World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): United States

Most recent
3.419 (2024)
Earliest
8.993 (1960)
Highest
9.418 (1967)
Years reported
65
Member state
United States at the United Nations
05101960: 8.9931961: 9.1561962: 9.3321963: 8.8321964: 8.0511965: 7.5871966: 8.4351967: 9.4181968: 9.2681969: 8.6331970: 8.0331971: 6.9431972: 6.521973: 5.8941974: 5.9541975: 5.6231976: 5.1911977: 5.1561978: 4.9431979: 4.9521980: 5.1541981: 5.6471982: 6.8141983: 6.3211984: 6.2361985: 6.4531986: 6.6271987: 6.421988: 6.0711989: 5.8711990: 5.6051991: 4.8831992: 4.971993: 4.6041994: 4.2151995: 3.861996: 3.5551997: 3.4061998: 3.2021999: 3.0862000: 3.1122001: 3.1242002: 3.4482003: 3.8272004: 4.0162005: 4.0892006: 4.0412007: 4.0732008: 4.4472009: 4.8762010: 4.9042011: 4.8222012: 4.4622013: 4.0242014: 3.6792015: 3.4642016: 3.4032017: 3.2982018: 3.3042019: 3.4092020: 3.6452021: 3.4052022: 3.3092023: 3.3042024: 3.41919602024
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)
20243.419
20233.304
20223.309
20213.405
20203.645
20193.409
20183.304
20173.298
20163.403
20153.464
20143.679
20134.024
20124.462
20114.822
20104.904
20094.876
20084.447
20074.073
20064.041
20054.089
20044.016
20033.827
20023.448
20013.124
20003.112
19993.086
19983.202
19973.406
19963.555
19953.86
19944.215
19934.604
19924.97
19914.883
19905.605
19895.871
19886.071
19876.42
19866.627
19856.453
19846.236
19836.321
19826.814
19815.647
19805.154
19794.952
19784.943
19775.156
19765.191
19755.623
19745.954
19735.894
19726.52
19716.943
19708.033
19698.633
19689.268
19679.418
19668.435
19657.587
19648.051
19638.832
19629.332
19619.156
19608.993

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