Based on a comparison of 151 countries in 2022, Belarus ranked the highest in military expenditures as a share of government expenditure with 32.1% followed by Saudi Arabia and Qatar. On the other end of the scale was Mauritius with 0.586%, Haiti with 0.693% and Moldova with 0.875%.
Data for more countries are available at Military Expenditures (As % of Government Expenditure) indicator page.
| Military Expenditures (As % of Government Expenditure) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Armenia | % | ... | ... | 15.1% | 14.8% | 17.1% | 19.2% | 16.3% | ||||||||||||||
| Azerbaijan | % | 10.4% | 10.6% | 10.7% | 11.9% | 13.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belarus | % | 30.8% | 29.4% | 31.2% | 32.1% | 30.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | ... | 21.1% | 14.8% | 17.2% | 14.9% | 15.8% | |||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 15.4% | 16.0% | 13.9% | 13.9% | 13.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 15.6% | 16.2% | 15.0% | 15.1% | 15.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | % | 18.0% | 15.1% | 15.6% | 15.2% | 13.8% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.5% | 17.5% | 11.2% | 10.8% | 13.8% | |||||||||||
| Oman | % | 23.7% | 21.3% | 21.6% | 19.2% | 18.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 18.1% | 17.8% | 19.1% | 18.7% | 17.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 27.7% | 30.7% | 25.9% | 23.1% | 22.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 20.0% | 21.6% | 20.0% | 19.8% | 11.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34.8% | 26.0% | 28.6% | 22.8% | 20.8% | |||||
| Togo | % | ... | ... | ... | 5.90% | 8.60% | 7.90% | 14.7% | 9.36% |
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