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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| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 3.684 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 3.915 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 6.538 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 5.472 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 4.876 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 10.117 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 14.896 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 14.298 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 3.583 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 2.751 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 4.648 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 11.707 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 13.151 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 13.727 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 8.027 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 3.18 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 4.117 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 13.324 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 23.069 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 26.058 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 6.756 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 4.31 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 8.422 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 11.17 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 25.991 |