Bahrain - Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Bahrain was 528,200,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 576,300,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 5,500,000 in 1971.

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
1971 5,500,000
1972 5,500,000
1973 6,700,000
1974 10,400,000
1975 6,500,000
1976 10,400,000
1977 16,000,000
1978 45,000,000
1979 60,000,000
1980 66,000,000
1981 90,000,000
1982 117,000,000
1983 69,000,000
1984 62,000,000
1985 63,000,000
1986 67,000,000
1987 67,000,000
1988 78,000,000
1989 82,000,000
1990 90,000,000
1991 99,000,000
1992 105,000,000
1993 105,000,000
1994 107,000,000
1995 114,000,000
1996 121,000,000
1997 121,000,000
1998 124,000,000
1999 137,000,000
2000 135,000,000
2001 140,000,000
2002 167,000,000
2003 194,000,000
2004 200,000,000
2005 193,000,000
2006 215,900,000
2007 241,600,000
2008 270,700,000
2009 311,400,000
2010 316,900,000
2011 388,600,000
2012 444,500,000
2013 506,700,000
2014 554,700,000
2015 542,200,000
2016 566,081,000
2017 576,300,000
2018 574,400,000
2019 528,200,000

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates. For additional details please refer to the military expenditure database on the SIPRI website: https://sipri.org/databases/milex

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade