World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Belgium

Most recent: 1.277 (2024)
Earliest: 3.397 (1960)
Highest: 3.397 (1960)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Belgium 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	1.277
2023	1.184
2022	1.162
2021	1.043
2020	1.006
2019	0.887
2018	0.8924
2017	0.8868
2016	0.8981
2015	0.9118
2014	0.9663
2013	1.005
2012	1.037
2011	1.045
2010	1.09
2009	1.164
2008	1.222
2007	1.098
2006	1.056
2005	1.097
2004	1.157
2003	1.221
2002	1.224
2001	1.284
2000	1.351
1999	1.394
1998	1.417
1997	1.458
1996	1.519
1995	1.545
1994	1.677
1993	1.736
1992	1.832
1991	2.288
1990	2.355
1989	2.461
1988	2.629
1987	2.902
1986	2.954
1985	2.931
1984	3.008
1983	3.191
1982	3.27
1981	3.366
1980	3.25
1979	3.261
1978	3.262
1977	3.143
1976	3.093
1975	3.065
1974	2.761
1973	2.835
1972	2.881
1971	2.899
1970	2.919
1969	2.932
1968	3.115
1967	3.135
1966	3.113
1965	2.973
1964	3.213
1963	3.217
1962	3.285
1961	3.259
1960	3.397

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