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) | 2010 | 3.657 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 9.864 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 15.968 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 14.602 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 3 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 2.514 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 4.514 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 13.22 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 13.53 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 5.601 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 2.696 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 3.39 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 8.331 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 18.47 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 16.835 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 6.377 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 3.996 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 4.9 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 10.122 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 25.947 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 32.201 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 7.04 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 5.579 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 12.333 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2010 | 7.653 |