Military spending as share of government spending (OWID/SIPRI)
Share of GDP / government spending, ready-made tidy CSVs Coverage: 1949-latest. Note: Easiest to ingest - direct CSV. Loaded automatically.
Source: Our World in Data (SIPRI-based) · updated October 6, 2026 · CC BY
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Download CSV| Entity | Code | World region according to OWID | Year | Military expenditure (% of government spending) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | CHN | Asia | 2003 | 10.974 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2004 | 10.88 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2005 | 10.229 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2006 | 10.187 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2007 | 9.628 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2008 | 7.647 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2009 | 7.399 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2010 | 6.969 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2011 | 6.166 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2012 | 6.035 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2013 | 5.968 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2014 | 5.99 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2015 | 5.605 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2016 | 5.477 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2017 | 5.263 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2018 | 5.049 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2019 | 4.907 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2020 | 4.904 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2021 | 4.928 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2022 | 4.879 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2023 | 4.954 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2024 | 5.05 |
| China | CHN | Asia | 2025 | 5.125 |
| Colombia | COL | South America | 1988 | 10.86 |
| Colombia | COL | South America | 1989 | 8.878 |