Jordan - military expenditure

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Jordan was 1,016,000,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,016,000,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 210,000,000 in 1995.

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
1988 220,000,000
1989 220,000,000
1990 214,000,000
1991 295,000,000
1992 250,000,000
1993 271,000,000
1994 285,000,000
1995 210,000,000
1996 296,000,000
1997 315,000,000
1998 352,000,000
1999 363,000,000
2000 375,000,000
2001 375,000,000
2002 370,000,000
2003 434,000,000
2004 416,000,000
2005 428,000,000
2006 497,000,000
2007 732,000,000
2008 952,000,000
2009 997,000,000
2010 1,016,000,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Jordan was 5.20 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 10.33 in 1991, while its lowest value was 4.45 in 1995.

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 9.72
1989 9.27
1990 8.02
1991 10.33
1992 6.92
1993 6.98
1994 6.54
1995 4.45
1996 6.03
1997 6.13
1998 6.27
1999 6.28
2000 6.25
2001 5.89
2002 5.44
2003 6.00
2004 5.14
2005 4.80
2006 4.48
2007 5.81
2008 5.91
2009 5.60
2010 5.20

Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure) in Jordan was 20.10 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 34.44 in 1991, while its lowest value was 13.45 in 2005.

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
1990 26.11
1991 34.44
1992 28.05
1993 26.94
1994 26.24
1995 17.04
1996 20.92
1997 21.58
1998 22.00
1999 23.47
2000 23.05
2001 21.83
2002 19.22
2003 20.38
2004 16.00
2005 13.45
2006 14.21
2007 17.81
2008 19.43
2009 19.59
2010 20.10