Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Congo, Democratic Republic of the?

Bosnia and Herzegovina, at 0.8% against 0.7% in Congo, Democratic Republic of the as of 2019.

What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Congo, Democratic Republic of the?

0.1%, with Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Congo, Democratic Republic of the?

28 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – 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.

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Congo, Democratic Republic of the: Military spending as a share of GDP

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.8%

in 2019

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

0.7%

in 2019

Bosnia and Herzegovina rank

136th

Congo, Democratic Republic of the rank

138th

Military spending as a share of GDP over time

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Congo, Democratic Republic of the

How they compare

Bosnia and Herzegovina currently reports 0.8% against 0.7% in Congo, Democratic Republic of the, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 136th and Congo, Democratic Republic of the ranks 138th of 172 countries.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Difference	Ahead
1990s	13.2%	1.1%	12.1%	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000s	1.4%	1.1%	0.3%	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010s	0.9%	0.9%	0.0%	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Congo, Democratic Republic of the?: Bosnia and Herzegovina, at 0.8% against 0.7% in Congo, Democratic Republic of the as of 2019.
What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Congo, Democratic Republic of the?: 0.1%, with Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Congo, Democratic Republic of the?: 28 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2019.
How do Bosnia and Herzegovina and Congo, Democratic Republic of the rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?: Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 136th and Congo, Democratic Republic of the ranks 138th of 172 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – 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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Indicator: Military spending as a share of GDP
Unit: % of GDP
Source: Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 172 places, 14,793 data points, 1816–2019
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Military spending measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).