World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): New Zealand

Most recent: 1.194 (2024)
Earliest: 2.691 (1960)
Highest: 3.023 (1980)
Years reported: 65
Member state: New Zealand 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	1.194
2023	1.221
2022	1.171
2021	1.165
2020	1.34
2019	1.293
2018	1.105
2017	1.052
2016	1.036
2015	0.988
2014	0.9981
2013	1.044
2012	1.116
2011	1.162
2010	1.21
2009	1.22
2008	1.153
2007	1.182
2006	1.241
2005	1.14
2004	1.177
2003	1.328
2002	1.4
2001	1.5
2000	1.597
1999	1.648
1998	1.711
1997	1.719
1996	1.793
1995	1.842
1994	1.853
1993	1.936
1992	2.097
1991	2.279
1990	2.311
1989	2.181
1988	2.116
1987	2.407
1986	2.368
1985	2.365
1984	2.378
1983	2.438
1982	2.583
1981	2.729
1980	3.023
1979	2.16
1978	2.21
1977	2.116
1976	1.936
1975	2.085
1974	2.065
1973	1.973
1972	2.183
1971	2.317
1970	2.632
1969	2.566
1968	2.728
1967	2.624
1966	2.639
1965	2.356
1964	2.473
1963	2.198
1962	2.31
1961	2.486
1960	2.691

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