Incomes1960–2025percent

Military spending

Name: Military spending
Creator: World Bank Open Data
License: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses

Military expenditure as a percentage of GDP (SIPRI via World Bank).

4.5%Poland · 2025

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-10-08

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Saved data version: retrieved 2026-10-23, ID b05b42671d89Warehouse version at build: v45

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Poland: 1980–2025; observations: 46; missing years: 0

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2.7→4.5

Total change: +1.8 pp
Period: 1980–2025

Poland: 2.7 (1980) → 4.5 (2025). Difference: +1.8 pp. Peak value of 4.5 in 2025; lowest value of 1.7 in 2008.

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Military spending — Poland
Year	Country	Value
2025	Poland	4.5%
2024	Poland	3.8%
2023	Poland	3.3%
2022	Poland	2.2%
2021	Poland	2.2%
2020	Poland	2.3%
2019	Poland	2%
2018	Poland	2%
2017	Poland	1.9%
2016	Poland	1.9%
2015	Poland	2.1%
2014	Poland	1.9%
2013	Poland	1.8%
2012	Poland	1.8%
2011	Poland	1.8%
2010	Poland	1.8%
2009	Poland	1.8%
2008	Poland	1.7%
2007	Poland	2%
2006	Poland	1.9%

Source: World Bank Open Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Published by source: 2026-10-08
Retrieved: 2026-10-23
Indicator code in source: MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS
Unit of measure: percent
Data version: v45

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Longseries, “Military spending”. World Bank Open Data (MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS), 1960–2025, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-10-23. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: b05b42671d895c6179b21466927193b427ed4c562dedc2f1667d1e256d73e94c. https://longseries.com/en/d/military-spending/

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Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — Poland; lowest — Brazil

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15 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearPoland	2025	4.5%4.5%
United States	2025	3.1%3.1%
World	2025	2.5%2.5%
Sweden	2025	2.5%2.5%
United Kingdom	2025	2.4%2.4%
India	2025	2.3%2.3%
Germany	2025	2.3%2.3%
Netherlands	2025	2.2%2.2%

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About this series

Military expenditure, % of GDP. SIPRI / World Bank.

Indicator definition

Government military expenditure as a share of GDP according to SIPRI data.

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Poland’s share rose after 2022. Not health Health expenditure or education spending.

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