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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| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 9.079 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 15.407 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 14.326 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 2.709 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 2.497 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 4.34 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 12.621 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 10.867 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 17.451 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 6.056 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 2.606 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 3.209 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 7.749 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 23.676 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 18.088 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 5.5 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 4.716 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 14.828 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 27.748 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 19.811 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 6.404 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 8.995 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 9.63 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2016 | 8.774 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2015 | 3.833 |