India vs Mauritania: Military spending as a share of GDP
India
2.2%
in 2019
Mauritania
2.1%
in 2019
India rank
36th
Mauritania rank
38th
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- India
- Mauritania
How they compare
India currently reports 2.2% against 2.1% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1960 it was India ahead.
India ranks 36th and Mauritania ranks 38th of 172 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, India averaged higher in 3 and Mauritania in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.4% | 1.0% | 1.4% | India |
| 1970s | 2.2% | 2.4% | 0.2% | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 2.2% | 3.1% | 0.9% | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 1.7% | 1.2% | 0.5% | India |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 0.8% | 0.9% | India |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.9% | 0.0% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, India or Mauritania?
- India, at 2.2% against 2.1% in Mauritania as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between India and Mauritania?
- 0.1%, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Mauritania?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2019.
- How do India and Mauritania rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- India ranks 36th and Mauritania ranks 38th 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.
Individual pages
About this data
Military spending measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).