Military expenditure in Oceania

4 countries in Oceania, 2024. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking
1.9 %
Australia
Median country
1.3 %
half above, half below
World
2.5 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.3 to 1.9
Papua New Guinea - Australia

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Across 4 countries in Oceania, the highest value is in Australia (1.9 %) and the lowest in Papua New Guinea (0.3 %).

The median country is at 1.3 %: 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
1Australia1.9
2Fiji1.3
3New Zealand1.2
4Papua New Guinea0.3
World Bank, WDI · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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