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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| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 7.464 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 4.113 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 11.503 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 14.037 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 14.065 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 3.738 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 2.548 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 14.418 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 18.932 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 11.205 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 5.856 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 3.317 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 4.124 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 6.873 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 22.696 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 22.423 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 7.484 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 4.244 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 10.82 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 31.794 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 27.429 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 8.041 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2000 | 9.914 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 20.652 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 5.209 |