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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| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 3.653 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 5.453 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 9.216 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 3.192 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 3.342 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 5.263 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 2.538 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 4.418 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 2.977 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 3.212 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 4.98 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 5.268 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 5.262 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 9.39 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 16.049 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 14.195 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 2.768 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 2.489 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 3.454 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 12.331 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 11.054 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 17.537 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 4.992 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 2.66 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 3.464 |