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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| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 5.867 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 2.985 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 8.889 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 12.984 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 15.156 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 3.204 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 2.662 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 4.266 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 12.504 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 16.44 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 6.779 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 2.931 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 3.447 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 10.475 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 19.387 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 16.133 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 6.991 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 3.967 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 8.739 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 9.863 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 27.562 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 27.95 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 6.485 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 5.636 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 11.971 |