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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | GBR | Europe | 2012 | 5.551 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Europe | 2013 | 5.478 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Europe | 2014 | 5.304 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Europe | 2015 | 5.068 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Europe | 2016 | 5.007 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Europe | 2017 | 4.98 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Europe | 2018 | 5.002 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Europe | 2019 | 5.125 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Europe | 2020 | 4.327 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Europe | 2021 | 4.53 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Europe | 2022 | 4.66 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Europe | 2023 | 4.873 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Europe | 2024 | 5.597 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Europe | 2025 | 5.448 |
| United States | USA | North America | 2001 | 9.559 |
| United States | USA | North America | 2002 | 10.276 |
| United States | USA | North America | 2003 | 11.297 |
| United States | USA | North America | 2004 | 11.967 |
| United States | USA | North America | 2005 | 12.053 |
| United States | USA | North America | 2006 | 11.995 |
| United States | USA | North America | 2007 | 11.786 |
| United States | USA | North America | 2008 | 11.971 |
| United States | USA | North America | 2009 | 11.778 |
| United States | USA | North America | 2010 | 12.333 |
| United States | USA | North America | 2011 | 12.43 |