World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): United States

Most recent
3.41922 (2024)
Earliest
8.99312 (1960)
Highest
9.4178 (1967)
Years reported
65
Member state
United States at the United Nations
05101960: 91961: 91962: 91963: 91964: 81965: 81966: 81967: 91968: 91969: 91970: 81971: 71972: 71973: 61974: 61975: 61976: 51977: 51978: 51979: 51980: 51981: 61982: 71983: 61984: 61985: 61986: 71987: 61988: 61989: 61990: 61991: 51992: 51993: 51994: 41995: 41996: 41997: 31998: 31999: 32000: 32001: 32002: 32003: 42004: 42005: 42006: 42007: 42008: 42009: 52010: 52011: 52012: 42013: 42014: 42015: 32016: 32017: 32018: 32019: 32020: 42021: 32022: 32023: 32024: 319602024
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)
20243.41922
20233.30444
20223.30948
20213.40452
20203.64519
20193.40921
20183.304
20173.29772
20163.4026
20153.46449
20143.67892
20134.02371
20124.46171
20114.82244
20104.90402
20094.87577
20084.4466
20074.07335
20064.04134
20054.08923
20044.01631
20033.82716
20023.44762
20013.12381
20003.11224
19993.08568
19983.20156
19973.40556
19963.55498
19953.86025
19944.21526
19934.60435
19924.97047
19914.88343
19905.60518
19895.87121
19886.07128
19876.42027
19866.62652
19856.45322
19846.23642
19836.32114
19826.81406
19815.64654
19805.15354
19794.95199
19784.94309
19775.15562
19765.19107
19755.62268
19745.95411
19735.89387
19726.51976
19716.94307
19708.03274
19698.63326
19689.26845
19679.4178
19668.4353
19657.58725
19648.05128
19638.83189
19629.33167
19619.15603
19608.99312

World Bank, World Development Indicators — MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS, available under CC BY 4.0.

Where this page comes from