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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| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 25.773 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 9.774 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 27.905 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 35.444 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1991 | 27.511 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 6.792 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 10.282 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 3.982 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 13.747 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 5.329 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 5.512 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 10.433 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 8.592 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 12.401 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 14.479 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 3.294 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 3.069 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 7.507 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 7.802 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 4.733 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 5.791 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 29.613 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 10.015 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 25.252 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 1990 | 35.444 |