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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

315

Coverage

1947–2025

Latest Value

3.7

as of Jul 1, 2025

Time Series (315 observations)

Recent Data

DateValueType
Jul 1, 20253.7-
Apr 1, 20253.7-
Jan 1, 20253.7-
Oct 1, 20243.8-
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-
Jul 1, 20223.5-
Apr 1, 20223.6-
Jan 1, 20223.6-

Showing most recent 15 of 315 observations

Data Source

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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

Category

Geopolitics & StabilityConflict & 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