Low income - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Low income was 5,648,909,000 as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 9,899,132,000 in 2009 and 536,494,700 in 1970.

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
1970 536,494,700
1973 846,075,600
1974 1,101,915,000
1975 1,544,976,000
1976 1,644,516,000
1977 1,903,645,000
1978 2,404,343,000
1979 3,025,408,000
1980 3,978,672,000
1981 3,802,180,000
1982 4,012,684,000
1983 4,022,131,000
1984 4,818,009,000
1985 4,774,772,000
1986 5,147,765,000
1987 5,052,103,000
1988 5,562,493,000
1989 2,925,409,000
1990 5,083,775,000
1991 6,473,561,000
1992 5,383,101,000
1993 4,585,380,000
1994 5,000,550,000
1995 2,637,035,000
1996 2,406,672,000
1997 2,516,047,000
1998 3,074,045,000
1999 3,674,253,000
2000 3,502,234,000
2001 3,100,692,000
2002 3,420,169,000
2003 3,916,020,000
2004 4,755,931,000
2005 4,870,544,000
2006 6,025,391,000
2007 7,651,233,000
2008 9,554,970,000
2009 9,899,132,000
2010 7,232,091,000
2011 8,141,813,000
2012 5,089,828,000
2013 5,878,170,000
2014 7,047,762,000
2015 7,272,280,000
2016 6,940,030,000
2017 8,675,120,000
2018 6,484,693,000
2019 5,154,064,000
2020 5,648,909,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Low income was 1.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 8.57 in 1984, while its lowest value was 1.24 in 2018.

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
1964 2.32
1966 1.87
1968 2.77
1969 2.75
1970 2.69
1971 2.53
1972 2.88
1973 2.94
1974 2.99
1975 3.64
1976 3.85
1977 3.56
1978 3.68
1979 4.32
1981 6.85
1982 7.84
1983 7.82
1984 8.57
1985 7.90
1986 7.61
1987 6.28
1988 5.18
1990 5.57
1991 6.22
1992 5.55
1993 4.98
1994 5.08
1995 4.46
1996 4.12
1997 4.02
1998 4.47
1999 4.80
2000 4.17
2001 4.37
2002 4.32
2003 4.33
2004 4.20
2005 3.77
2006 3.57
2007 3.58
2008 3.23
2009 3.41
2010 3.19
2012 1.96
2013 2.01
2014 1.88
2015 1.75
2016 1.39
2017 1.45
2018 1.24
2019 1.31
2020 1.36

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Low income was 6.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 17.94 in 2000, while its lowest value was 6.95 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
1998 17.55
2000 17.94
2001 16.56
2002 15.55
2003 15.37
2004 16.05
2005 14.85
2006 14.66
2007 14.73
2008 14.52
2009 14.49
2010 12.00
2015 13.14
2016 10.03
2017 9.88
2018 7.31
2019 7.19
2020 6.95

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade