Military expenditure in Asia

35 countries in Asia, 2024. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking
8.8 %
Israel
Median country
2.3 %
half above, half below
World
2.5 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.4 to 8.8
Kazakhstan - Israel

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Across 35 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Israel (8.8 %) and the lowest in Kazakhstan (0.4 %).

The median country is at 2.3 %: half are above, half below.

Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product

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Source: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://www.sipri.org/databases · via World Bank WDI (MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS) · licence

Military spending over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Israel8.8
2Saudi Arabia7.3
3Myanmar6.8
4Oman5.6
5Armenia5.5
6Azerbaijan5.0
7Kuwait4.8
8Jordan4.8
9Brunei3.6
10Kyrgyzstan3.0
11Bahrain2.9
12Singapore2.8
13Pakistan2.7
14Timor-Leste2.7
15Lebanon2.6
16South Korea2.6
17Iraq2.4
18India2.3
19Iran2.0
20Türkiye1.9
21Georgia1.9
22Tajikistan1.8
23China1.7
24Cyprus1.6
25Cambodia1.5
26Sri Lanka1.4
27Japan1.4
28Philippines1.3
29Thailand1.1
30Malaysia1.0
31Nepal1.0
32Bangladesh0.9
33Indonesia0.8
34Mongolia0.7
35Kazakhstan0.4
World Bank, WDI · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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