United Arab Emirates - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in United Arab Emirates was 22,755,070,000 as of 2014. Over the past 17 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 23,561,060,000 in 2013 and 3,335,767,000 in 1997.

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
1997 3,335,767,000
1998 4,010,347,000
1999 4,233,084,000
2000 5,875,834,000
2001 5,797,958,000
2002 5,354,119,000
2003 5,834,718,000
2004 6,816,882,000
2005 6,604,220,000
2006 7,165,418,000
2007 8,460,994,000
2008 11,571,680,000
2009 13,836,350,000
2010 17,504,700,000
2011 19,181,760,000
2012 19,024,100,000
2013 23,561,060,000
2014 22,755,070,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in United Arab Emirates was 83,568,000,000 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 86,528,000,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 12,246,000,000 in 1997.

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
1997 12,246,000,000
1998 14,728,000,000
1999 15,546,000,000
2000 21,579,000,000
2001 21,293,000,000
2002 19,663,000,000
2003 21,428,000,000
2004 25,035,000,000
2005 24,254,000,000
2006 26,315,000,000
2007 31,073,000,000
2008 42,497,000,000
2009 50,814,000,000
2010 64,286,000,000
2011 70,445,000,000
2012 69,866,000,000
2013 86,528,000,000
2014 83,568,000,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in United Arab Emirates was 5.64 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 8.63 in 1998, while its lowest value was 3.23 in 2006.

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
1997 6.76
1998 8.63
1999 7.67
2000 8.32
2001 5.61
2002 4.88
2003 4.69
2004 4.61
2005 3.66
2006 3.23
2007 3.28
2008 3.67
2009 5.46
2010 6.04
2011 5.47
2012 5.08
2013 6.03
2014 5.64

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in United Arab Emirates was 17.04 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 26.19 in 2000, while its lowest value was 15.59 in 2009.

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
1997 19.16
1998 20.61
1999 20.65
2000 26.19
2001 22.25
2002 22.85
2003 23.40
2004 26.04
2005 23.22
2006 20.64
2007 18.58
2008 16.71
2009 15.59
2010 18.74
2011 17.55
2012 17.43
2013 19.91
2014 17.04

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade