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France vs Germany: Military expenditure (% of GDP)

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

In , France's Military expenditure (% of GDP) was 2.05, compared to Germany's 1.89. That makes France's value 8.5% higher than Germany's.

France

Rank #53 of 147 globally

France trend
Latest (2024)
2.05
Year-over-year
+5.2%
10-year change
+10.4%
Peak
2.10 (2009)
Trough
1.85 (2018)

Germany

Rank #64 of 147 globally

Germany trend
Latest (2024)
1.89
Year-over-year
+27.1%
10-year change
+67.8%
Peak
1.89 (2024)
Trough
1.12 (2015)

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