World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Thailand

Most recent: 1.079 (2024)
Earliest: 2.465 (1960)
Highest: 4.381 (1979)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Thailand 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	1.079
2023	1.131
2022	1.241
2021	1.418
2020	1.461
2019	1.327
2018	1.326
2017	1.336
2016	1.325
2015	1.337
2014	1.38
2013	1.345
2012	1.39
2011	1.391
2010	1.523
2009	1.54
2008	1.253
2007	1.019
2006	0.9501
2005	0.9862
2004	1.128
2003	1.233
2002	1.328
2001	1.43
2000	1.488
1999	1.624
1998	1.856
1997	2.174
1996	2.152
1995	2.274
1994	2.502
1993	2.525
1992	2.657
1991	2.645
1990	2.594
1989	2.685
1988	2.934
1987	3.361
1986	3.795
1985	4.189
1984	4.064
1983	3.953
1982	4.12
1981	4.063
1980	4.244
1979	4.381
1978	3.924
1977	3.482
1976	3.131
1975	2.795
1974	2.655
1973	2.882
1972	3.474
1971	3.561
1970	3.065
1969	2.991
1968	2.755
1967	2.427
1966	2.165
1965	2.326
1964	2.43
1963	2.616
1962	2.629
1961	2.098
1960	2.465

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