Military spending as share of government spending (OWID/SIPRI)
Share of GDP / government spending, ready-made tidy CSVs Coverage: 1949-latest. Note: Easiest to ingest - direct CSV. Loaded automatically.
Source: Our World in Data (SIPRI-based) · updated October 6, 2026 · CC BY
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Download CSV| Entity | Code | World region according to OWID | Year | Military expenditure (% of government spending) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | SOM | Africa | 2022 | 16.481 |
| Somalia | SOM | Africa | 2023 | 18.949 |
| Somalia | SOM | Africa | 2024 | 22.554 |
| Somalia | SOM | Africa | 2025 | 20.8 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2000 | 5.505 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2001 | 5.883 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2002 | 6.159 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2003 | 5.776 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2004 | 5.335 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2005 | 4.912 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2006 | 4.678 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2007 | 4.333 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2008 | 3.996 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2009 | 3.829 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2010 | 3.541 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2011 | 3.571 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2012 | 3.611 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2013 | 3.555 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2014 | 3.485 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2015 | 3.338 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2016 | 3.247 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2017 | 3.16 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2018 | 2.967 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2019 | 2.811 |
| South Africa | ZAF | Africa | 2020 | 2.763 |