Dem. Rep. Congo - Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 581,999,000,000.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 56 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 581,999,000,000.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1963.

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
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 0.00
1975 0.00
1976 0.00
1977 0.00
1978 0.00
1979 0.00
1980 0.00
1981 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.00
1984 0.01
1985 0.01
1986 0.01
1987 0.01
1988 0.13
1989 0.09
1990 0.11
1991 2.28
1992 184.00
1993 11,797.00
1996 44,800,000.00
1997 110,100,000.00
1998 42,800,000.00
1999 600,200,000.00
2000 2,901,000,000.00
2003 31,908,000,000.00
2004 54,983,000,000.00
2005 78,292,000,000.00
2006 96,045,000,000.00
2007 106,046,000,000.00
2008 89,486,000,000.00
2009 99,100,000,000.00
2010 166,400,000,000.00
2011 219,563,000,000.00
2012 305,813,000,000.00
2013 344,440,000,000.00
2014 315,710,000,000.00
2015 454,915,000,000.00
2016 399,976,000,000.00
2017 428,966,000,000.00
2018 477,265,000,000.00
2019 581,999,000,000.00

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