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Who Spends the Most of Government Cost on Military?

Military Expenditures (As % of Government Expenditure) (%), 2021 or latest
Military & Defense | February 2, 2023
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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%