Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)
Military spending as a share of total government spending, by country. 41 countries incl. India, China and Pakistan, 1990 onwards; edit the country list in Data Sources.
Source: World Bank (data compiled by SIPRI) · updated October 6, 2026 · World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Underlying source: SIPRI.
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Download CSV| Country | ISO3 | Indicator | Year ▼ | Military expenditure (% of govt expenditure) |
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| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 4.964 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 6.903 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 2.104 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 3.079 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 5.065 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 3.928 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 2.933 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 3.196 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 3.586 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 5.253 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 6.58 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 4.603 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 7.634 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 12.546 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 19.986 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 3.18 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 3.251 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 1.939 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 11.316 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 29.095 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 4.525 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 4.34 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 4.531 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 4.107 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 20.134 |