World Development Indicators
Military expenditure (% of GDP): Saudi Arabia
- Most recent
- 7.2981 (2024)
- Earliest
- 5.9027 (1963)
- Highest
- 19.0043 (1984)
- Years reported
- 58 of 62 in the span
- Member state
- Saudi Arabia at the United Nations
The World Bank reports 58 of the 62 years between 1963 and 2024 for Saudi Arabia. The missing 4 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.
Every year reported
| Year | Military expenditure (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.2981 |
| 2023 | 7.28424 |
| 2022 | 6.39742 |
| 2021 | 7.22922 |
| 2020 | 8.79217 |
| 2019 | 7.79459 |
| 2018 | 8.81334 |
| 2017 | 9.84623 |
| 2016 | 9.56048 |
| 2015 | 13.0228 |
| 2014 | 10.5351 |
| 2013 | 8.89019 |
| 2012 | 7.61581 |
| 2011 | 7.1724 |
| 2010 | 8.56568 |
| 2009 | 9.6172 |
| 2008 | 7.35344 |
| 2007 | 8.52705 |
| 2006 | 7.84837 |
| 2005 | 7.7306 |
| 2004 | 8.08156 |
| 2003 | 8.68712 |
| 2002 | 9.75806 |
| 2001 | 11.419 |
| 2000 | 10.5344 |
| 1999 | 11.3819 |
| 1998 | 14.311 |
| 1997 | 11.0009 |
| 1996 | 8.46808 |
| 1995 | 9.27847 |
| 1994 | 10.6448 |
| 1993 | 12.4654 |
| 1992 | 11.2842 |
| 1991 | 12.4698 |
| 1990 | 14.0243 |
| 1989 | 13.3903 |
| 1988 | 15.1519 |
| 1987 | 16.8964 |
| 1985 | 16.9952 |
| 1984 | 19.0043 |
| 1983 | 16.9729 |
| 1982 | 17.7202 |
| 1981 | 13.2652 |
| 1980 | 12.6134 |
| 1979 | 15.7688 |
| 1978 | 16.7366 |
| 1977 | 15.6488 |
| 1973 | 10.8404 |
| 1972 | 10.0816 |
| 1971 | 8.64019 |
| 1970 | 9.40353 |
| 1969 | 9.57052 |
| 1968 | 8.08745 |
| 1967 | 11.5118 |
| 1966 | 11.3242 |
| 1965 | 7.69009 |
| 1964 | 5.96631 |
| 1963 | 5.9027 |
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