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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| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 17.681 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 9.052 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 3.648 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 4.431 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 25.44 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 25.037 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 8.257 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 4.383 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 30.723 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 30.358 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 10.071 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1997 | 9.771 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 5.761 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 11.987 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 2.979 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 14.953 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 2.941 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 4.102 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 4.352 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 7.606 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 7.015 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 9.093 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 10.327 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 10.649 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 3.08 |