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World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Saudi Arabia

Most recent
7.298 (2024)
Earliest
5.903 (1963)
Highest
19 (1984)
Years reported
58 of 62 in the span
Member state
Saudi Arabia at the United Nations
010201963: 5.9031964: 5.9661965: 7.691966: 11.321967: 11.511968: 8.0871969: 9.5711970: 9.4041971: 8.641972: 10.081973: 10.841977: 15.651978: 16.741979: 15.771980: 12.611981: 13.271982: 17.721983: 16.971984: 191985: 171987: 16.91988: 15.151989: 13.391990: 14.021991: 12.471992: 11.281993: 12.471994: 10.641995: 9.2781996: 8.4681997: 111998: 14.311999: 11.382000: 10.532001: 11.422002: 9.7582003: 8.6872004: 8.0822005: 7.7312006: 7.8482007: 8.5272008: 7.3532009: 9.6172010: 8.5662011: 7.1722012: 7.6162013: 8.892014: 10.542015: 13.022016: 9.562017: 9.8462018: 8.8132019: 7.7952020: 8.7922021: 7.2292022: 6.3972023: 7.2842024: 7.29819632024
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1963–2024. 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.

The World Bank reports 58 of the 62 years between 1963 and 2024 for Saudi Arabia. The missing 4 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearMilitary expenditure (% of GDP)
20247.298
20237.284
20226.397
20217.229
20208.792
20197.795
20188.813
20179.846
20169.56
201513.02
201410.54
20138.89
20127.616
20117.172
20108.566
20099.617
20087.353
20078.527
20067.848
20057.731
20048.082
20038.687
20029.758
200111.42
200010.53
199911.38
199814.31
199711
19968.468
19959.278
199410.64
199312.47
199211.28
199112.47
199014.02
198913.39
198815.15
198716.9
198517
198419
198316.97
198217.72
198113.27
198012.61
197915.77
197816.74
197715.65
197310.84
197210.08
19718.64
19709.404
19699.571
19688.087
196711.51
196611.32
19657.69
19645.966
19635.903

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