India

Military spending in India

Military spending in India: 2.02% of GDP in 1956 and 2.3% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
2.3% of GDP
Since 1956
+0.27 percentage points
Rank, 2025
43 of 151
counting from the highest
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% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in IndiaMilitary spending in India: 2.02% of GDP in 1956 and 2.3% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 4.23% of GDP in 1987, the lowest 1.92% of GDP in 1958.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 4.23% of GDP in 1987, the lowest 1.92% of GDP in 1958.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearIndia
20252.3
20242.22
20232.36
20222.38
20212.47
20202.8
20192.55
20182.42
20172.53
20162.54
20152.46
20142.54
20132.55
20122.62
20112.7
20102.89
20093.13
20082.63
20072.48
20062.68
20052.91
20042.83
20032.68
20022.83
20012.92
20002.95
19992.96
19982.73
19972.65
19962.47
19952.58
19942.67
19932.82
19922.71
19912.91
19903.15
19893.53
19883.73
19874.23
19864.11
19853.57
19843.42
19833.32
19823.35
19813.19
19803.13
19793.26
19783.13
19773.16
19763.48
19753.54
19743.2
19733.16
19723.72
19713.65
19703.19
19693.14
19683.25
19673.22
19663.57
19653.87
19643.82
19634.03
19622.75
19612.07
19602
19592.14
19581.92
19572.48
19562.02
  • Estimate

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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