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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| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 7.749 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 10.346 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 7.599 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 3.033 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 2.763 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 12.647 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 11.234 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 3.777 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 5.424 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 25.827 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 27.396 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 9.668 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 31.301 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1994 | 32.992 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1993 | 6.381 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1993 | 11.158 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1993 | 3.445 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1993 | 14.796 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1993 | 3.471 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1993 | 4.116 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1993 | 4.814 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1993 | 8.733 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1993 | 8.118 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1993 | 7.185 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1993 | 10.969 |