Venezuela - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Venezuela was 2,127,937,000 as of 2017. Over the past 57 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 6,199,698,000 in 2013 and 114,632,700 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 234,357,700
1961 114,632,700
1962 203,900,700
1963 245,397,300
1964 200,459,800
1965 227,272,700
1966 238,636,400
1967 270,454,600
1968 272,727,300
1969 263,636,400
1970 272,727,300
1971 352,272,700
1972 404,651,200
1973 420,930,200
1974 602,325,600
1975 711,627,900
1976 593,023,200
1977 748,837,200
1978 827,907,000
1979 925,581,400
1980 1,002,326,000
1981 1,009,302,000
1982 1,523,256,000
1983 2,006,977,000
1984 1,325,415,000
1985 820,000,000
1986 1,004,537,000
1987 765,517,200
1988 1,096,552,000
1989 1,196,252,000
1990 737,870,500
1991 983,722,000
1992 992,932,500
1993 1,287,955,000
1994 939,683,200
1995 1,198,810,000
1996 733,197,600
1997 1,541,034,000
1998 1,450,964,000
1999 1,408,065,000
2000 1,788,322,000
2001 1,911,400,000
2002 1,071,364,000
2003 987,890,200
2004 1,448,716,000
2005 2,665,391,000
2006 3,630,088,000
2007 4,351,560,000
2008 5,660,456,000
2009 4,055,380,000
2010 3,991,195,000
2011 3,577,532,000
2012 5,114,847,000
2013 6,199,698,000
2014 1,554,727,000
2015 320,539,200
2016 218,154,900
2017 2,127,937,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Venezuela was 39,336,500,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39,336,500,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 384,000 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 785,000
1961 384,000
1962 683,000
1963 822,000
1964 872,000
1965 1,000,000
1966 1,050,000
1967 1,190,000
1968 1,200,000
1969 1,160,000
1970 1,200,000
1971 1,550,000
1972 1,740,000
1973 1,810,000
1974 2,590,000
1975 3,060,000
1976 2,550,000
1977 3,220,000
1978 3,560,000
1979 3,980,000
1980 4,310,000
1981 4,340,000
1982 6,550,000
1983 8,630,000
1984 9,300,000
1985 6,150,000
1986 8,120,000
1987 11,100,000
1988 15,900,000
1989 41,500,000
1990 34,600,000
1991 55,900,000
1992 67,900,000
1993 117,000,000
1994 138,000,000
1995 212,000,000
1996 306,000,000
1997 753,000,000
1998 794,500,000
1999 852,900,000
2000 1,216,000,000
2001 1,383,200,000
2002 1,243,800,000
2003 1,587,500,000
2004 2,740,000,000
2005 5,570,000,000
2006 7,793,800,000
2007 9,342,800,000
2008 12,153,000,000
2009 8,706,900,000
2010 10,305,500,000
2011 15,345,110,000
2012 21,939,110,000
2013 37,495,530,000
2014 35,217,490,000
2015 56,721,010,000
2016 107,844,000,000
2017 969,864,000,000
2018 39,336,500,000,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Venezuela was 2.23 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 3.06 in 1960, while its lowest value was 0.45 in 2016.

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 3.06
1961 1.42
1962 2.31
1963 2.55
1964 2.45
1965 2.64
1966 2.66
1967 2.86
1968 2.68
1969 2.50
1970 2.29
1971 2.70
1972 2.83
1973 2.47
1974 2.31
1975 2.59
1976 1.89
1977 2.07
1978 2.11
1979 1.92
1980 1.70
1981 1.52
1982 2.25
1983 2.97
1984 2.29
1985 1.37
1986 1.65
1987 1.63
1988 1.82
1989 2.79
1990 1.52
1991 1.84
1992 1.64
1993 2.15
1994 1.59
1995 1.55
1996 1.04
1997 1.80
1998 1.59
1999 1.44
2000 1.53
2001 1.56
2002 1.15
2003 1.18
2004 1.29
2005 1.83
2006 1.98
2007 1.89
2008 1.79
2009 1.23
2010 1.01
2011 1.13
2012 1.34
2013 1.67
2014 1.16
2015 0.94
2016 0.45
2017 2.23

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade