Greece - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Greece was 5,301,379,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 10,641,350,000 in 2009 and 167,762,400 in 1961.

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
1960 170,327,800
1961 167,762,400
1962 170,034,200
1963 179,495,700
1964 188,207,600
1965 209,674,800
1966 238,979,300
1967 313,035,600
1968 366,771,900
1969 425,403,600
1970 473,597,000
1971 515,997,600
1972 573,692,100
1973 674,802,400
1974 1,049,956,000
1975 1,433,217,000
1976 1,559,887,000
1977 1,838,775,000
1978 2,118,930,000
1979 2,424,262,000
1980 2,275,580,000
1981 2,578,401,000
1982 2,638,653,000
1983 2,195,464,000
1984 1,994,286,000
1985 1,927,083,000
1986 1,998,817,000
1987 2,399,225,000
1988 2,749,557,000
1989 2,560,255,000
1990 3,193,377,000
1991 3,146,899,000
1992 3,623,053,000
1993 3,364,413,000
1994 3,587,245,000
1995 4,179,913,000
1996 4,613,168,000
1997 4,573,516,000
1998 4,824,257,000
1999 5,012,285,000
2000 4,564,522,000
2001 4,428,104,000
2002 4,734,177,000
2003 5,035,586,000
2004 6,267,469,000
2005 7,028,429,000
2006 7,607,186,000
2007 8,533,090,000
2008 10,574,140,000
2009 10,641,350,000
2010 8,163,619,000
2011 7,128,608,000
2012 5,914,989,000
2013 5,655,183,000
2014 5,531,286,000
2015 4,818,121,000
2016 4,963,485,000
2017 5,088,179,000
2018 5,757,114,000
2019 5,471,563,000
2020 5,301,379,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Greece was 4,887,200,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,660,100,000 in 2009 and a minimum value of 14,770,000 in 1961.

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
1960 14,996,000
1961 14,770,000
1962 14,970,000
1963 15,803,000
1964 16,570,000
1965 18,460,000
1966 21,040,000
1967 27,560,000
1968 32,291,000
1969 37,453,000
1970 41,696,000
1971 45,429,000
1972 50,509,000
1973 58,668,000
1974 92,440,200
1975 134,810,000
1976 167,170,000
1977 198,790,000
1978 228,499,000
1979 263,510,000
1980 284,600,000
1981 419,266,000
1982 517,300,000
1983 567,400,000
1984 659,690,000
1985 781,120,000
1986 821,120,000
1987 953,560,000
1988 1,144,690,000
1989 1,220,330,000
1990 1,485,530,000
1991 1,683,270,000
1992 2,026,830,000
1993 2,263,510,000
1994 2,554,000,000
1995 2,841,760,000
1996 3,258,820,000
1997 3,664,960,000
1998 4,184,030,000
1999 4,495,930,000
2000 4,894,720,000
2001 4,948,450,000
2002 5,030,300,000
2003 4,461,700,000
2004 5,047,600,000
2005 5,651,700,000
2006 6,064,000,000
2007 6,234,600,000
2008 7,218,700,000
2009 7,660,100,000
2010 6,163,900,000
2011 5,128,000,000
2012 4,603,600,000
2013 4,259,252,000
2014 4,169,100,000
2015 4,344,500,000
2016 4,488,200,000
2017 4,534,900,000
2018 4,877,600,000
2019 4,887,200,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Greece was 2.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.92 in 1977, while its lowest value was 2.35 in 2014.

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
1960 4.86
1961 4.24
1962 4.05
1963 3.82
1964 3.57
1965 3.50
1966 3.58
1967 4.35
1968 4.69
1969 4.79
1970 4.20
1971 4.12
1972 3.96
1973 3.52
1974 4.82
1975 5.85
1976 5.83
1977 5.92
1978 5.58
1979 5.18
1980 4.66
1981 5.74
1982 5.63
1983 5.17
1984 4.84
1985 4.69
1986 4.13
1987 4.26
1988 4.20
1989 3.77
1990 3.80
1991 3.48
1992 3.63
1993 3.60
1994 3.58
1995 3.17
1996 3.31
1997 3.37
1998 3.53
1999 3.36
2000 3.47
2001 3.25
2002 3.08
2003 2.49
2004 2.61
2005 2.84
2006 2.78
2007 2.68
2008 2.98
2009 3.22
2010 2.75
2011 2.52
2012 2.44
2013 2.37
2014 2.35
2015 2.47
2016 2.58
2017 2.56
2018 2.71
2019 2.66
2020 2.80

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Greece was 4.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 10.81 in 1988, while its lowest value was 4.56 in 2012.

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
1988 10.81
1989 9.43
1990 8.59
1991 8.62
1992 8.57
1993 8.12
1994 8.45
1995 6.64
1996 7.02
1997 7.31
1998 7.40
1999 7.28
2000 7.46
2001 7.07
2002 6.72
2003 5.35
2004 5.47
2005 6.23
2006 6.17
2007 5.69
2008 5.87
2009 5.96
2010 5.19
2011 4.58
2012 4.56
2013 4.57
2014 4.64
2015 4.84
2016 5.19
2017 5.31
2018 5.63
2019 5.64
2020 4.77

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade