Military expenditure as a share of gdp reached 1.53% in 2021 in the European Union, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database. This is 0.439% less than in the previous year.
Historically, military expenditure as a share of GDP in the European Union reached an all time high of 3.82% in 1960 and an all time low of 1.32% in 2015.
European Union 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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