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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| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 6.174 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 6.169 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 3.577 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 9.478 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 14.321 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 14.097 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 3.184 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 2.732 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 4.944 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 12.284 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 11.528 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 7.494 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 3.154 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 3.569 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 13.729 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 23.622 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 21.365 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 6.887 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 4.321 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 6.153 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 11.207 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 28.781 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 30.928 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 5.161 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 6.215 |