In 2020, South Korea's defense spending accounted for about 2.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), up from about 2.4 percent in the previous year. Defense spending made up about 13 percent of the national budget that year.
Defense expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in South Korea from 2003 to 2020
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Statistics Korea. (February 8, 2022). Defense expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in South Korea from 2003 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 17, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040709/south-korea-defense-expenditure-as-percentage-of-gdp/
Statistics Korea. "Defense expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in South Korea from 2003 to 2020." Chart. February 8, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 17, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040709/south-korea-defense-expenditure-as-percentage-of-gdp/
Statistics Korea. (2022). Defense expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in South Korea from 2003 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 17, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040709/south-korea-defense-expenditure-as-percentage-of-gdp/
Statistics Korea. "Defense Expenditure as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product (Gdp) in South Korea from 2003 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040709/south-korea-defense-expenditure-as-percentage-of-gdp/
Statistics Korea, Defense expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in South Korea from 2003 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040709/south-korea-defense-expenditure-as-percentage-of-gdp/ (last visited August 17, 2022)