Defense Budget (% of Government Spending) (Asia)

Overview

Defense spending as a share of total government expenditure shows the priority a government places on military capabilities versus other public services. Countries under active security threats or engaged in conflicts tend to allocate a larger portion of their budgets to defense, sometimes at the expense of education, healthcare, and infrastructure.

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# Country % Govt Budget
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 29.10%
2 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 26.88%
3 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 22.31%
4 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 20.13%
5 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 20.13%
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 19.99%
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 18.33%
8 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 17.04%
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 15.23%
10 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 14.96%
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 14.35%
12 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 14.28%
13 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 13.83%
14 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syria 13.62%
15 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran 12.55%
# Country % Govt Budget
16 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei 12.07%
17 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwan 12.06%
18 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea 11.32%
19 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 11.06%
20 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 10.27%
21 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 10.22%
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 9.68%
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 8.91%
24 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam 8.82%
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 8.79%
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 8.40%
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 7.63%
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 7.25%
29 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 6.90%
30 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 6.22%
# Country % Govt Budget
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 6.07%
32 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 5.44%
33 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 5.06%
34 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 4.87%
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 4.60%
36 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 4.54%
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 4.52%
38 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 4.11%
39 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 3.25%
40 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 2.64%
41 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 2.01%
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 1.94%
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Laos 0.78%