Belarus - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Belarus was 844,513,000 as of 2020. Over the past 25 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,000,013,000 in 2014 and 140,326,200 in 2000.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another).

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
1995 179,081,700
1996 182,805,600
1997 249,384,100
1998 227,586,100
1999 165,903,900
2000 140,326,200
2001 177,697,800
2002 204,364,200
2003 231,563,900
2004 314,314,000
2005 452,684,100
2006 631,831,200
2007 746,943,200
2008 883,027,500
2009 675,426,500
2010 767,699,300
2011 756,277,400
2012 807,423,200
2013 959,801,700
2014 1,000,013,000
2015 709,908,900
2016 592,182,300
2017 625,637,800
2018 709,713,300
2019 773,713,000
2020 844,513,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Belarus was 16,313,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,313,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,500 in 1992.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

Year Value
1992 1,500
1993 27,500
1994 644,400
1995 2,063,200
1996 2,418,500
1997 6,489,100
1998 10,498,000
1999 41,359,000
2000 123,031,000
2001 247,000,000
2002 366,000,000
2003 475,000,000
2004 679,000,000
2005 975,000,000
2006 1,355,000,000
2007 1,603,000,000
2008 1,886,500,000
2009 1,886,500,000
2010 2,286,600,000
2011 3,762,200,000
2012 6,811,830,000
2013 8,623,486,000
2014 10,334,800,000
2015 11,525,000,000
2016 12,003,000,000
2017 12,228,510,000
2018 14,572,510,000
2019 16,313,000,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Belarus was 1.25 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 3.62 in 1994, while its lowest value was 1.15 in 2017.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
1992 1.62
1993 2.79
1994 3.62
1995 1.70
1996 1.26
1997 1.77
1998 1.50
1999 1.37
2000 1.35
2001 1.44
2002 1.40
2003 1.30
2004 1.36
2005 1.50
2006 1.71
2007 1.65
2008 1.45
2009 1.37
2010 1.34
2011 1.22
2012 1.23
2013 1.27
2014 1.27
2015 1.26
2016 1.25
2017 1.15
2018 1.18
2019 1.23
2020 1.25

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Belarus was 30.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 35.02 in 2006, while its lowest value was 23.43 in 2008.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
2001 32.80
2002 30.94
2003 28.86
2004 29.85
2005 32.21
2006 35.02
2007 32.45
2008 23.43
2009 25.68
2010 30.27
2011 30.39
2012 31.61
2013 31.14
2014 32.67
2015 30.11
2016 30.81
2017 29.36
2018 31.24
2019 31.77
2020 30.80

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade