Brazil - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Brazil was 19,736,350,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 36,936,210,000 in 2011 and 342,339,700 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 382,729,800
1961 342,339,700
1962 387,449,000
1963 441,999,600
1964 354,227,900
1965 632,869,100
1966 718,216,600
1967 746,139,100
1968 755,307,600
1969 816,622,800
1970 1,026,234,000
1971 1,075,071,000
1972 1,195,501,000
1973 1,512,671,000
1974 1,790,114,000
1975 2,141,127,000
1976 2,576,477,000
1977 2,499,645,000
1978 2,690,623,000
1979 2,829,161,000
1980 2,259,308,000
1981 2,517,860,000
1982 3,031,329,000
1983 2,082,669,000
1984 2,013,152,000
1985 2,687,050,000
1986 2,758,186,000
1987 4,323,675,000
1988 5,874,168,000
1989 8,761,487,000
1990 9,236,297,000
1991 6,694,665,000
1992 4,993,804,000
1993 7,099,899,000
1994 10,591,500,000
1995 14,318,920,000
1996 14,073,230,000
1997 13,934,270,000
1998 14,357,360,000
1999 9,866,974,000
2000 11,344,030,000
2001 10,930,230,000
2002 9,664,562,000
2003 8,392,906,000
2004 9,780,111,000
2005 13,588,620,000
2006 16,404,870,000
2007 20,485,760,000
2008 24,452,900,000
2009 25,648,810,000
2010 34,002,940,000
2011 36,936,210,000
2012 33,987,000,000
2013 32,874,790,000
2014 32,660,240,000
2015 24,617,700,000
2016 24,224,750,000
2017 29,261,830,000
2018 28,177,410,000
2019 25,906,870,000
2020 19,736,350,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Brazil was 106,275,000,000.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 106,275,000,000.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1960.

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 0.00
1961 0.00
1962 0.00
1963 0.00
1964 0.00
1965 0.00
1966 0.00
1967 0.00
1968 0.00
1969 0.00
1970 0.00
1971 0.00
1972 0.00
1973 0.00
1974 0.01
1975 0.01
1976 0.01
1977 0.02
1978 0.02
1979 0.03
1980 0.05
1981 0.10
1982 0.24
1983 0.52
1984 1.61
1985 7.21
1986 16.30
1987 73.40
1988 667.00
1989 10,745.00
1990 273,000.00
1991 1,178,000.00
1992 9,753,000.00
1993 271,760,000.00
1994 7,040,000,000.00
1995 13,140,000,000.00
1996 14,145,000,000.00
1997 15,021,000,000.00
1998 16,662,000,000.00
1999 17,898,000,000.00
2000 20,753,000,000.00
2001 25,682,000,000.00
2002 28,224,000,000.00
2003 25,829,000,000.00
2004 28,608,000,000.00
2005 33,080,000,000.00
2006 35,686,000,000.00
2007 39,887,000,000.00
2008 44,841,000,000.00
2009 51,283,000,000.00
2010 59,819,000,000.00
2011 61,788,000,000.00
2012 66,379,000,000.00
2013 70,881,000,000.00
2014 76,874,200,000.00
2015 81,873,500,000.00
2016 84,509,000,000.00
2017 93,120,100,000.00
2018 102,938,000,000.00
2019 106,275,000,000.00

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Brazil was 1.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.35 in 1965, while its lowest value was 1.14 in 1980.

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 2.68
1961 2.36
1962 2.40
1963 2.26
1964 2.01
1965 3.35
1966 3.02
1967 2.86
1968 2.65
1969 2.62
1970 2.89
1971 2.62
1972 2.44
1973 2.15
1974 1.94
1975 1.97
1976 2.00
1977 1.69
1978 1.60
1979 1.52
1980 1.14
1981 1.14
1982 1.30
1983 1.25
1984 1.20
1985 1.43
1986 1.22
1987 1.74
1988 2.12
1989 2.69
1990 2.36
1991 1.96
1992 1.52
1993 1.93
1994 2.02
1995 1.86
1996 1.65
1997 1.58
1998 1.66
1999 1.65
2000 1.73
2001 1.95
2002 1.90
2003 1.50
2004 1.46
2005 1.52
2006 1.48
2007 1.47
2008 1.44
2009 1.54
2010 1.54
2011 1.41
2012 1.38
2013 1.33
2014 1.33
2015 1.37
2016 1.35
2017 1.41
2018 1.49
2019 1.41
2020 1.44

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Brazil was 3.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 5.39 in 2001, while its lowest value was 3.21 in 2020.

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
1996 4.33
1997 4.09
1998 4.06
1999 4.16
2000 5.02
2001 5.39
2002 4.87
2003 3.67
2004 3.83
2005 3.83
2006 3.78
2007 3.90
2008 3.85
2009 4.15
2010 3.86
2011 3.76
2012 3.70
2013 3.55
2014 3.45
2015 3.55
2016 3.40
2017 3.69
2018 3.92
2019 3.72
2020 3.21

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade