Brazil vs Türkiye: Military spending as a share of GDP
Brazil
1.0%
in 2019
Türkiye
1.0%
in 2019
Brazil rank
117th
Türkiye rank
119th
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Brazil
- Türkiye
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 1.0% against 1.0% in Türkiye, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 198 shared years of data; in 1822 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 117th and Türkiye ranks 119th of 172 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and Türkiye in 14.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Türkiye | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 1.7% | 1.2% | 0.5% | Brazil |
| 1830s | 2.1% | 1.8% | 0.3% | Brazil |
| 1840s | 4.2% | 2.8% | 1.4% | Brazil |
| 1850s | 4.6% | 2.9% | 1.7% | Brazil |
| 1860s | 4.2% | 3.7% | 0.4% | Brazil |
| 1870s | 2.6% | 4.5% | 1.9% | Türkiye |
| 1880s | 2.0% | 3.8% | 1.8% | Türkiye |
| 1890s | 1.8% | 4.1% | 2.3% | Türkiye |
| 1900s | 2.3% | 3.8% | 1.6% | Türkiye |
| 1910s | 2.3% | 6.4% | 4.1% | Türkiye |
| 1920s | 1.2% | 2.0% | 0.8% | Türkiye |
| 1930s | 1.4% | 2.2% | 0.8% | Türkiye |
| 1940s | 2.2% | 5.4% | 3.3% | Türkiye |
| 1950s | 2.1% | 3.4% | 1.3% | Türkiye |
| 1960s | 1.0% | 2.2% | 1.2% | Türkiye |
| 1970s | 0.8% | 2.5% | 1.7% | Türkiye |
| 1980s | 0.4% | 1.7% | 1.3% | Türkiye |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 1.9% | 1.0% | Türkiye |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 1.7% | 0.9% | Türkiye |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Brazil or Türkiye?
- Brazil, at 1.0% against 1.0% in Türkiye as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Brazil and Türkiye?
- 0.0%, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Türkiye?
- 198 years are reported by both, from 1822 to 2019.
- How do Brazil and Türkiye rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Brazil ranks 117th and Türkiye ranks 119th 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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About this data
Military spending measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).