World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): El Salvador

Most recent: 1.186 (2024)
Earliest: 0.7387 (1965)
Highest: 6.59 (1985)
Years reported: 60
Member state: El Salvador at the United Nations

Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1965–2024. 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	1.186
2023	1.337
2022	1.433
2021	1.211
2020	1.38
2019	1.18
2018	1.132
2017	1.044
2016	1.024
2015	1.057
2014	1.035
2013	1.08
2012	1.049
2011	1.088
2010	1.09
2009	1.079
2008	0.9618
2007	0.9734
2006	0.8881
2005	0.9042
2004	0.8102
2003	0.8414
2002	1.13
2001	1.091
2000	0.8403
1999	0.9205
1998	0.9229
1997	1.008
1996	1.074
1995	1.175
1994	1.352
1993	1.679
1992	2.254
1991	2.733
1990	3.414
1989	4.872
1988	4.271
1987	4.469
1986	4.33
1985	6.59
1984	6.443
1983	3.551
1982	2.776
1981	2.28
1980	1.736
1979	1.578
1978	1.119
1977	0.9718
1976	0.8818
1975	0.8307
1974	0.8014
1973	0.865
1972	0.8816
1971	0.718
1970	0.6298
1969	0.7155
1968	0.6556
1967	0.6943
1966	0.7091
1965	0.7387

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