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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| Netherlands | NLD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 3.069 |
| Norway | NOR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 3.673 |
| Nepal | NPL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 4.52 |
| Oman | OMN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 19.184 |
| Pakistan | PAK | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 18.4 |
| Philippines | PHL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 5.209 |
| Poland | POL | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 4.717 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 11.399 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 23.145 |
| Singapore | SGP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 19.714 |
| Thailand | THA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 6.429 |
| Ukraine | UKR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 9.802 |
| United States | USA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2019 | 9.52 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2018 | 3.725 |
| Australia | AUS | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2018 | 5.144 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2018 | 8.911 |
| Brazil | BRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2018 | 3.327 |
| Canada | CAN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2018 | 3.241 |
| China | CHN | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2018 | 5.049 |
| Germany | DEU | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2018 | 2.569 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2018 | 4.152 |
| Spain | ESP | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2018 | 3 |
| France | FRA | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2018 | 3.275 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2018 | 5.002 |
| Greece | GRC | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | 2018 | 5.56 |