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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| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 14.158 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 2.897 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 12.521 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 2.847 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 9.789 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 4.386 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 4.097 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 7.118 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 7.281 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 4.432 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 11.641 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 12.568 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 3.559 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 2.615 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 14.527 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 16.06 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 9.765 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 7.83 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 3.545 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 4.388 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 21.997 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 23.975 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 7.547 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 4.501 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 8.989 |