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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| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 2.646 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 18.514 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 19.533 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 9.844 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 3.742 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 4.599 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 24.506 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 24.576 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 10.12 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 3.858 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 25.25 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 23.17 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 12.32 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1996 | 8.616 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 6.004 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 11.442 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 3.173 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 15.158 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 2.692 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 4.221 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 4.488 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 7.57 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 6.638 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 8.524 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 10.503 |