: 61977: 61978: 61979: 61980: 61981: 61982: 61983: 61984: 51985: 51986: 51987: 41988: 41989: 41990: 41991: 41992: 41993: 31994: 31995: 31996: 31997: 31998: 31999: 22000: 22001: 22002: 22003: 22004: 22005: 22006: 22007: 22008: 22009: 22010: 22011: 22012: 22013: 22014: 22015: 22016: 22017: 22018: 22019: 32020: 32021: 32022: 32023: 32024: 319602024
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)
20242.56205
20232.59926
20222.57643
20212.61905
20202.64298
20192.51932
20182.36151
20172.29813
20162.3358
20152.37637
20142.41327
20132.39129
20122.39206
20112.37114
20102.36123
20092.4999
20082.38851
20072.27094
20062.29892
20052.2804
20042.16579
20032.17524
20022.16945
20012.28023
20002.30986
19992.49258
19982.79444
19972.66339
19962.74348
19952.89233
19943.19275
19933.41789
19923.69027
19913.71113
19904.0023
19894.29024
19884.28122
19874.46861
19864.94826
19855.22553
19845.25454
19835.72681
19826.24089
19816.41586
19806.39877
19795.52588
19786.37145
19776.03494
19765.90816
19754.87872
19744.54145
19734.03473
19725.01007
19714.73499
19704.40335
19694.69439
19684.73064
19674.68514
19664.68887
19654.41047
19644.13444
19634.82386
19626.8672
19616.72615
19607.15755

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