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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2001 | 15.638 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2002 | 13.583 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2003 | 12.536 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2004 | 13.151 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2005 | 11.076 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2006 | 11.528 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2007 | 13.867 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2008 | 16.44 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2009 | 14.558 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2010 | 13.53 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2011 | 13.526 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2012 | 12.091 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2013 | 12.517 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2014 | 13.511 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2015 | 12.544 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2016 | 10.867 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2017 | 11.054 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2018 | 9.888 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2019 | 9.007 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2020 | 8.393 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2021 | 8.601 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2022 | 7.253 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2023 | 6.772 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2024 | 6.605 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Asia | 2025 | 4.924 |