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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| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 3.778 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 9.273 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 19.323 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 13.943 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 2.811 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 2.476 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 4.778 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 12.708 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 12.091 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 21.512 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 4.958 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 2.572 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 3.286 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 7.417 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 27.396 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 16.09 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 6.25 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 4.178 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 10.842 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 23.099 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 31.404 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 6.416 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 4.806 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 11.986 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2012 | 7.322 |