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United States Defense Spending Pct Gdp

us-defense-spending-pct-gdpGeopolitics & Stability

Subject

United States

Metric

Defense Spending Pct Gdp

Data Points

18

Coverage

2022–2026

Latest Value

3.7

as of Apr 1, 2026

Time Series (18 observations)

Recent Data

DateValueType
Apr 1, 20263.7-
Jan 1, 20263.6-
Oct 1, 20253.6-
Jul 1, 20253.7-
Apr 1, 20253.6-
Jan 1, 20253.6-
Oct 1, 20243.7-
Jul 1, 20243.7-
Apr 1, 20243.7-
Jan 1, 20243.6-
Oct 1, 20233.6-
Jul 1, 20233.6-
Apr 1, 20233.6-
Jan 1, 20233.6-
Oct 1, 20223.6-

Showing most recent 15 of 18 observations

Data Source

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Retrieved via FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis).

Category

Geopolitics & Stability→ Conflict & Violence

API Access

# Fetch data by canonical code
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-defense-spending-pct-gdp

# With date filters
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-defense-spending-pct-gdp?start_date=2020-01-01

# Point-in-time reconstruction (Pro)
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-defense-spending-pct-gdp?as_of=2024-01-01