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) | 1999 | 37.369 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 31.836 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 6.377 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1999 | 11.155 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 20.607 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 5.388 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 12.327 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 2.816 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 13.058 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 2.861 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 4.075 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 4.163 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 7.228 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 7.398 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 5.594 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 10.66 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 12.943 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 3.408 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 2.39 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 16.417 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 17.757 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 10.484 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 6.377 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 3.564 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 4.51 |