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Eswatini
Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product

Global rank#83out of 147 countries
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Historical trend

2.52.21.91.61.3197720012024Eswatini · 2024: 1.44%Eswatini

Analytical takeaways

  • Eswatini records 1.44% for Military expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024, ranking #83 globally out of 147 countries.
  • Military expenditure (% of GDP) declined from 1.78% in 1977 to 1.44% in 2024, a decrease of 0.34%.
  • 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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