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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| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 2.769 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 1.902 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 11.225 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 16.06 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 4.054 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 3.336 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 3.97 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 4.284 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 20.118 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 14.987 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 4.771 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 6.977 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 14.789 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 22.55 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 18.416 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 4.904 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 49.087 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2023 | 9.109 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2022 | 5.02 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2022 | 7.603 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2022 | 2.422 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2022 | 2.882 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2022 | 4.879 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2022 | 2.756 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2022 | 4.604 |