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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| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 8.458 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 3.203 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 3.772 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 14.037 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 25.189 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 24.451 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 6.819 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 4.354 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 6.859 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 11.336 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 27.461 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 33.698 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 5.145 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 6.332 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 12.053 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2005 | 6.801 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 16.134 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 26.043 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 5.235 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 10.105 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 3.683 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 2.822 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 10.88 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 2.663 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 9.554 |