Pakistan

Military share of state spending in Pakistan

Military share of state spending in Pakistan: 25.1% of government spending in 1993 and 13.8% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
13.8% of government spending
Since 1993
−11.3 percentage points
Rank, 2025
17 of 150
counting from the highest

% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in PakistanMilitary share of state spending in Pakistan: 25.1% of government spending in 1993 and 13.8% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 27.4% of government spending in 1994, the lowest 13.8% of government spending in 2025.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 27.4% of government spending in 1994, the lowest 13.8% of government spending in 2025.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearPakistan
202513.8
202414
202315
202215.9
202118.4
202017.2
201918.4
201818.8
201717.6
201618.1
201518
201417.3
201315.9
201216.1
201117
201016.8
200916.9
200816.1
200718
200621.4
200524.5
200426.1
200325.4
200222.6
200124
200022.4
199924
199823.5
199725
199624.6
199527.2
199427.4
199325.1
  • Estimate

Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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