Saudi Arabia Military Spending Over Time (1960–2024)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Military Spending (USD)

Global rank: 7 / 151

Data table

1960	140.9M	1971	587.3M	1984	22.67B	1995	13.2B	2005	25.39B	2015	87.19B
1961	71.56M	1972	930.6M	1985	17.66B	1996	13.34B	2006	29.58B	2016	63.67B
1962	84.22M	1973	1.57B	1987	14.46B	1997	18.13B	2007	35.47B	2017	70.4B
1963	113.8M	1977	11.58B	1988	13.35B	1998	20.86B	2008	38.22B	2018	74.61B
1964	123.6M	1978	13.4B	1989	12.75B	1999	18.32B	2009	41.27B	2019	65.36B
1965	177.8M	1979	17.62B	1990	16.36B	2000	19.96B	2010	45.24B	2020	64.56B
1966	300.4M	1980	20.72B	1991	16.36B	2001	21.03B	2011	48.53B	2021	63.19B
1967	336.2M	1981	24.4B	1992	15.36B	2002	18.5B	2012	56.5B	2022	70.92B
1968	338.7M	1982	27.1B	1993	16.45B	2003	18.75B	2013	67.02B	2023	77.77B
1969	429.3M	1983	21.87B	1994	14.28B	2004	20.91B	2014	80.76B	2024	80.33B
1970	471.6M

Military Spending (% of GDP)

Global rank: 4 / 147

Data table

1963	5.9%	1978	16.7%	1991	12.5%	2003	8.7%	2014	10.5%
1964	6%	1979	15.8%	1992	11.3%	2004	8.1%	2015	13%
1965	7.7%	1980	12.6%	1993	12.5%	2005	7.7%	2016	9.6%
1966	11.3%	1981	13.3%	1994	10.6%	2006	7.8%	2017	9.8%
1967	11.5%	1982	17.7%	1995	9.3%	2007	8.5%	2018	8.8%
1968	8.1%	1983	17%	1996	8.5%	2008	7.4%	2019	7.8%
1969	9.6%	1984	19%	1997	11%	2009	9.6%	2020	8.8%
1970	9.4%	1985	17%	1998	14.3%	2010	8.6%	2021	7.2%
1971	8.6%	1987	16.9%	1999	11.4%	2011	7.2%	2022	6.4%
1972	10.1%	1988	15.2%	2000	10.5%	2012	7.6%	2023	7.3%
1973	10.8%	1989	13.4%	2001	11.4%	2013	8.9%	2024	7.3%
1977	15.6%	1990	14%	2002	9.8%