India vs Sri Lanka

India vs Sri Lanka: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 2.3% of GDP in India and 1.31% of GDP in Sri Lanka, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 0.98 percentage points, or 1.75 times that in Sri Lanka.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

India vs Sri Lanka: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 2.3% of GDP in India and 1.31% of GDP in Sri Lanka, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 0.98 percentage points, or 1.75 times that in Sri Lanka.
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What the numbers say

  • India has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Sri Lanka.
  • In 2025, India ranked 43 and Sri Lanka ranked 94 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearIndiaSri Lanka
20252.31.31
20242.221.28
20232.361.32
20222.381.35
20212.471.72
20202.81.76
20192.551.76
20182.421.74
20172.531.98
20162.541.98
20152.462.42
20142.542.41
20132.552.15
20122.622.16
20112.72.69
20102.892.7
20093.133.16
20082.633.24
20072.483.26
20062.682.8
20052.912.64
20042.833
20032.682.87
20022.833.34
20012.924.29
20002.955.03
19992.964.03
19982.734.64
19972.654.63
19962.475.52
19952.585.86
19942.673.73
19932.823.43
19922.713.37
19912.913.08
19903.152.33
19893.531.8
19883.732.37
19874.233.39
19864.112.7
19853.573.16
19843.420.92
19833.320.89
19823.350.54
19813.190.63
19803.130.77
19793.260.83
19783.130.8
19773.160.68
19763.480.66
19753.540.8
19743.20.8
19733.160.87
19723.721.19
19713.651.36
19703.190.92
19693.140.81
19683.250.79
19673.220.85
19663.570.87
19653.870.85
19643.820.85
19634.030.9
19622.751.08
19612.071.18
196021.18
19592.141.23
19581.921.24
19572.480.91
19562.020.68
1955–0.55
1954–0.67
1953–0.45
1952–0.34
1951–0.25
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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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