Australia vs Switzerland: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.92% of GDP in Australia and 0.76% of GDP in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 1.16 percentage points, or 2.53 times that in Switzerland.
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Watch it change on the map% of GDP · SIPRI · log scale
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1.92 2025 | 1.95 | 65 of 151 |
| Switzerland | 0.76 2025 | 0.65 | 127 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Australia has been higher since 1964, when it overtook Switzerland.
- In 2025, Australia ranked 65 and Switzerland ranked 127 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Australia | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.92 | 0.76 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 0.7 |
| 2023 | 1.86 | 0.71 |
| 2022 | 1.88 | 0.68 |
| 2021 | 1.97 | 0.67 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0.77 |
| 2019 | 1.87 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | 1.89 | 0.65 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 2016 | 2.08 | 0.66 |
| 2015 | 1.95 | 0.65 |
| 2014 | 1.77 | 0.63 |
| 2013 | 1.63 | 0.71 |
| 2012 | 1.66 | 0.67 |
| 2011 | 1.75 | 0.69 |
| 2010 | 1.85 | 0.69 |
| 2009 | 1.92 | 0.73 |
| 2008 | 1.79 | 0.72 |
| 2007 | 1.81 | 0.72 |
| 2006 | 1.81 | 0.75 |
| 2005 | 1.79 | 0.83 |
| 2004 | 1.82 | 0.89 |
| 2003 | 1.84 | 0.93 |
| 2002 | 1.87 | 0.96 |
| 2001 | 1.86 | 0.99 |
| 2000 | 1.82 | 1.03 |
| 1999 | 1.88 | 1.09 |
| 1998 | 1.87 | 1.19 |
| 1997 | 1.86 | 1.22 |
| 1996 | 1.93 | 1.28 |
| 1995 | 2.02 | 1.36 |
| 1994 | 2.11 | 1.33 |
| 1993 | 2.17 | 1.37 |
| 1992 | 2.17 | 1.52 |
| 1991 | 2.16 | 1.54 |
| 1990 | 2.07 | 1.57 |
| 1989 | 2.05 | 1.52 |
| 1988 | 2.16 | 1.57 |
| 1987 | 2.37 | 1.56 |
| 1986 | 2.54 | 1.66 |
| 1985 | 2.52 | 1.83 |
| 1984 | 2.51 | 1.7 |
| 1983 | 2.52 | 1.75 |
| 1982 | 2.39 | 1.73 |
| 1981 | 2.3 | 1.66 |
| 1980 | 2.25 | 1.68 |
| 1979 | 2.19 | 2.04 |
| 1978 | 2.22 | 1.97 |
| 1977 | 2.25 | 2.02 |
| 1976 | 2.22 | 2.16 |
| 1975 | 2.27 | 1.9 |
| 1974 | 2.26 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 2.38 | 1.86 |
| 1972 | 2.69 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 2.76 | 2.05 |
| 1970 | 2.97 | 2.1 |
| 1969 | 3.39 | 2.2 |
| 1968 | 3.84 | 2.18 |
| 1967 | 3.79 | 2.38 |
| 1966 | 3.45 | 2.53 |
| 1965 | 2.95 | 2.47 |
| 1964 | 2.65 | 2.54 |
| 1963 | 2.45 | 2.52 |
| 1962 | 2.36 | 2.57 |
| 1961 | 2.42 | 2.47 |
| 1960 | 2.37 | 2.34 |
| 1959 | 3.1 | 2.71 |
| 1958 | 3.26 | 2.99 |
| 1957 | 3.32 | 2.83 |
| 1956 | 3.67 | – |
| 1955 | 3.86 | – |
| 1954 | 3.97 | – |
| 1953 | 4.8 | – |
| 1952 | 5.18 | – |
| 1951 | 3.74 | – |
| 1950 | 2.88 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time