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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| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2009 | 8.495 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2009 | 18.196 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2009 | 16.94 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2009 | 6.259 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2009 | 3.993 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2009 | 6.064 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2009 | 10.192 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2009 | 25.946 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2009 | 23.407 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2009 | 7.25 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2009 | 6.065 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2009 | 11.778 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2009 | 7.143 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 11.175 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 16.711 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 5.126 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 8.13 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 3.612 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 3.212 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 7.647 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 2.677 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 6.671 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 3.3 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 3.499 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 6.079 |