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Country or AreaYearValue 
China20221.59538074333145 
China20211.61307386433133 
China20201.7566994709883699 
China20191.6829110115129602 
China20181.673578209445422
China20171.711242643888532
China20161.76888659025072
China20151.776771068968062
China20141.73840928794394012
China20131.71434092296250022
China20121.700942671601172
China20111.659082515957042
China20101.733519862128322
China20091.89352379603522982
China20081.716042545804992
China20071.750164585451922
China20061.86959163627942
China20051.871858022948352
China20041.938508232798042
China20031.99628893565843012
China20022.059364652937462
China20011.983086243657962
China20001.83575968454188982
China19991.87146591412577012
China19981.655080690905512
China19971.632650672845412
China19961.652726670009642
China19951.68623388691537012
China19941.693479598704832
China19931.928066874040622
China19922.449542067534432
China19912.311243411553152
China19902.454016115527352
China19892.44710131532583032

Footnotes

2 - The figures for China have been revised in this edition of the database based on revised estimates for additional military research & development spending. The figures are for estimated total military expenditure, including estimates for items not included in the official defence budget. On the estimates in local currency and as share of GDP for the period 1989-96, see Shaoguang Wang, The military expenditure of China, 1989 to 98, SIPRI Yearbook 1999: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 1999), pp. 349. The estimates for the years 1997-2017 are based on publicly-available figures for official military expenditure and some other items, and estimates for other items based on Prof. Wang's methodology or other methods based on new information. For the most recent years, where no official data is available for certain items, estimates are based on either the percentage change in official military expenditure, recent trends in spending in the same category, and in the case of the commercial earnings of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA), on the assumption of a gradual decrease. See Sources and Methods, http://www.sipri.org/research/armaments/milex/milex_database/copy_of_sources_methods
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World Development Indicators

Source:  The World Bank

The World Development Indicators (WDI) is the statistical benchmark that helps measure the progress of development.

The WDI provides a comprehensive overview of development drawing on data from the World Bank and more than 30 partners.

The World Development Indicators (WDI) publication is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. The complete WDI database includes more than 1,200 indicators.
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