Military expenditure as a share of gdp reached 2.24% in 2021 in the World, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database. This is 5.39% less than in the previous year.
Historically, military expenditure as a share of GDP in the World reached an all time high of 6.35% in 1962 and an all time low of 2.15% in 2018.
World has been ranked within the group of 151 countries we follow in terms of military expenditure as a share of GDP.
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