Yemen - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Yemen was 239,000,000,000 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 239,000,000,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of 9,693,000,000 in 1990.

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
1990 9,693,000,000
1991 12,349,000,000
1992 15,696,000,000
1993 18,441,000,000
1994 28,263,000,000
1995 32,912,000,000
1996 39,170,000,000
1997 51,334,000,000
1998 52,247,000,000
1999 61,548,000,000
2000 76,600,000,000
2001 91,100,000,000
2002 129,500,000,000
2003 148,100,000,000
2004 135,900,000,000
2005 156,200,000,000
2006 162,000,000,000
2007 209,000,000,000
2008 239,000,000,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Yemen was 4.45 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 8.40 in 1994, while its lowest value was 4.31 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
1990 6.55
1991 7.01
1992 7.28
1993 7.06
1994 8.40
1995 6.35
1996 5.28
1997 5.81
1998 6.08
1999 5.17
2000 4.92
2001 5.48
2002 6.90
2003 6.85
2004 5.30
2005 4.87
2006 4.31
2007 4.85
2008 4.45

Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure) in Yemen was 23.90 as of 1999. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 41.33 in 1990, while its lowest value was 20.54 in 1998.

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 41.33
1991 33.26
1992 33.30
1993 31.37
1994 37.24
1995 33.37
1996 21.87
1997 21.40
1998 20.54
1999 23.90

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade