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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| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 3.561 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 10.352 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 21.864 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 18.028 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 7.102 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 4.667 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 6.98 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 9.787 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 28.951 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 39.223 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 5.229 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 6.549 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 11.786 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2007 | 8.141 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 10.383 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 20.643 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 5.265 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 9.774 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 3.48 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 2.904 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 10.187 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 2.602 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 7.545 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 3.564 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 3.679 |