Germany - Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Germany was 44,014,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 44,014,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 5,924,717,000 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 5,924,717,000
1961 6,443,033,000
1962 8,427,631,000
1963 9,743,650,000
1964 9,562,206,000
1965 9,738,868,000
1966 9,905,294,000
1967 10,469,620,000
1968 9,443,334,000
1969 10,551,870,000
1970 11,038,720,000
1971 12,445,700,000
1972 14,044,940,000
1973 15,604,000,000
1974 17,430,870,000
1975 18,382,570,000
1976 19,033,930,000
1977 19,651,810,000
1978 21,037,750,000
1979 22,209,440,000
1980 23,727,370,000
1981 25,524,590,000
1982 26,522,200,000
1983 27,628,850,000
1984 28,009,530,000
1985 28,681,930,000
1986 29,405,980,000
1987 30,004,740,000
1988 30,143,430,000
1989 30,896,180,000
1990 33,438,500,000
1991 32,070,740,000
1992 32,049,690,000
1993 30,089,870,000
1994 28,832,100,000
1995 28,846,440,000
1996 28,692,450,000
1997 28,169,260,000
1998 28,524,110,000
1999 29,271,120,000
2000 29,224,250,000
2001 29,314,160,000
2002 29,811,530,000
2003 29,708,230,000
2004 29,277,820,000
2005 29,268,250,000
2006 29,043,480,000
2007 30,041,000,000
2008 31,717,000,000
2009 33,199,000,000
2010 33,866,000,000
2011 33,641,000,000
2012 34,611,000,000
2013 33,791,000,000
2014 33,327,000,000
2015 33,381,000,000
2016 35,921,000,000
2017 37,759,000,000
2018 39,406,000,000
2019 44,014,000,000

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