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Military Expenditure Database (SIPRI)

The most complete and most cited series of military expenditure by country, going back to 1949. SIPRI brings national budgets to the common NATO definition (spending on the armed forces, including military pensions and military aid) and publishes them in constant prices, in current US dollars and as a percentage of GDP.

9 indicators Updates: annually, April License: SIPRI terms of use Dataset: Military Expenditure Database

Defense 9

Military spending, personnel, arms transfers

1960–2024 Military expenditure (% of GDP)

The share of GDP a country spends on defense.

% of GDP 147 countries SIPRI 1960–2024 Military expenditure in dollars

The absolute volume of defense spending in current US dollars.

US$ 151 countries SIPRI 1988–2024 Military expenditure share of the budget

What part of government spending goes to defense.

% of government expenditure 144 countries SIPRI 1985–2020 Armed forces personnel

The number of active-duty military personnel and paramilitary forces.

people 170 countries SIPRI 1960–2024 Arms exports

Transfers of major conventional weapons abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV).

million TIV (constant 1990 prices) 45 countries SIPRI 1960–2024 Arms imports

Purchases of major conventional weapons abroad.

million TIV (constant 1990 prices) 111 countries SIPRI 1816–2022 Armed forces personnel since 1816

A long historical series on the personnel of armies — since 1816, that is, over two centuries.

people 189 countries SIPRI 1816–2022 Armed forces as a share of the population

What share of a country’s population military personnel make up — a measure of how militarized a society is.

% of population 189 countries SIPRI 1990–2020 Armed forces as a share of the labor force

What part of a country’s labor force serves in the army instead of working in the economy.

% of labor force 168 countries SIPRI

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