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Military spending as share of government spending (OWID/SIPRI)

Share of GDP / government spending, ready-made tidy CSVs Coverage: 1949-latest. Note: Easiest to ingest - direct CSV. Loaded automatically.

Source: Our World in Data (SIPRI-based) · updated October 6, 2026 · CC BY

World region according to OWID
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Entity Code World region according to OWID Year Military expenditure (% of government spending)
Iran IRN Asia 2004 14.896
Iran IRN Asia 2005 13.613
Iran IRN Asia 2006 14.321
Iran IRN Asia 2007 15.253
Iran IRN Asia 2008 12.984
Iran IRN Asia 2009 15.691
Iran IRN Asia 2010 15.968
Iran IRN Asia 2011 13.01
Iran IRN Asia 2012 19.323
Iran IRN Asia 2013 15.611
Iran IRN Asia 2014 14.803
Iran IRN Asia 2015 15.549
Iran IRN Asia 2016 15.407
Iran IRN Asia 2017 16.049
Iran IRN Asia 2018 14.618
Iran IRN Asia 2019 14.587
Iran IRN Asia 2020 14.448
Iran IRN Asia 2021 14.104
Iran IRN Asia 2022 14.041
Iran IRN Asia 2023 14.893
Iran IRN Asia 2024 11.933
Iran IRN Asia 2025 11.158
Iraq IRQ Asia 2004 1.832
Iraq IRQ Asia 2005 3.548
Iraq IRQ Asia 2006 3.771
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