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World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Saudi Arabia

Most recent
7.2981 (2024)
Earliest
5.9027 (1963)
Highest
19.0043 (1984)
Years reported
58 of 62 in the span
Member state
Saudi Arabia at the United Nations
010201963: 61964: 61965: 81966: 111967: 121968: 81969: 101970: 91971: 91972: 101973: 111977: 161978: 171979: 161980: 131981: 131982: 181983: 171984: 191985: 171987: 171988: 151989: 131990: 141991: 121992: 111993: 121994: 111995: 91996: 81997: 111998: 141999: 112000: 112001: 112002: 102003: 92004: 82005: 82006: 82007: 92008: 72009: 102010: 92011: 72012: 82013: 92014: 112015: 132016: 102017: 102018: 92019: 82020: 92021: 72022: 62023: 72024: 719632024
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)
20247.2981
20237.28424
20226.39742
20217.22922
20208.79217
20197.79459
20188.81334
20179.84623
20169.56048
201513.0228
201410.5351
20138.89019
20127.61581
20117.1724
20108.56568
20099.6172
20087.35344
20078.52705
20067.84837
20057.7306
20048.08156
20038.68712
20029.75806
200111.419
200010.5344
199911.3819
199814.311
199711.0009
19968.46808
19959.27847
199410.6448
199312.4654
199211.2842
199112.4698
199014.0243
198913.3903
198815.1519
198716.8964
198516.9952
198419.0043
198316.9729
198217.7202
198113.2652
198012.6134
197915.7688
197816.7366
197715.6488
197310.8404
197210.0816
19718.64019
19709.40353
19699.57052
19688.08745
196711.5118
196611.3242
19657.69009
19645.96631
19635.9027

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