South Sudan - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in South Sudan was 186,498,900 as of 2019. Over the past 13 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,301,525,000 in 2014 and 72,388,100 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
2006 551,454,500
2007 587,966,800
2008 896,390,700
2009 609,898,600
2010 650,910,700
2011 1,052,722,000
2012 988,226,000
2013 981,983,000
2014 1,301,525,000
2015 1,151,920,000
2016 135,338,100
2017 72,388,100
2018 149,092,400
2019 186,498,900

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in South Sudan was 24,293,350,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24,293,350,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,185,400,000 in 2007.

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
2006 1,197,500,000
2007 1,185,400,000
2008 1,873,600,000
2009 1,403,700,000
2010 1,501,000,000
2011 3,146,533,000
2012 2,915,267,000
2013 2,896,850,000
2014 3,839,500,000
2015 4,710,500,000
2016 6,597,734,000
2017 8,186,384,000
2018 21,099,700,000
2019 24,293,350,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in South Sudan was 3.56 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 10.56 in 2015, while its lowest value was 2.35 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
2008 5.76
2009 4.97
2010 4.14
2011 6.09
2012 8.77
2013 6.57
2014 8.62
2015 10.56
2016 4.60
2017 2.35
2018 3.65
2019 3.56

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in South Sudan was 8.07 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 8 years was 28.97 in 2011, while its lowest value was 6.24 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
2011 28.97
2012 27.74
2013 25.93
2014 23.68
2015 25.63
2016 9.01
2017 6.24
2018 9.83
2019 8.07

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade