U.S. National Defense Historical Spending as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product, FY 1962-2016 Percent

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

1962

1965

1968

1971

1974

1977

1980

1983

1986

1989

1992

1995

1998

2001

2004

2007

2010

2013

2016

Source: White House Office of Management and Budget, Historical Tables: Budget of the U.S. Government, FY2012 (Washington, February 2011), pp. 151-152. Figures are based on the president’s budget request for 2012. Totals prior to 2012 include all war and enacted supplemental funding and include Department of Energy national security spending. Figures for 2012 and beyond do not include estimates of war spending.