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 States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 11.995 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2006 | 7.435 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 12.728 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 23.225 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 5.199 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 9.479 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 3.64 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 2.874 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 10.229 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 2.63 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 8.955 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 3.605 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 3.738 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 6.304 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 6.226 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 3.968 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 10.423 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 13.613 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 14.3 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 3.39 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 2.735 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 4.709 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 12.561 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 11.076 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 11.863 |