Based on a comparison of 153 countries in 2017, Sudan ranked the highest in military expenditures as a share of government expenditure with 30.9% followed by Saudi Arabia and Oman. On the other end of the scale was Costa Rica with 0%, Panama with 0% and Haiti with 0.005%.
Average military expenditures as a share of government expenditure reached 6.08% in 2017 in the World according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database. This is 0.306 % more than in the previous year and -10.5 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average military expenditures as a share of government expenditure reached an all time high of 23.8% in 1972 and an all time low of 5.29% in 1995. The average annual growth amounted to -2.99 % since 1972.
Data for more countries are available at Military Expenditures (As % of Government Expenditure) indicator page.
| Military Expenditures (As % of Government Expenditure) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Algeria | % | 10.8% | 10.2% | 13.4% | 13.7% | 13.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Armenia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.4% | 16.0% | 16.8% | 16.4% | 16.1% | |||||||||
| Belarus | % | 30.4% | 32.0% | 31.5% | 33.0% | 29.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 22.4% | ... | 24.5% | 12.8% | 11.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.28% | 9.63% | ... | |||||||||||
| Iran | % | 13.0% | 19.3% | 15.6% | 14.8% | 15.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 16.6% | 14.9% | 12.1% | 11.4% | 14.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | % | 14.1% | 13.2% | 14.3% | 16.4% | 16.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | ... | ... | ... | 6.04% | 7.70% | 5.88% | 7.60% | 11.3% | |||||||||||||
| Oman | % | 24.9% | 36.5% | 33.1% | 28.5% | 28.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 17.0% | 16.1% | 15.9% | 17.3% | 18.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | ... | 14.7% | 15.2% | 15.7% | 15.5% | 15.9% | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 21.7% | 23.1% | 25.3% | 26.6% | 32.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 22.0% | 21.7% | 20.5% | 19.2% | 17.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.7% |
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