Fragile and conflict affected situations - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 21,677,360,000 as of 2020. Over the past 57 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 44,455,790,000 in 2005 and 735,815,700 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.

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Year Value
1963 735,815,700
1964 854,420,700
1965 1,027,244,000
1966 1,053,492,000
1967 1,275,692,000
1968 1,582,307,000
1969 2,099,513,000
1970 2,314,737,000
1971 2,390,195,000
1972 2,830,432,000
1973 3,493,952,000
1974 5,292,418,000
1975 7,546,232,000
1976 7,421,975,000
1977 8,731,682,000
1978 9,522,789,000
1979 10,931,430,000
1980 12,726,300,000
1981 12,402,030,000
1982 8,709,822,000
1983 8,692,713,000
1984 8,328,968,000
1985 7,371,517,000
1986 7,270,488,000
1987 6,661,579,000
1988 7,524,549,000
1989 5,159,885,000
1990 7,464,570,000
1991 9,075,498,000
1992 8,693,259,000
1993 8,996,321,000
1994 9,841,924,000
1995 9,426,911,000
1996 9,562,533,000
1997 11,898,490,000
1998 13,996,460,000
1999 14,780,770,000
2000 17,061,710,000
2001 17,123,470,000
2002 18,469,780,000
2003 31,468,150,000
2004 39,449,680,000
2005 44,455,790,000
2006 14,397,100,000
2007 18,049,600,000
2008 24,209,850,000
2009 21,819,400,000
2010 20,324,900,000
2011 23,256,930,000
2012 28,028,520,000
2013 34,814,600,000
2014 30,119,410,000
2015 26,580,910,000
2016 21,417,400,000
2017 25,899,170,000
2018 20,019,880,000
2019 21,223,400,000
2020 21,677,360,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 1.75 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 5.57 in 1975, while its lowest value was 1.61 in 2011.

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.

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Year Value
1961 1.92
1962 3.17
1964 2.85
1965 2.74
1966 2.04
1967 3.90
1968 4.68
1969 5.16
1970 4.09
1971 3.79
1972 4.17
1973 4.26
1974 4.38
1975 5.57
1976 5.00
1977 4.82
1978 4.50
1979 4.16
1980 4.15
1981 4.12
1982 3.37
1983 3.82
1984 3.95
1985 3.48
1986 3.84
1987 3.57
1988 2.81
1991 3.49
1992 3.20
1993 3.47
1994 3.36
1995 2.89
1996 2.63
1997 2.84
1998 3.03
1999 3.03
2000 2.74
2001 2.71
2002 2.71
2003 2.66
2004 2.48
2005 2.29
2006 2.14
2007 2.16
2008 2.09
2009 2.19
2010 1.90
2011 1.61
2012 1.73
2013 2.11
2014 1.97
2015 2.14
2016 1.82
2017 1.89
2018 1.64
2019 1.66
2020 1.75

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 6.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 13.15 in 2003, while its lowest value was 6.62 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
2003 13.15
2004 10.54
2005 10.07
2006 9.53
2007 8.38
2008 8.26
2015 11.54
2016 9.67
2017 10.24
2018 8.19
2019 8.14
2020 6.62

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade