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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| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 6.283 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 21.338 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 17.589 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 6.003 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 4.591 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 12.199 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 30.705 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 21.557 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 6.355 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 7.783 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 9.37 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2017 | 8.379 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 3.68 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 5.607 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 10.567 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 2.962 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 2.857 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 5.477 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 2.525 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 5.091 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 2.678 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 3.227 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 5.007 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 5.116 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 4.682 |