Military expenditure (% of GDP) in United States was reported at 3.3618 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. United States - Military expenditure (% of GDP) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

United States US: Military Expenditure: % of GDP data was reported at 3.149 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.222 % for 2016. United States US: Military Expenditure: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 4.864 % from Sep 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.063 % in 1967 and a record low of 2.908 % in 1999. United States US: Military Expenditure: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Defense and Official Development Assistance. Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.); ; Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.; Weighted average; Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates.

United States US: Military Expenditure as % of General Government Expenditure data was reported at 8.807 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 9.042 % for 2016. United States US: Military Expenditure as % of General Government Expenditure data is updated yearly, averaging 11.141 % from Sep 2001 (Median) to 2017, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.769 % in 2011 and a record low of 8.807 % in 2017. United States US: Military Expenditure as % of General Government Expenditure data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Defense and Official Development Assistance. Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.); ; Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.; Weighted average; Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates.

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Armed forces personnel, total in United States was reported at 1395000 in 2020, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. United States - Armed forces personnel, total - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on November of 2025.

United States US: Military Expenditure data was reported at 609.758 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 600.106 USD bn for 2016. United States US: Military Expenditure data is updated yearly, averaging 277.591 USD bn from Sep 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 711.338 USD bn in 2011 and a record low of 45.380 USD bn in 1960. United States US: Military Expenditure data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Defense and Official Development Assistance. Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.); ; Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.; ; Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates. For additional details please refer to the military expenditure database on the SIPRI website: https://sipri.org/databases/milex

United States US: Armed Forces Personnel: Total data was reported at 1,348,400.000 Person in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,347,300.000 Person for 2015. United States US: Armed Forces Personnel: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 1,546,000.000 Person from Sep 1985 (Median) to 2016, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,240,000.000 Person in 1989 and a record low of 1,347,300.000 Person in 2015. United States US: Armed Forces Personnel: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Defense and Official Development Assistance. Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.; ; International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance.; Sum; Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates.

This two-part data collection contains annual information for military expenditures and import and export of arms and military equipment for 139 countries for the period 1969-1978. Data are provided on arms exports and imports, total imports and exports, arms imports and exports as a percentage of the total imports and exports, the gross national product (GNP), and central government expenditures, as well as expenditures on health, education, and the military as a percentage of the GNP, and health and education expenditures as a percentage of military expenditures. Data are also provided on population characteristics, such as the number of teachers, soldiers, and doctors per 1,000 people, the number of teachers and doctors as a percentage of the number of soldiers, and the total population. Other variables provide information on the country's membership in regional alliances such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the former Warsaw Pact, and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, as well as World Bank membership. Additional variables describe the country's developmental status and the geographic region of the world in which the country is located. In addition, Part 1 data provide information on the total value of arms transferred from major arms supplier countries such as the United States, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Poland, China, and the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, and West Germany. They are organized by country records. Part 2 data are organized by country-year records.

United States US: GDP: % of GDP: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data was reported at 14.272 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 14.408 % for 2015. United States US: GDP: % of GDP: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data is updated yearly, averaging 15.841 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.069 % in 1970 and a record low of 13.996 % in 1998. United States US: GDP: % of GDP: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Gross Domestic Product: Share of GDP. General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation.; ; World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; Weighted average;

United States US: GDP: USD: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data was reported at 2,658.088 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,610.800 USD bn for 2015. United States US: GDP: USD: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data is updated yearly, averaging 819.773 USD bn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,658.088 USD bn in 2016 and a record low of 85.000 USD bn in 1960. United States US: GDP: USD: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.World Bank: Gross Domestic Product: Nominal. General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; Gap-filled total;

United States US: GDP: Growth: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data was reported at 0.968 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.332 % for 2015. United States US: GDP: Growth: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data is updated yearly, averaging 1.566 % from Dec 1971 (Median) to 2016, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.928 % in 1985 and a record low of -2.654 % in 2011. United States US: GDP: Growth: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Gross Domestic Product: Annual Growth Rate. Annual percentage growth of general government final consumption expenditure based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2010 U.S. dollars. General government final consumption expenditure (general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation.; ; World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; Weighted average;

