Military Spending / United States
United States Military Spending
United States military spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 3.42%.
COUNTRY: United States
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-08-31 05:08:12
GM ECONOMY RATING
United States · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
61 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
6.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
17.0 / 20
External stability
2.0 / 15
Financial robustness
15.0 / 15
Structural stability
14.0 / 15
Future capacity
7.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
3.5 / 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 States · military spending data as percent of GDP.
Latest
3.42%
Previous
3.30%
Range avg.
3.40%
Rank
19
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CountryUnited States
IndicatorMilitary Spending
3.42%2024 · Rank 19
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
United States recorded 3.42% for Military Spending in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
The value increased from 3.30% in 2023; the absolute change was 0.11 percentage points.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (3.40%).
Within the last 10 available observations, the range runs from 3.30% in 2017 to 3.65% in 2020.
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