World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Australia

Most recent: 1.884 (2024)
Earliest: 2.37 (1960)
Highest: 3.837 (1968)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Australia at the United Nations

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

Year	Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2024	1.884
2023	1.862
2022	1.883
2021	1.978
2020	2.007
2019	1.88
2018	1.896
2017	2.005
2016	2.09
2015	1.952
2014	1.772
2013	1.638
2012	1.67
2011	1.755
2010	1.853
2009	1.924
2008	1.796
2007	1.811
2006	1.818
2005	1.796
2004	1.822
2003	1.843
2002	1.868
2001	1.863
2000	1.824
1999	1.887
1998	1.869
1997	1.865
1996	1.93
1995	2.02
1994	2.114
1993	2.175
1992	2.168
1991	2.164
1990	2.076
1989	2.049
1988	2.161
1987	2.373
1986	2.54
1985	2.523
1984	2.505
1983	2.52
1982	2.393
1981	2.297
1980	2.249
1979	2.193
1978	2.216
1977	2.247
1976	2.217
1975	2.267
1974	2.263
1973	2.379
1972	2.686
1971	2.763
1970	2.966
1969	3.386
1968	3.837
1967	3.794
1966	3.451
1965	2.952
1964	2.648
1963	2.447
1962	2.364
1961	2.415
1960	2.37

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