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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| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 10.602 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 3.768 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 3.818 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 6.89 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 6.72 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 3.802 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 9.88 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 11.105 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 12.755 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 3.643 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 2.657 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 4.863 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 13.657 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 13.583 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 10.067 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 7.506 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 3.174 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 4.497 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 9.768 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 23.726 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 22.569 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 6.919 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 4.196 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 12.463 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 11.138 |