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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| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 9.581 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2020 | 8.179 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 4.276 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 4.834 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 9.18 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 3.213 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 3.165 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 4.907 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 2.722 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 4.176 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 2.915 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 3.348 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 5.125 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 5.455 |
| Indonesia | IDN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 4.454 |
| India | IND | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 9.32 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 14.587 |
| Israel | ISR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 13.165 |
| Italy | ITA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 2.695 |
| Japan | JPN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 2.661 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 5.042 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 11.846 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 9.007 |
| Myanmar | MMR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 10.81 |
| Malaysia | MYS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 3.79 |