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SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure. This indicates budget priority and does not measure operational effectiveness.

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Military expenditure share of government expenditure

Iraq

Values and evidence for Iraq. Unavailable values are gaps, not zero.
Period	Value	Status	Provenance & calculation
1990	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87815 · revision 1 Value Missing · 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 world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
1991	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87814 · revision 1 Value Missing · 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 world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
1992	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87813 · revision 1 Value Missing · 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 world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
1993	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87812 · revision 1 Value Missing · 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 world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
1994	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87811 · revision 1 Value Missing · 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 world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
1995	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87810 · revision 1 Value Missing · 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 world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
1996	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87809 · revision 1 Value Missing · 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 world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
1997	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87808 · revision 1 Value Missing · 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 world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
1998	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87807 · revision 1 Value Missing · 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 world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
1999	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87806 · revision 1 Value Missing · 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 world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2000	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87805 · revision 1 Value Missing · 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 world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2001	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87804 · revision 1 Value Missing · 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 world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2002	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87803 · revision 1 Value Missing · 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 world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2003	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87802 · revision 1 Value Missing · 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 world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2004	≈ 1.83 Exact value 1.8322302739 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87801 · revision 1 Value 1.8322302739 · 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: 1.8322302739 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2005	≈ 3.55 Exact value 3.5480893645 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87800 · revision 1 Value 3.5480893645 · 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: 3.5480893645 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2006	≈ 3.77 Exact value 3.7710820451 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87799 · revision 1 Value 3.7710820451 · 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: 3.7710820451 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2007	≈ 5.09 Exact value 5.0931285677 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87798 · revision 1 Value 5.0931285677 · 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: 5.0931285677 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2008	≈ 4.14 Exact value 4.1355173670 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87797 · revision 1 Value 4.1355173670 · 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: 4.1355173670 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2009	≈ 4.75 Exact value 4.7453365495 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87796 · revision 1 Value 4.7453365495 · 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: 4.7453365495 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2010	≈ 5.47 Exact value 5.4651193849 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87795 · revision 1 Value 5.4651193849 · 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: 5.4651193849 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2011	≈ 5.31 Exact value 5.3112370030 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87794 · revision 1 Value 5.3112370030 · 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: 5.3112370030 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2012	≈ 4.43 Exact value 4.4287750280 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87793 · revision 1 Value 4.4287750280 · 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: 4.4287750280 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2013	≈ 6.87 Exact value 6.8723331897 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87792 · revision 1 Value 6.8723331897 · 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: 6.8723331897 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2014	≈ 6.74 Exact value 6.7392108956 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87791 · revision 1 Value 6.7392108956 · 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: 6.7392108956 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2015	≈ 12.45 Exact value 12.4538432491 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87790 · revision 1 Value 12.4538432491 · 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: 12.4538432491 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2016	≈ 8.38 Exact value 8.3791466250 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87789 · revision 1 Value 8.3791466250 · 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: 8.3791466250 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2017	≈ 11.01 Exact value 11.0128650230 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87788 · revision 1 Value 11.0128650230 · 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: 11.0128650230 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2018	≈ 8.84 Exact value 8.8405814214 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87787 · revision 1 Value 8.8405814214 · 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: 8.8405814214 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2019	≈ 9.34 Exact value 9.3425444441 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87786 · revision 1 Value 9.3425444441 · 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: 9.3425444441 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2020	≈ 7.43 Exact value 7.4330428266 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87785 · revision 1 Value 7.4330428266 · 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: 7.4330428266 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2021	≈ 6.22 Exact value 6.2243242053 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87784 · revision 1 Value 6.2243242053 · 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: 6.2243242053 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2022	≈ 4.83 Exact value 4.8323976478 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87783 · revision 1 Value 4.8323976478 · 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: 4.8323976478 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2023	≈ 5.12 Exact value 5.1231829642 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87782 · revision 1 Value 5.1231829642 · 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: 5.1231829642 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2024	≈ 5.30 Exact value 5.3005411191 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87781 · revision 1 Value 5.3005411191 · 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: 5.3005411191 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified
2025	≈ 5.53 Exact value 5.5296102820 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #87780 · revision 1 Value 5.5296102820 · 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: 5.5296102820 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:47:14 · source revision unspecified

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