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) | 1992 | 11.953 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1992 | 9.72 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1992 | 4.302 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1992 | 5.666 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1992 | 26.48 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1992 | 9.693 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1992 | 27.255 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1992 | 29.65 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 6.549 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 10.427 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 3.599 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 14.254 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 4.241 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 4.765 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 5.404 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 10.529 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 8.624 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 10.858 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 12.488 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 3.183 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 3.067 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 9.534 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 10.723 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 4.423 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 5.398 |