Military Spending / United Kingdom
United Kingdom Military Spending
United Kingdom military spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 2.28%.
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-08-31 05:08:12
GM ECONOMY RATING
United Kingdom · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
59 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
6.5 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
13.0 / 20
External stability
4.0 / 15
Financial robustness
15.0 / 15
Structural stability
14.0 / 15
Future capacity
6.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
3.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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United Kingdom · military spending data as percent of GDP.
Latest
2.28%
Previous
2.23%
Range avg.
2.07%
Rank
40
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CountryUnited Kingdom
IndicatorMilitary Spending
2.28%2024 · Rank 40
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
United Kingdom recorded 2.28% for Military Spending in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
The value increased from 2.23% in 2023; the absolute change was 0.05 percentage points.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (2.07%).
Within the last 10 available observations, the range runs from 1.94% in 2018 to 2.28% in 2024.
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