World Development Indicators
Military expenditure (% of GDP): Sri Lanka
- Most recent
- 1.425 (2024)
- Earliest
- 1.183 (1960)
- Highest
- 5.861 (1995)
- Years reported
- 64 of 65 in the span
- Member state
- Sri Lanka at the United Nations
The World Bank reports 64 of the 65 years between 1960 and 2024 for Sri Lanka. The missing 1 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.
Every year reported
| Year | Military expenditure (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.425 |
| 2023 | 1.64 |
| 2022 | 1.343 |
| 2021 | 1.713 |
| 2020 | 1.74 |
| 2019 | 1.752 |
| 2018 | 1.735 |
| 2017 | 1.977 |
| 2016 | 1.979 |
| 2015 | 2.417 |
| 2014 | 2.413 |
| 2013 | 2.154 |
| 2012 | 2.155 |
| 2011 | 2.685 |
| 2010 | 2.701 |
| 2009 | 3.162 |
| 2008 | 3.244 |
| 2007 | 3.261 |
| 2006 | 2.799 |
| 2005 | 2.64 |
| 2004 | 2.997 |
| 2003 | 2.869 |
| 2002 | 3.343 |
| 2001 | 4.287 |
| 2000 | 5.034 |
| 1999 | 4.03 |
| 1998 | 4.643 |
| 1997 | 4.631 |
| 1996 | 5.52 |
| 1995 | 5.861 |
| 1994 | 3.729 |
| 1993 | 3.432 |
| 1992 | 3.368 |
| 1991 | 3.082 |
| 1990 | 2.328 |
| 1989 | 1.799 |
| 1988 | 2.371 |
| 1987 | 3.393 |
| 1986 | 2.697 |
| 1985 | 3.161 |
| 1984 | 0.9224 |
| 1983 | 0.8891 |
| 1982 | 0.5447 |
| 1981 | 0.6268 |
| 1980 | 0.7658 |
| 1979 | 0.8345 |
| 1978 | 0.803 |
| 1977 | 0.6844 |
| 1976 | 0.6592 |
| 1975 | 0.8036 |
| 1974 | 0.7951 |
| 1973 | 0.8748 |
| 1971 | 1.363 |
| 1970 | 0.9166 |
| 1969 | 0.8074 |
| 1968 | 0.7945 |
| 1967 | 0.8451 |
| 1966 | 0.8729 |
| 1965 | 0.8526 |
| 1964 | 0.8517 |
| 1963 | 0.8978 |
| 1962 | 1.083 |
| 1961 | 1.183 |
| 1960 | 1.183 |
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