World Bank · Public Sector
Namibia: Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2.77percent · 2025-38.9% since 2015
Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product Annual figures for Namibia from 1990 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.766 | |
| 2024 | 2.752 | |
| 2023 | 2.744 | |
| 2022 | 2.911 | |
| 2021 | 3.226 | |
| 2020 | 3.48 | |
| 2019 | 3.297 | |
| 2018 | 3.333 | |
| 2017 | 3.522 | |
| 2016 | 3.971 | |
| 2015 | 4.528 | |
| 2014 | 4.326 | |
| 2013 | 3.206 | |
| 2012 | 3.167 | |
| 2011 | 3.575 | |
| 2010 | 3.515 | |
| 2009 | 3.374 | |
| 2008 | 3.137 | |
| 2007 | 2.61 | |
| 2006 | 2.501 | |
| 2005 | 2.645 | |
| 2004 | 2.528 | |
| 2003 | 2.625 | |
| 2002 | 2.618 | |
| 2001 | 3.009 | |
| 2000 | 2.707 | |
| 1999 | 3.124 | |
| 1998 | 2.322 | |
| 1997 | 2.301 | |
| 1996 | 1.904 | |
| 1995 | 1.948 | |
| 1994 | 1.751 | |
| 1993 | 2.465 | |
| 1992 | 4.25 | |
| 1991 | 5.615 | |
| 1990 | 6.421 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by SIPRI. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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World Bank (2026). Military expenditure (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-military-expenditure-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
Military expenditure (% of GDP) in other countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Korea, Republic of
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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