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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| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 13.828 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 5.445 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 8.474 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 18.898 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 22.305 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 20.13 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 4.539 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 54.007 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2024 | 9.112 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 5.013 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 7.109 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 2.205 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 2.992 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 5.029 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 3.076 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 4.2 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 3.248 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 3.423 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 5.05 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 5.911 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 4.931 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 7.902 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 14.985 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 13.807 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 2.986 |