Saudi Arabia

Military share of state spending in Saudi Arabia

Military share of state spending in Saudi Arabia: 35.4% of government spending in 1990 and 23.5% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
23.5% of government spending
Since 1990
−11.9 percentage points
Rank, 2025
3 of 150
counting from the highest
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% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in Saudi ArabiaMilitary share of state spending in Saudi Arabia: 35.4% of government spending in 1990 and 23.5% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 41.2% of government spending in 1998, the lowest 21.9% of government spending in 2024.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 41.2% of government spending in 1998, the lowest 21.9% of government spending in 2024.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearSaudi Arabia
202523.5
202421.9
202322.6
202222.7
202122.8
202022.5
201923.2
201825.9
201730.7
201627.8
201532.7
201426.6
201325.3
201223.1
201122
201026
200926
200827.6
200729
200628.8
200527.5
200426
200326.2
200227.2
200130.9
200031.8
199937.4
199841.2
199730.7
199625.3
199528.5
199431.3
199332.8
199227.3
199135.4
199035.4
  • 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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