World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): France

Most recent: 2.053 (2024)
Earliest: 5.428 (1960)
Highest: 5.428 (1960)
Years reported: 65
Member state: France 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	2.053
2023	1.951
2022	1.958
2021	1.98
2020	2.022
2019	1.853
2018	1.846
2017	1.852
2016	1.852
2015	1.87
2014	1.86
2013	1.847
2012	1.872
2011	1.888
2010	1.969
2009	2.099
2008	1.899
2007	1.911
2006	1.977
2005	2.028
2004	2.114
2003	2.106
2002	2.059
2001	2.041
2000	2.092
1999	2.198
1998	2.247
1997	2.394
1996	2.438
1995	2.515
1994	2.691
1993	2.722
1992	2.728
1991	2.849
1990	2.845
1989	2.918
1988	3
1987	3.12
1986	3.086
1985	3.144
1984	3.187
1983	3.237
1982	3.224
1981	3.246
1980	3.155
1979	3.139
1978	3.151
1977	3.232
1976	3.156
1975	3.197
1974	3.086
1973	3.144
1972	3.23
1971	3.316
1970	3.459
1969	3.68
1968	4.137
1967	4.295
1966	4.29
1965	4.395
1964	4.54
1963	4.74
1962	5.159
1961	5.296
1960	5.428

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