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Denmark
Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product

Global rank#37out of 147 countries
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Historical trend

3.02.62.11.61.1196019922024Denmark · 2024: 2.42%Denmark

Analytical takeaways

  • Denmark records 2.42% for Military expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024, ranking #37 globally out of 147 countries.
  • Military expenditure (% of GDP) declined from 2.73% in 1960 to 2.42% in 2024, a decrease of 0.31%.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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