United Kingdom Military Spending Over Time (1960–2024)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Military Spending (USD)

Global rank: 6 / 151

Data table

1960	5.13B	1971	7.52B	1982	27.71B	1993	38.11B	2004	60.25B	2015	59.99B
1961	5.31B	1972	8.79B	1983	26.42B	1994	38.57B	2005	61.65B	2016	53.33B
1962	5.6B	1973	9.45B	1984	25.42B	1995	38.29B	2006	64.22B	2017	52.08B
1963	5.81B	1974	10.45B	1985	26.03B	1996	38.57B	2007	73.45B	2018	55.83B
1964	6.16B	1975	12.91B	1986	30.43B	1997	39.89B	2008	72.92B	2019	56.57B
1965	6.48B	1976	12.04B	1987	34.92B	1998	41.22B	2009	64.01B	2020	58.33B
1966	6.69B	1977	12.95B	1988	38.36B	1999	40.76B	2010	63.98B	2021	65.15B
1967	6.93B	1978	15.9B	1989	37.46B	2000	39.34B	2011	66.57B	2022	64.07B
1968	6.22B	1979	20.54B	1990	43.55B	2001	39.51B	2012	65.45B	2023	75.3B
1969	6.2B	1980	28.36B	1991	47.05B	2002	44.25B	2013	63.84B	2024	81.76B
1970	6.79B	1981	26.95B	1992	45.59B	2003	52.34B	2014	67B

Military Spending (% of GDP)

Global rank: 42 / 147

Data table

1960	7.1%	1971	5.1%	1982	5.4%	1993	3.6%	2004	2.5%	2015	2%
1961	6.9%	1972	5.2%	1983	5.4%	1994	3.4%	2005	2.4%	2016	2%
1962	6.9%	1973	4.9%	1984	5.5%	1995	2.9%	2006	2.4%	2017	2%
1963	6.8%	1974	5.1%	1985	5.3%	1996	2.7%	2007	2.4%	2018	1.9%
1964	6.6%	1975	5.3%	1986	5.1%	1997	2.6%	2008	2.5%	2019	2%
1965	6.4%	1976	5.2%	1987	4.7%	1998	2.5%	2009	2.6%	2020	2.2%
1966	6.2%	1977	4.9%	1988	4.2%	1999	2.4%	2010	2.6%	2021	2.1%
1967	6.2%	1978	4.7%	1989	4%	2000	2.4%	2011	2.5%	2022	2.1%
1968	5.9%	1979	4.7%	1990	4%	2001	2.4%	2012	2.4%	2023	2.2%
1969	5.5%	1980	5%	1991	4.1%	2002	2.5%	2013	2.3%	2024	2.3%
1970	5.2%	1981	5%	1992	3.9%	2003	2.6%	2014	2.2%