美国 US: Military Expenditure as % of General Government Expenditure在2017达8.807 %，相较于2016的9.042 %有所下降。美国 US: Military Expenditure as % of General Government Expenditure数据按每年更新，2001至2017期间平均值为11.141 %，共17份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于2011，达11.769 %，而历史最低值则出现于2017，为8.807 %。CEIC提供的美国 US: Military Expenditure as % of General Government Expenditure数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于Global Database的美国 – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Defense and Official Development Assistance。

Laos LA: GDP: USD: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data was reported at 2.173 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.208 USD bn for 2016. Laos LA: GDP: USD: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data is updated yearly, averaging 261.464 USD mn from Dec 1984 (Median) to 2017, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.208 USD bn in 2016 and a record low of 65.049 USD mn in 1988. Laos LA: GDP: USD: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Laos – Table LA.World Bank: Gross Domestic Product: Nominal. General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; Gap-filled total;

Moldova MD: GDP: USD: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data was reported at 1.545 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.283 USD bn for 2016. Moldova MD: GDP: USD: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data is updated yearly, averaging 732.020 USD mn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2017, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.609 USD bn in 2013 and a record low of 121.719 USD mn in 1999. Moldova MD: GDP: USD: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Moldova – Table MD.World Bank.WDI: Gross Domestic Product: Nominal. General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; Gap-filled total;

United States US: Arms Exports: SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIV) data was reported at 12,394,000,000.000 TIV in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 10,304,000,000.000 TIV for 2016. United States US: Arms Exports: SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIV) data is updated yearly, averaging 10,794,000,000.000 TIV from Sep 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16,157,000,000.000 TIV in 1975 and a record low of 4,967,000,000.000 TIV in 2002. United States US: Arms Exports: SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIV) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Defense and Official Development Assistance. Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs) expressed in US$ m. at constant (1990) prices. A '0' indicates that the value of deliveries is less than US$0.5m; ; Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Arms Transfers Programme (http://portal.sipri.org/publications/pages/transfer/splash).; Sum; Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates.

United States US: Arms Imports: SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIV) data was reported at 547,000,000.000 TIV in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 496,000,000.000 TIV for 2016. United States US: Arms Imports: SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIV) data is updated yearly, averaging 509,500,000.000 TIV from Sep 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,993,000,000.000 TIV in 1987 and a record low of 46,000,000.000 TIV in 1970. United States US: Arms Imports: SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIV) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Defense and Official Development Assistance. Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs) expressed in US$ m. at constant (1990) prices. A '0' indicates that the value of deliveries is less than US$0.5m.; ; Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Arms Transfers Programme (http://portal.sipri.org/publications/pages/transfer/splash).; Sum; Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates.

Vietnam VN: GDP: Growth: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data was reported at 7.345 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 7.540 % for 2016. Vietnam VN: GDP: Growth: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data is updated yearly, averaging 7.260 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2017, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.283 % in 2010 and a record low of -5.704 % in 1999. Vietnam VN: GDP: Growth: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.World Bank.WDI: Gross Domestic Product: Annual Growth Rate. Annual percentage growth of general government final consumption expenditure based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2010 U.S. dollars. General government final consumption expenditure (general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation.; ; World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; Weighted average;

美国：军费在09-01-2017达609,757.981百万美元，相较于09-01-2016的600,106.443百万美元有所增长。美国：军费数据按年更新，09-01-1960至09-01-2017期间平均值为277,590.500百万美元，共58份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于09-01-2011，达711,338.000百万美元，而历史最低值则出现于09-01-1960，为45,380.000百万美元。CEIC提供的美国：军费数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的美国 – 表 US.世行.WDI：国防和政府开发援助。

Qatar QA: GDP: Growth: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data was reported at 1.132 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.865 % for 2014. Qatar QA: GDP: Growth: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data is updated yearly, averaging 8.865 % from Dec 2001 (Median) to 2015, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 46.349 % in 2005 and a record low of -26.427 % in 2004. Qatar QA: GDP: Growth: Final Consumption Expenditure: General Government data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Qatar – Table QA.World Bank: Gross Domestic Product: Annual Growth Rate. Annual percentage growth of general government final consumption expenditure based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2010 U.S. dollars. General government final consumption expenditure (general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation.; ; World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; Weighted average;