World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): South Korea

Most recent: 2.562 (2024)
Earliest: 7.158 (1960)
Highest: 7.158 (1960)
Years reported: 65
Member state: South Korea 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	2.562
2023	2.599
2022	2.576
2021	2.619
2020	2.643
2019	2.519
2018	2.362
2017	2.298
2016	2.336
2015	2.376
2014	2.413
2013	2.391
2012	2.392
2011	2.371
2010	2.361
2009	2.5
2008	2.389
2007	2.271
2006	2.299
2005	2.28
2004	2.166
2003	2.175
2002	2.169
2001	2.28
2000	2.31
1999	2.493
1998	2.794
1997	2.663
1996	2.743
1995	2.892
1994	3.193
1993	3.418
1992	3.69
1991	3.711
1990	4.002
1989	4.29
1988	4.281
1987	4.469
1986	4.948
1985	5.226
1984	5.255
1983	5.727
1982	6.241
1981	6.416
1980	6.399
1979	5.526
1978	6.371
1977	6.035
1976	5.908
1975	4.879
1974	4.541
1973	4.035
1972	5.01
1971	4.735
1970	4.403
1969	4.694
1968	4.731
1967	4.685
1966	4.689
1965	4.41
1964	4.134
1963	4.824
1962	6.867
1961	6.726
1960	7.158

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