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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| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2022 | 15.761 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2022 | 5.028 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2022 | 39.212 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2022 | 9.115 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 10.268 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 4.738 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 9.048 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 2.846 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 2.781 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 4.928 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 2.563 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 4.764 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 2.703 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 3.33 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 4.519 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 6.704 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 4.091 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 8.041 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 14.104 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 12.402 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 2.968 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 2.507 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 3.712 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 10.869 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 8.601 |