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Canada vs United States: Military expenditure (% of GDP)

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

In , Canada's Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 1.31, compared to United States's 3.42. That makes Canada's value 61.6% lower than United States's.

Canada

Rank #90 of 147 globally

Canada trend
Latest (2024)
1.31
Year-over-year
+4.8%
10-year change
+32.6%
Peak
1.39 (2020)
Trough
0.99 (2014)

United States

Rank #18 of 147 globally

United States trend
Latest (2024)
3.42
Year-over-year
+3.5%
10-year change
-7.1%
Peak
4.90 (2010)
Trough
3.30 (2017)

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