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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| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 10.624 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 6.783 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 3.255 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 3.939 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 7.462 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 24.63 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 24.032 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 6.765 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 4.241 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 11.303 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 30.913 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 26.498 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 7.195 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 7.839 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2001 | 9.559 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 26.186 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 5.183 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 12.31 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 2.748 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 11.339 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 2.797 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 9.815 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 4.401 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 3.976 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 6.957 |