Australia Military Spending Over Time (1960–2024)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Military Spending (USD)

Global rank: 15 / 151

Data table

1960	459.8M	1971	1.33B	1982	4.46B	1993	6.73B	2004	12B	2015	24.05B
1961	471M	1972	1.48B	1983	4.51B	1994	7.46B	2005	13.24B	2016	26.38B
1962	489.4M	1973	1.86B	1984	4.93B	1995	7.67B	2006	14.24B	2017	27.69B
1963	553.3M	1974	2.13B	1985	4.39B	1996	8.2B	2007	17.19B	2018	26.84B
1964	655.8M	1975	2.27B	1986	4.61B	1997	7.94B	2008	18.63B	2019	26.08B
1965	787.4M	1976	2.44B	1987	5.06B	1998	7.11B	2009	18.96B	2020	27.3B
1966	986.7M	1977	2.5B	1988	5.84B	1999	7.77B	2010	23.22B	2021	32.72B
1967	1.2B	1978	2.82B	1989	6.3B	2000	7.27B	2011	26.6B	2022	32.45B
1968	1.32B	1979	3.1B	1990	6.7B	2001	7.04B	2012	26.22B	2023	32.39B
1969	1.31B	1980	3.66B	1991	7.02B	2002	7.95B	2013	24.83B	2024	33.82B
1970	1.28B	1981	4.32B	1992	6.88B	2003	9.93B	2014	25.78B

Military Spending (% of GDP)

Global rank: 65 / 147

Data table

1960	2.4%	1971	2.8%	1982	2.4%	1993	2.2%	2004	1.8%	2015	2%
1961	2.4%	1972	2.7%	1983	2.5%	1994	2.1%	2005	1.8%	2016	2.1%
1962	2.4%	1973	2.4%	1984	2.5%	1995	2%	2006	1.8%	2017	2%
1963	2.4%	1974	2.3%	1985	2.5%	1996	1.9%	2007	1.8%	2018	1.9%
1964	2.6%	1975	2.3%	1986	2.5%	1997	1.9%	2008	1.8%	2019	1.9%
1965	3%	1976	2.2%	1987	2.4%	1998	1.9%	2009	1.9%	2020	2%
1966	3.5%	1977	2.2%	1988	2.2%	1999	1.9%	2010	1.9%	2021	2%
1967	3.8%	1978	2.2%	1989	2%	2000	1.8%	2011	1.8%	2022	1.9%
1968	3.8%	1979	2.2%	1990	2.1%	2001	1.9%	2012	1.7%	2023	1.9%
1969	3.4%	1980	2.2%	1991	2.2%	2002	1.9%	2013	1.6%	2024	1.9%
1970	3%	1981	2.3%	1992	2.2%	2003	1.8%	2014	1.8%