Military Spending / China
China Military Spending
China military spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 1.72%.
COUNTRY: China
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-10-18 17:00:07
GM ECONOMY RATING
China · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
78 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability
7.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
19.0 / 20
External stability
15.0 / 15
Financial robustness
14.0 / 15
Structural stability
13.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
4.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
Time range:
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China · military spending data as percent of GDP.
Latest
1.72%
Previous
1.66%
Range avg.
1.66%
Rank
61
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CountryChina
IndicatorMilitary Spending
1.72%2025 · Rank 61
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
China recorded 1.72% for Military Spending in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator increased by 0.06 percentage points, from 1.66% to 1.72%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (1.66%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 1.57% in 2021 and the high was 1.73% in 2016.
Comparison
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