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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| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 8.499 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 2.837 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 2.697 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 20.306 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 19.344 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 11.179 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 3.335 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 4.677 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 25.014 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 27.206 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 10.516 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 4.098 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 28.449 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 29.379 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 13.666 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1995 | 6.624 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 6.261 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 11.826 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 3.37 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 14.088 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 3.18 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 4.24 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 4.815 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 8.287 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 8.449 |