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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| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2015 | 21.489 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2015 | 18.006 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2015 | 6.12 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2015 | 5.129 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2015 | 13.811 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2015 | 32.653 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2015 | 20.955 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2015 | 6.144 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2015 | 8.939 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2015 | 9.89 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2015 | 7.889 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2014 | 5.11 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2014 | 17.039 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2014 | 4.823 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2014 | 9.673 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2014 | 3.211 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2014 | 2.58 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2014 | 5.99 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2014 | 2.534 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2014 | 4.737 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2014 | 2.766 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2014 | 3.185 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2014 | 5.304 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2014 | 4.598 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2014 | 4.236 |