World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Switzerland

Most recent
0.7178 (2024)
Earliest
2.341 (1960)
Highest
2.568 (1962)
Years reported
65
Member state
Switzerland at the United Nations
02.551960: 2.3411961: 2.4691962: 2.5681963: 2.5161964: 2.5361965: 2.4681966: 2.5311967: 2.3821968: 2.1771969: 2.1981970: 2.1031971: 2.0531972: 1.9681973: 1.8611974: 1.8761975: 1.9011976: 2.1631977: 2.0221978: 1.9671979: 2.041980: 1.6791981: 1.6631982: 1.7281983: 1.7491984: 1.7011985: 1.8251986: 1.6611987: 1.5621988: 1.5651989: 1.5241990: 1.5721991: 1.5381992: 1.5241993: 1.3671994: 1.3321995: 1.3561996: 1.2841997: 1.2211998: 1.1851999: 1.0862000: 1.0292001: 0.99192002: 0.95642003: 0.92662004: 0.88892005: 0.83312006: 0.75382007: 0.71822008: 0.72252009: 0.73182010: 0.68722011: 0.69482012: 0.6692013: 0.71262014: 0.63492015: 0.65132016: 0.66482017: 0.66572018: 0.65292019: 0.69632020: 0.77262021: 0.67292022: 0.68212023: 0.70572024: 0.717819602024
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

YearMilitary expenditure (% of GDP)
20240.7178
20230.7057
20220.6821
20210.6729
20200.7726
20190.6963
20180.6529
20170.6657
20160.6648
20150.6513
20140.6349
20130.7126
20120.669
20110.6948
20100.6872
20090.7318
20080.7225
20070.7182
20060.7538
20050.8331
20040.8889
20030.9266
20020.9564
20010.9919
20001.029
19991.086
19981.185
19971.221
19961.284
19951.356
19941.332
19931.367
19921.524
19911.538
19901.572
19891.524
19881.565
19871.562
19861.661
19851.825
19841.701
19831.749
19821.728
19811.663
19801.679
19792.04
19781.967
19772.022
19762.163
19751.901
19741.876
19731.861
19721.968
19712.053
19702.103
19692.198
19682.177
19672.382
19662.531
19652.468
19642.536
19632.516
19622.568
19612.469
19602.341

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