What is the difference in military spending, per unit of gdp between Namibia and United States?

0.0013 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and United States?

34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Military spending, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Namibia vs United States: Military spending, per unit of GDP

Namibia

0.037 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2023

United States

0.0383 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2023

Namibia rank

27th

United States rank

24th

Military spending, per unit of GDP over time

Namibia
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 0.0383 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.037 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP in Namibia, a difference of 0.0013 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United States ahead.

Namibia ranks 27th and United States ranks 24th of 170 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Namibia	United States	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.0351 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0693 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0342 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP	United States
2000s	0.0375 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0523 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0148 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP	United States
2010s	0.0422 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0443 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0022 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP	United States
2020s	0.0394 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0416 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0022 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military spending, per unit of gdp, Namibia or United States?: United States, at 0.0383 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.037 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP in Namibia as of 2023.
What is the difference in military spending, per unit of gdp between Namibia and United States?: 0.0013 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and United States?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Namibia and United States rank globally for military spending, per unit of gdp?: Namibia ranks 27th and United States ranks 24th of 170 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Military spending, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Namibia vs United States: Military spending, per unit of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 21 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/military-spending-per-unit-of-gdp-2/namibia/united-states/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/military-spending-per-unit-of-gdp-2/namibia/united-states/">Namibia vs United States: Military spending, per unit of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Military spending, per unit of GDP
Unit: constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 170 places, 9,064 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed: 16 September 2026

Military spending divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.