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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| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 17.442 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 4.019 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 2.975 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 3.622 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 4.462 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 18.149 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 18.362 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 5.172 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 5.086 |
| Qatar | QAT | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 21.964 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 10.314 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 22.81 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 15.428 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 5.309 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 8.461 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2021 | 7.992 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 4.973 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 4.522 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 9.353 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 2.873 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 2.662 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 4.904 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 2.652 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 4.507 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 2.633 |