Dominican Republic vs El Salvador: Military spending as a share of GDP
Dominican Republic
0.7%
in 2019
El Salvador
0.7%
in 2019
Dominican Republic rank
143rd
El Salvador rank
142nd
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.7% against 0.7% in Dominican Republic, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 119 shared years of data; in 1894 it was El Salvador ahead.
Dominican Republic ranks 143rd and El Salvador ranks 142nd of 172 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 6 and El Salvador in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominican Republic | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 0.3% | 2.0% | 1.7% | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 0.2% | 1.2% | 1.0% | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1.0% | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Dominican Republic |
| 1930s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Dominican Republic |
| 1940s | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.7% | Dominican Republic |
| 1950s | 4.0% | 0.9% | 3.1% | Dominican Republic |
| 1960s | 2.6% | 0.7% | 1.9% | Dominican Republic |
| 1970s | 1.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | Dominican Republic |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 2.7% | 1.9% | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 1.2% | 0.8% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.0% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Dominican Republic or El Salvador?
- El Salvador, at 0.7% against 0.7% in Dominican Republic as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Dominican Republic and El Salvador?
- 0.0%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and El Salvador?
- 119 years are reported by both, from 1894 to 2019.
- How do Dominican Republic and El Salvador rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Dominican Republic ranks 143rd and El Salvador ranks 142nd 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).