World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Malaysia

Most recent: 0.9876 (2024)
Earliest: 2.676 (1960)
Highest: 5.785 (1981)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Malaysia 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	0.9876
2023	0.9815
2022	0.902
2021	0.9826
2020	0.9997
2019	0.8934
2018	0.9601
2017	1.1
2016	1.384
2015	1.504
2014	1.455
2013	1.499
2012	1.413
2011	1.553
2010	1.49
2009	1.871
2008	1.825
2007	1.959
2006	2.008
2005	2.174
2004	2.263
2003	2.615
2002	2.219
2001	2.085
2000	1.635
1999	2.101
1998	1.605
1997	2.086
1996	2.401
1995	2.751
1994	2.847
1993	2.875
1992	2.986
1991	3.199
1990	2.555
1989	2.624
1988	2.426
1987	4.147
1986	3.224
1985	3.452
1984	3.752
1983	4.423
1982	5.368
1981	5.785
1980	4.23
1979	3.671
1978	3.711
1977	4.855
1976	3.981
1975	4.724
1974	4.182
1973	3.872
1972	4.979
1971	5.372
1970	5.165
1969	3.922
1968	4.453
1967	4.497
1966	4.728
1965	4.011
1964	3.164
1963	2.421
1962	2.187
1961	2.233
1960	2.676

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