Based on a comparison of 149 countries in 2021, Belarus ranked the highest in military expenditures as a share of government expenditure with 30.0% followed by Qatar and Oman. On the other end of the scale was Mauritius with 0.516%, Ireland with 0.984% and Malta with 1.09%.
Average military expenditures as a share of government expenditure reached 5.66% in 2021 in the World according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database. This is 0.878 % more than in the previous year and -15.6 % 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 5.17% in 1995. The average annual growth amounted to -2.89 % since 1972.
Data for more countries are available at Military Expenditures (As % of Government Expenditure) indicator page.
| Military Expenditures (As % of Government Expenditure) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | % | 13.7% | 15.3% | 15.4% | 14.5% | 15.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Armenia | % | ... | ... | ... | 16.1% | 15.1% | 14.8% | 17.1% | 19.2% | |||||||||||||
| Azerbaijan | % | 14.1% | 10.4% | 10.6% | 10.7% | 11.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belarus | % | 30.1% | 30.8% | 29.4% | 31.2% | 32.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | ... | 11.0% | 21.1% | 14.8% | 17.2% | 14.9% | |||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 15.5% | 15.4% | 16.0% | 13.9% | 13.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 12.8% | 15.6% | 16.2% | 15.0% | 15.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | % | 16.8% | 18.0% | 15.1% | 15.6% | 15.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | 10.4% | 10.4% | 10.6% | 10.5% | 10.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.8% | 17.5% | 17.5% | 11.2% | 10.8% | |||||||||||
| Oman | % | 21.5% | 23.7% | 21.3% | 21.6% | 19.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 18.0% | 18.0% | 17.7% | 19.1% | 18.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 32.7% | 25.5% | 30.7% | 25.9% | 23.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 21.0% | 20.0% | 21.6% | 20.0% | 19.8% |
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