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China vs Italy: Military expenditure (% of GDP)

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

In , China's Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 1.71, compared to Italy's 1.61. That makes China's value 6.3% higher than Italy's.

China

Rank #71 of 147 globally

China trend
Latest (2024)
1.71
Year-over-year
+2.8%
10-year change
-1.6%
Peak
1.89 (2009)
Trough
1.61 (2021)

Italy

Rank #73 of 147 globally

Italy trend
Latest (2024)
1.61
Year-over-year
+0.2%
10-year change
+26.1%
Peak
1.73 (2020)
Trough
1.20 (2015)

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