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Military expenditure share of government expenditure

Bahrain

Values and evidence for Bahrain. Unavailable values are gaps, not zero.
Period	Value	Status	Provenance & calculation
1990	≈ 14.29 Exact value 14.2857142857 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85187 · revision 1 Value 14.2857142857 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 14.2857142857 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
1991	≈ 16.98 Exact value 16.9811320755 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85186 · revision 1 Value 16.9811320755 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 16.9811320755 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
1992	≈ 16.75 Exact value 16.7464114833 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85185 · revision 1 Value 16.7464114833 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 16.7464114833 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
1993	≈ 16.77 Exact value 16.7731629393 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85184 · revision 1 Value 16.7731629393 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 16.7731629393 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
1994	≈ 16.29 Exact value 16.2861491629 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85183 · revision 1 Value 16.2861491629 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 16.2861491629 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
1995	≈ 17.09 Exact value 17.0914542729 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85182 · revision 1 Value 17.0914542729 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 17.0914542729 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
1996	≈ 19.30 Exact value 19.2982456140 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85181 · revision 1 Value 19.2982456140 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 19.2982456140 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
1997	≈ 13.61 Exact value 13.6107986502 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85180 · revision 1 Value 13.6107986502 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 13.6107986502 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
1998	≈ 17.59 Exact value 17.5886524823 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85179 · revision 1 Value 17.5886524823 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 17.5886524823 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
1999	≈ 17.02 Exact value 17.0186335404 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85178 · revision 1 Value 17.0186335404 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 17.0186335404 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2000	≈ 17.15 Exact value 17.1537484117 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85177 · revision 1 Value 17.1537484117 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 17.1537484117 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2001	≈ 14.64 Exact value 14.6443514644 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85176 · revision 1 Value 14.6443514644 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 14.6443514644 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2002	≈ 14.52 Exact value 14.5217391304 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85175 · revision 1 Value 14.5217391304 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 14.5217391304 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2003	≈ 15.91 Exact value 15.9146841674 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85174 · revision 1 Value 15.9146841674 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 15.9146841674 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2004	≈ 15.53 Exact value 15.5279503106 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85173 · revision 1 Value 15.5279503106 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 15.5279503106 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2005	≈ 12.90 Exact value 12.9010695187 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85172 · revision 1 Value 12.9010695187 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: The figures for Bahrain do not include extra budgetary spending on defence procurement. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 12.9010695187 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2006	≈ 12.87 Exact value 12.8665077473 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85171 · revision 1 Value 12.8665077473 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: The figures for Bahrain do not include extra budgetary spending on defence procurement. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 12.8665077473 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2007	≈ 12.66 Exact value 12.6624737945 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85170 · revision 1 Value 12.6624737945 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: The figures for Bahrain do not include extra budgetary spending on defence procurement. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 12.6624737945 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2008	≈ 11.84 Exact value 11.8416447944 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85169 · revision 1 Value 11.8416447944 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: The figures for Bahrain do not include extra budgetary spending on defence procurement. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 11.8416447944 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2009	≈ 14.08 Exact value 14.0841248304 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85168 · revision 1 Value 14.0841248304 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: The figures for Bahrain do not include extra budgetary spending on defence procurement. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 14.0841248304 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2010	≈ 10.12 Exact value 10.1181353768 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85167 · revision 1 Value 10.1181353768 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: The figures for Bahrain do not include extra budgetary spending on defence procurement. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 10.1181353768 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2011	≈ 11.45 Exact value 11.4529914530 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85166 · revision 1 Value 11.4529914530 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 11.4529914530 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2012	≈ 11.89 Exact value 11.8882054025 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85165 · revision 1 Value 11.8882054025 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 11.8882054025 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2013	≈ 12.47 Exact value 12.4710804824 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85164 · revision 1 Value 12.4710804824 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: The figures for Bahrain do not include extra budgetary spending on defence procurement. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 12.4710804824 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2014	≈ 15.55 Exact value 15.5508830950 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85163 · revision 1 Value 15.5508830950 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 15.5508830950 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2015	≈ 12.72 Exact value 12.7247125088 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85162 · revision 1 Value 12.7247125088 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 12.7247125088 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2016	≈ 13.35 Exact value 13.3509669811 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85161 · revision 1 Value 13.3509669811 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 13.3509669811 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2017	≈ 13.43 Exact value 13.4273066170 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85160 · revision 1 Value 13.4273066170 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 13.4273066170 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2018	≈ 12.04 Exact value 12.0394047370 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85159 · revision 1 Value 12.0394047370 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 12.0394047370 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2019	≈ 12.33 Exact value 12.3305263158 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85158 · revision 1 Value 12.3305263158 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 12.3305263158 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2020	≈ 11.33 Exact value 11.3323321176 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85157 · revision 1 Value 11.3323321176 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 11.3323321176 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2021	≈ 11.49 Exact value 11.4926642569 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85156 · revision 1 Value 11.4926642569 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 11.4926642569 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2022	≈ 12.11 Exact value 12.1095122934 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85155 · revision 1 Value 12.1095122934 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 12.1095122934 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2023	≈ 12.06 Exact value 12.0628831323 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85154 · revision 1 Value 12.0628831323 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 12.0628831323 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2024	≈ 10.11 Exact value 10.1082750583 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85153 · revision 1 Value 10.1082750583 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 10.1082750583 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified
2025	≈ 10.80 Exact value 10.8028375734 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #85152 · revision 1 Value 10.8028375734 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness. Provider footnote: SIPRI estimate Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 10.8028375734 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:02 · source revision unspecified

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