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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| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2008 | 7.943 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 11.965 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 18.582 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 5.284 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 10.358 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 3.634 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 3.078 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 9.628 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 2.648 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 7.612 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 3.472 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 3.563 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 6.154 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 5.692 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 3.802 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 8.851 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 15.253 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 15.347 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 3.092 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 2.672 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 5.471 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 12.074 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 13.867 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 7.565 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 3.113 |