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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| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 22.739 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 23.447 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 8.09 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 4.561 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 6.906 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 41.161 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 29.265 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 7.818 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1998 | 8.747 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 19.16 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 5.686 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 12.265 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 2.791 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 14.095 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 2.877 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 4.031 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 4.308 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 7.322 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 7.31 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 8.129 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 10.678 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 11.868 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 3.282 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 2.734 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 18.164 |