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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| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 3.277 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 4.33 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 5.099 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 4.81 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 8.761 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 14.448 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 11.831 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 3.046 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 2.284 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 3.696 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 11.171 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 8.393 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 13.814 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 3.992 |
| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 2.941 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 3.467 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 4.793 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 18.031 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 17.179 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 5.005 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 4.741 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 10.586 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 22.505 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 11.384 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 5.777 |