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Thailand - Military Spending 2015

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Military expenditure as % of GDP · World Bank

1.34% −0.04% from 2014 Global rank: 77th

Thailand's military spending was 1.34% in 2015, decreased +0.04% from 1.38% in 2014. This was the 77th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2015▾

Military Spending by Country - 2015
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Haiti	0.04%	12.4%
2nd	Mauritius	0.14%	-5.8%
3rd	Moldova	0.30%	0.8%
4th	Ireland	0.33%	-26.3%
5th	Ghana	0.39%	-19.0%
6th	Guatemala	0.41%	-4.4%
7th	Luxembourg	0.42%	13.3%
8th	Nigeria	0.42%	0.7%
9th	Mexico	0.45%	-9.0%
10th	Malawi	0.45%	-22.4%
11th	Malta	0.46%	-4.0%
12th	Papua New Guinea	0.46%	-5.1%
13th	Liberia	0.48%	1.8%
14th	Cabo Verde	0.51%	3.6%
15th	Madagascar	0.52%	-6.5%
16th	Sierra Leone	0.58%	-22.2%
17th	Dominican Republic	0.64%	-1.2%
18th	Switzerland	0.65%	2.6%
19th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.68%	-27.1%
20th	Austria	0.70%	-6.9%
21st	Trinidad and Tobago	0.75%	14.7%
22nd	Nicaragua	0.78%	13.2%
23rd	Kosovo	0.79%	4.7%
24th	Benin	0.80%	13.9%
25th	Mozambique	0.83%	-14.4%
26th	Argentina	0.85%	-3.2%
27th	Jamaica	0.87%	0.0%
28th	Mongolia	0.88%	1.8%
29th	Indonesia	0.88%	13.4%
30th	Belize	0.89%	-4.1%
31st	Hungary	0.90%	5.5%
32nd	Fiji	0.91%	-40.9%
33rd	Belgium	0.91%	-5.6%
34th	Slovenia	0.94%	-4.5%
35th	Czechia	0.94%	-1.9%
36th	Japan	0.95%	-1.1%
37th	Uganda	0.99%	6.7%
38th	New Zealand	0.99%	-1.0%
39th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.99%	-3.6%
40th	North Macedonia	0.99%	-9.1%
41st	Afghanistan	0.99%	-23.4%
42nd	South Africa	1.01%	-1.5%
43rd	Gambia, The	1.01%	-15.0%
44th	Equatorial Guinea	1.04%	35.9%
45th	El Salvador	1.06%	2.1%
46th	Paraguay	1.07%	8.2%
47th	Latvia	1.07%	9.8%
48th	Sweden	1.07%	-5.4%
49th	Guyana	1.08%	14.0%
50th	Philippines	1.09%	4.3%
51st	Tanzania	1.09%	7.4%
52nd	Cameroon	1.10%	-0.6%
53rd	Slovak Republic	1.11%	12.6%
54th	Kazakhstan	1.11%	6.5%
55th	Denmark	1.11%	-3.0%
56th	Germany	1.12%	-1.1%
57th	Netherlands	1.12%	-2.6%
58th	Lithuania	1.13%	28.4%
59th	Belarus	1.14%	9.2%
60th	Canada	1.15%	16.4%
61st	Albania	1.16%	-13.7%
62nd	Gabon	1.19%	3.5%
63rd	Italy	1.20%	-5.8%
64th	Kenya	1.20%	0.3%
65th	Bangladesh	1.21%	6.3%
66th	Senegal	1.21%	-0.4%
67th	Rwanda	1.21%	10.1%
68th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	1.22%	37.5%
69th	Côte d'Ivoire	1.24%	16.5%
70th	Bulgaria	1.25%	-4.9%
71st	Burkina Faso	1.25%	-1.7%
72nd	Spain	1.26%	1.1%
73rd	Seychelles	1.26%	-43.3%
74th	Tajikistan	1.28%	13.6%
75th	European Union	1.30%	-1.1%
76th	Portugal	1.33%	1.7%
77th	Thailand	1.34%	-3.1%
78th	Cambodia	1.35%	6.7%
79th	Honduras	1.35%	13.3%
80th	Brazil	1.37%	2.7%
