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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| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 30.563 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 6.007 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 6.254 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 11.967 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2004 | 7.49 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 23.403 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 5.281 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 9.876 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 3.641 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 2.761 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 10.974 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 2.677 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 10.37 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 3.707 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 3.875 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 6.842 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 5.353 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 4.6 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 9.1 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 12.126 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 13.797 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 3.616 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 2.683 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 4.823 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 12.173 |