World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Spain

Most recent: 1.432 (2024)
Earliest: 2.251 (1960)
Highest: 2.966 (1984)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Spain 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	1.432
2023	1.472
2022	1.406
2021	1.338
2020	1.354
2019	1.225
2018	1.246
2017	1.222
2016	1.128
2015	1.26
2014	1.246
2013	1.266
2012	1.417
2011	1.326
2010	1.382
2009	1.358
2008	1.368
2007	1.363
2006	1.37
2005	1.387
2004	1.43
2003	1.423
2002	1.456
2001	1.63
2000	1.726
1999	1.755
1998	1.757
1997	1.723
1996	1.814
1995	1.917
1994	2.001
1993	2.012
1992	2.043
1991	2.129
1990	2.293
1989	2.36
1988	2.489
1987	2.615
1986	2.625
1985	2.955
1984	2.966
1983	2.936
1982	2.66
1981	2.582
1980	2.49
1979	2.497
1978	2.358
1977	2.314
1976	2.321
1975	2.004
1974	2.208
1973	2.111
1972	2.318
1971	2.108
1970	2.287
1969	2.434
1968	2.298
1967	1.852
1966	2.08
1965	1.885
1964	1.931
1963	1.97
1962	2.268
1961	2.031
1960	2.251

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