World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Canada

Most recent: 1.313 (2024)
Earliest: 4.185 (1960)
Highest: 4.185 (1960)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Canada 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	1.313
2023	1.253
2022	1.167
2021	1.254
2020	1.394
2019	1.285
2018	1.318
2017	1.352
2016	1.164
2015	1.153
2014	0.9899
2013	1.002
2012	1.118
2011	1.193
2010	1.194
2009	1.378
2008	1.246
2007	1.186
2006	1.123
2005	1.107
2004	1.104
2003	1.112
2002	1.117
2001	1.133
2000	1.114
1999	1.242
1998	1.256
1997	1.246
1996	1.404
1995	1.554
1994	1.697
1993	1.822
1992	1.862
1991	1.895
1990	1.959
1989	1.935
1988	1.987
1987	2.063
1986	2.109
1985	2.097
1984	2.117
1983	2.081
1982	1.954
1981	1.71
1980	1.764
1979	1.711
1978	1.849
1977	1.806
1976	1.766
1975	1.864
1974	1.784
1973	1.833
1972	2.012
1971	2.131
1970	2.189
1969	2.274
1968	2.544
1967	2.748
1966	2.683
1965	2.93
1964	3.402
1963	3.621
1962	3.999
1961	4.128
1960	4.185

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