Based on a comparison of 149 countries in 2019, Belarus ranked the highest in military expenditures as a share of government expenditure with 31.8% followed by Singapore and Saudi Arabia. On the other end of the scale was Haiti with 0.004%, Mauritius with 0.597% and Moldova with 1.11%.
Average military expenditures as a share of government expenditure reached 6.38% in 2019 in the World according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database. This is 3.07 % less than in the previous year and -7.77 % 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 5.12% in 1995. The average annual growth amounted to -2.82 % since 1972.
Data for more countries are available at Military Expenditures (As % of Government Expenditure) indicator page.
| Military Expenditures (As % of Government Expenditure) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Algeria | % | 13.4% | 13.7% | 13.7% | 15.3% | 15.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Armenia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.8% | 16.4% | 16.1% | 15.1% | 14.8% | |||||||||||
| Bahrain | % | 12.1% | 15.6% | 12.7% | 13.3% | 13.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belarus | % | 31.5% | 33.0% | 30.7% | 31.1% | 29.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | ... | 24.5% | 12.8% | 11.0% | 21.1% | 14.8% | |||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 15.6% | 14.8% | 15.4% | 15.2% | 16.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | % | 13.8% | 14.8% | 14.6% | 14.5% | 14.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 12.5% | 11.8% | 12.8% | 15.6% | 16.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | % | 14.3% | 16.4% | 16.8% | 18.0% | 15.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.8% | 15.6% | 17.6% | 16.7% | 12.4% | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Oman | % | 24.8% | 21.4% | 21.5% | 23.7% | 21.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 15.9% | 17.3% | 18.0% | 18.0% | 17.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 25.3% | 26.6% | 32.7% | 25.5% | 30.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 27.6% | 23.9% | 21.0% | 20.0% | 21.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.29% | 6.61% | 5.46% | 5.90% | 8.60% |
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