SAARC Budgets

SAARC Budget Analysis

Defence – Education – Health – Public Health – Public Amenities

2025 – 26 — Concise Report.
Prepared as: IMF/UNO-style analyst summary
*Public Amenities- mapped to Housing & Community Amenities, Water Supply & Sanitation, Urban Development, Transport.

Executive Summary
Figures are converted into USD using mid‑2025 exchange rates.
India (Union Budget 2025–26)
Total expenditure: ₹50.65 lakh crore.
Defence: ₹6.81 lakh crore (~US$78.1B, 13–14%).
Health: ₹99,858 crore (~US$11.4B, 2%).
Education: ₹1,28,650 crore (~US$14.8B, 2.5%).
Defence increased ~9–10%; health/education modestly up.

Pakistan (Federal Budget 2025–26)
Total expenditure: PKR 17.2 trillion.
Defence: PKR 2.55T (~US$9B, 14–15%).
Education: PKR 734B (~US$2.6B, 4–5%).
Health: PKR 113B (~US$0.4B, <1%).
Defence +20%; Education/health steady.

Bangladesh (Budget FY2025–26)
Total: Tk 7.9T. Education: Tk 95,644 crore (~US$7.8B, 12%).
Health: Tk 41,908 crore (~US$3.4B).
Both up year-on-year; Defence moderate increase.

Sri Lanka (Budget 2025)
Defence: LKR 442B (~US$1.47B).
Health: LKR 479B (~US$1.6B).
Education: LKR 285B (~US$0.95B).
All show modest increases in 2025.

Other SAARC Members (Brief)
Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, and Afghanistan: smaller budgets with data limitations. Education and Health dominate human capital spending
Defence and Public Amenities vary widely. Afghanistan figures mostly from international estimates.