Germany vs Indonesia

Germany vs Indonesia: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 2.27% of GDP in Germany and 1.05% of GDP in Indonesia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.22 percentage points, or 2.17 times that in Indonesia.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Germany vs Indonesia: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 2.27% of GDP in Germany and 1.05% of GDP in Indonesia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.22 percentage points, or 2.17 times that in Indonesia.
GermanyIndonesiaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Germany has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Indonesia.
  • In 2025, Germany ranked 46 and Indonesia ranked 108 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearGermanyIndonesia
20252.271.05
20241.840.86
20231.50.82
20221.340.77
20211.30.74
20201.360.89
20191.240.73
20181.150.72
20171.130.87
20161.130.79
20151.120.88
20141.130.78
20131.160.92
20121.220.71
20111.180.65
20101.240.62
20091.290.57
20081.190.58
20071.150.71
20061.180.66
20051.230.75
20041.250.95
20031.30.91
20021.310.7
20011.310.57
20001.340.68
19991.380.81
19981.381.02
19971.41.5
19961.461.26
19951.491.23
19941.541.27
19931.681.22
19921.841.36
19911.971.32
1990–1.41
1989–1.39
1988–1.53
1987–1.72
1986–2.01
1985–2.17
1984–2.29
1983–2.4
1982–2.9
1981–2.89
1980–2.92
1979–3.02
1978–3.16
1977–3.21
1976–3.42
1975–3.49
1974–2.71
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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.

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