Austria vs Switzerland: Military spending as a share of GDP
Austria
0.6%
in 2019
Switzerland
0.6%
in 2019
Austria rank
148th
Switzerland rank
146th
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Austria
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Austria, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 85 shared years of data; in 1919 it was Switzerland ahead.
Austria ranks 148th and Switzerland ranks 146th of 172 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 10 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Switzerland |
| 1920s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.2% | Switzerland |
| 1930s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Switzerland |
| 1950s | 0.6% | 1.4% | 0.9% | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 0.7% | 1.3% | 0.6% | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 0.7% | 1.3% | 0.5% | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 0.9% | 1.4% | 0.5% | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.4% | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Austria or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 0.6% against 0.6% in Austria as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Austria and Switzerland?
- 0.0%, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Switzerland?
- 85 years are reported by both, from 1919 to 2019.
- How do Austria and Switzerland rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Austria ranks 148th and Switzerland ranks 146th of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Military spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Military spending measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).