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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| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 27.209 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 30.426 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 5.575 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 7.334 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2002 | 10.276 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 22.245 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 5.234 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 10.514 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 4.904 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 2.757 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 11.42 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 2.745 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 10.716 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 4.242 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 3.865 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 6.905 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 7.07 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 2.7 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 10.524 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 14.574 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 13.672 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 3.537 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 2.647 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 13.46 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 15.638 |