81st	Nepal	1.37%	-4.6%
82nd	Montenegro	1.40%	-4.7%
83rd	Romania	1.45%	7.6%
84th	Finland	1.46%	-0.1%
85th	Guinea-Bissau	1.48%	-21.9%
86th	Norway	1.50%	2.5%
87th	Malaysia	1.50%	3.4%
88th	Chad	1.52%	-29.4%
89th	Central African Republic	1.58%	-22.4%
90th	Cyprus	1.65%	6.8%
91st	Togo	1.67%	-7.9%
92nd	Serbia	1.70%	-9.3%
93rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	1.72%	2.0%
94th	Peru	1.75%	8.9%
95th	Croatia	1.75%	-3.3%
96th	Eswatini	1.75%	-4.0%
97th	Zambia	1.75%	7.3%
98th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	1.76%	-7.2%
99th	Uruguay	1.77%	1.4%
100th	China	1.78%	2.2%
101st	Türkiye	1.81%	-3.2%
102nd	Lesotho	1.87%	-4.5%
103rd	France	1.87%	0.5%
104th	Zimbabwe	1.89%	-0.1%
105th	Viet Nam	1.91%	4.6%
106th	Chile	1.91%	-2.9%
107th	Australia	1.95%	10.2%
108th	Georgia	1.97%	-15.0%
109th	Estonia	1.99%	5.0%
110th	United Kingdom	2.05%	-6.2%
111th	Poland	2.13%	11.5%
112th	Burundi	2.13%	-7.3%
113th	Tunisia	2.14%	18.4%
114th	Mauritania	2.16%	-1.9%
115th	Timor-Leste	2.32%	13.6%
116th	Mali	2.36%	55.7%
117th	Korea	2.38%	-1.5%
118th	Sri Lanka	2.42%	0.2%
119th	India	2.46%	-3.4%
120th	Greece	2.48%	4.6%
121st	Guinea	2.52%	10.6%
122nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	2.56%	20.8%
123rd	Ecuador	2.67%	-1.5%
124th	Sudan	2.71%	-50.3%
125th	Botswana	2.83%	27.7%
126th	Morocco	2.96%	-12.9%
127th	Singapore	3.05%	0.0%
128th	Cuba	3.08%	-12.8%
129th	Angola	3.11%	-33.9%
130th	Colombia	3.11%	0.1%
131st	Pakistan	3.16%	2.1%
132nd	Brunei Darussalam	3.28%	6.2%
133rd	Kyrgyz Republic	3.45%	2.2%
134th	United States	3.46%	-5.8%
135th	Ukraine	3.85%	29.7%
136th	Jordan	4.19%	-0.4%
137th	Armenia	4.24%	7.5%
138th	Myanmar	4.30%	13.5%
139th	Lebanon	4.49%	-5.0%
140th	Namibia	4.53%	4.7%
141st	Bahrain	4.64%	5.1%
142nd	Russian Federation	4.87%	18.4%
143rd	Kuwait	5.01%	39.7%
144th	Iraq	5.41%	83.5%
145th	Israel	5.42%	-3.7%
146th	Azerbaijan	5.46%	20.0%
147th	Algeria	5.55%	11.8%
148th	South Sudan	8.60%	0.3%
149th	Oman	9.57%	8.0%
150th	Saudi Arabia	13.02%	23.6%

FAQ

What was Thailand's military spending in 2015?▾

Thailand's military spending in 2015 was 1.34%. This ranked 77th globally.

How did Thailand's military spending change in 2015?▾

Thailand's military spending decreased by 3.1% in 2015 compared to 2014.

Which country had the highest military spending in 2015?▾

Saudi Arabia had the highest military spending in 2015 at 13.02%.

What is the military spending of Thailand in 2015?▾

The military spending of Thailand in 2015 was 1.34%. This ranked 77th globally.

How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Thailand's military spending?▾

Thailand's military spending went from 1.38% in 2014 to 1.34% in 2015, a 3.1% decrease.

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