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Military Spending / United Kingdom
Public Finance

United Kingdom Military Spending

Current and historical military spending data for United Kingdom, including latest value (2.28), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:30:31+02:00
Economy Data Rating
United Kingdom · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
76 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 12.9 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 17 / 20
External stability 13.7 / 15
Financial robustness 13.5 / 15
Structural stability 7.6 / 10
Future capacity 9 / 10
Demographic capacity 2.7 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 88% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1960–2024 1960– 2024
1960 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

United Kingdom · military expenditure as a percentage of gdp.

1960–2024
2.28 percent of GDP
2.23 percent of GDP
2.07 percent of GDP
28 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1960 1973 1986 1999 2012 2024
military spending rate reference line

Countries by military spending

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 34.48 high
Israel 8.78 high
Algeria 7.97 high
Saudi Arabia 7.3 high
Russia 7.05 high
Qatar 6.5 medium
United Arab Emirates 5.64 medium
Oman 5.59 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Germany 1.89
France 2.05
Italy 1.61
United States 3.42
China 1.71

Related indicators

internal links
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Expense GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:30:31+02:00

United Kingdom Snapshot

country profile
Population 69.23 m
GDP 3686.03 bn
Debt/GDP 131.07%
Inflation 3.27%
Unemployment 4.75%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

United Kingdom Military Spending: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Military Spending for United Kingdom. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: united kingdom military spending rate, military spending data united kingdom, united kingdom military spending statistics, united kingdom percent of gdp.