Ecuador - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Ecuador was 2,243,500,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 2,786,519,000 in 2014 and 17,100,000 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 22,400,000
1961 18,700,000
1962 18,300,000
1963 17,100,000
1964 20,600,000
1965 23,800,000
1966 22,900,000
1967 25,300,000
1968 29,300,000
1969 39,700,000
1970 30,700,000
1971 29,700,000
1972 37,300,000
1973 49,200,000
1974 74,800,000
1975 102,000,000
1976 117,000,000
1977 205,000,000
1978 164,000,000
1979 186,000,000
1980 209,000,000
1981 234,000,000
1982 229,000,000
1983 200,000,000
1984 193,000,000
1985 284,000,000
1986 207,000,000
1987 207,000,000
1988 198,000,000
1989 189,000,000
1990 202,000,000
1991 209,000,000
1992 211,000,000
1993 276,000,000
1994 291,000,000
1995 475,000,000
1996 419,000,000
1997 499,000,000
1998 549,000,000
1999 296,000,000
2000 266,000,000
2001 384,000,000
2002 505,000,000
2003 739,000,000
2004 710,000,000
2005 954,000,000
2006 950,000,000
2007 1,310,000,000
2008 1,646,000,000
2009 1,949,000,000
2010 2,094,000,000
2011 2,453,700,000
2012 2,589,776,000
2013 2,735,825,000
2014 2,786,519,000
2015 2,597,510,000
2016 2,513,200,000
2017 2,462,700,000
2018 2,549,400,000
2019 2,399,900,000
2020 2,243,500,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Ecuador was 2,467,800,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,786,519,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 17,100,000 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
1960 22,400,000
1961 18,700,000
1962 18,300,000
1963 17,100,000
1964 20,600,000
1965 23,800,000
1966 22,900,000
1967 25,300,000
1968 29,300,000
1969 39,700,000
1970 30,700,000
1971 29,700,000
1972 37,300,000
1973 49,200,000
1974 74,800,000
1975 102,000,000
1976 117,000,000
1977 205,000,000
1978 164,000,000
1979 186,000,000
1980 209,000,000
1981 234,000,000
1982 229,000,000
1983 200,000,000
1984 193,000,000
1985 284,000,000
1986 207,000,000
1987 207,000,000
1988 198,000,000
1989 189,000,000
1990 202,000,000
1991 209,000,000
1992 211,000,000
1993 276,000,000
1994 291,000,000
1995 475,000,000
1996 419,000,000
1997 499,000,000
1998 549,000,000
1999 296,000,000
2000 266,000,000
2001 384,000,000
2002 505,000,000
2003 739,000,000
2004 710,000,000
2005 954,000,000
2006 950,000,000
2007 1,310,000,000
2008 1,646,000,000
2009 1,949,000,000
2010 2,094,000,000
2011 2,453,700,000
2012 2,589,776,000
2013 2,735,825,000
2014 2,786,519,000
2015 2,597,510,000
2016 2,513,200,000
2017 2,462,700,000
2018 2,549,400,000
2019 2,467,800,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Ecuador was 2.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.12 in 2009, while its lowest value was 1.45 in 2000.

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 2.38
1961 2.05
1962 2.05
1963 1.77
1964 1.91
1965 2.07
1966 1.82
1967 1.80
1968 1.92
1969 2.37
1970 1.83
1971 1.85
1972 1.99
1973 1.98
1974 2.02
1975 2.37
1976 2.20
1977 3.08
1978 2.14
1979 1.99
1980 1.78
1981 1.68
1982 1.65
1983 1.57
1984 1.49
1985 1.78
1986 1.84
1987 1.97
1988 1.98
1989 1.92
1990 1.89
1991 1.78
1992 1.67
1993 1.82
1994 1.56
1995 2.34
1996 1.95
1997 2.10
1998 2.36
1999 1.75
2000 1.45
2001 1.57
2002 1.77
2003 2.28
2004 1.94
2005 2.30
2006 2.03
2007 2.57
2008 2.67
2009 3.12
2010 3.01
2011 3.10
2012 2.95
2013 2.88
2014 2.74
2015 2.62
2016 2.51
2017 2.36
2018 2.35
2019 2.23
2020 2.41

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Ecuador was 6.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 11.22 in 2003, while its lowest value was 6.10 in 2019.

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
1995 9.84
1996 8.01
1997 8.79
1998 9.70
1999 6.49
2000 6.25
2001 7.76
2002 8.20
2003 11.22
2004 9.48
2005 10.74
2006 9.57
2007 10.65
2008 7.56
2009 9.46
2010 8.68
2011 7.84
2012 7.32
2013 6.58
2014 6.28
2015 6.59
2016 6.52
2017 6.47
2018 6.16
2019 6.10
2020 6.18

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade