Malta - Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Malta was 74,704,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 74,704,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 14,151,000 in 1985.

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
1985 14,151,000
1986 15,134,000
1987 18,630,000
1988 17,251,000
1989 17,298,000
1990 15,658,000
1991 16,373,000
1992 19,830,000
1993 21,940,000
1994 24,535,000
1995 25,614,000
1996 27,957,000
1997 27,999,000
1998 26,315,000
1999 26,005,000
2000 25,877,000
2001 28,430,000
2002 28,690,000
2003 29,987,000
2004 32,537,000
2005 42,285,500
2006 35,284,400
2007 35,766,000
2008 38,252,000
2009 42,550,000
2010 44,343,000
2011 40,207,000
2012 38,854,000
2013 40,512,000
2014 42,597,000
2015 46,705,000
2016 53,958,870
2017 57,251,000
2018 56,653,500
2019 74,704,000

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