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Australia vs New Zealand: Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Australia's Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 1.88, compared to New Zealand's 1.19. That makes Australia's value 57.8% higher than New Zealand's.

Australia

Rank #65 of 147 globally

Australia trend
Latest (2024)
1.88
Year-over-year
+1.2%
10-year change
+6.3%
Peak
2.09 (2016)
Trough
1.64 (2013)

New Zealand

Rank #97 of 147 globally

New Zealand trend
Latest (2024)
1.19
Year-over-year
-2.2%
10-year change
+19.6%
Peak
1.34 (2020)
Trough
0.99 (2015)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS), CC BY 4.0.