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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| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 12.536 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 15.023 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 8.553 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 3.143 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 4.134 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 11.674 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 23.45 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 25.414 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 7.325 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 4.177 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 11.606 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 11.292 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 26.232 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 30.122 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 6.905 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 7.331 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 11.297 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2003 | 7.553 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 22.855 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 5.355 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 10.124 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 4.261 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 2.765 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 11.189 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 2.722 |