Mauritius - Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Mauritius was 777,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 51 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 782,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 1,505,000 in 1968.

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
1968 1,505,000
1969 1,870,000
1970 2,300,000
1971 2,600,000
1972 2,900,000
1973 3,500,000
1974 4,500,000
1975 6,550,000
1976 8,800,000
1977 9,400,000
1978 10,800,000
1979 15,650,000
1980 42,550,000
1981 47,650,000
1982 30,750,000
1983 34,350,000
1984 36,200,000
1985 36,500,000
1986 39,000,000
1987 47,000,000
1988 63,000,000
1989 96,500,000
1990 136,500,000
1991 164,300,000
1992 177,850,000
1993 190,200,000
1994 212,900,000
1995 233,800,000
1996 232,850,000
1997 206,400,000
1998 202,900,000
1999 227,700,000
2000 245,700,000
2001 261,500,000
2002 284,700,000
2003 303,650,000
2004 300,700,000
2005 321,100,000
2006 342,900,000
2007 364,250,000
2008 443,300,000
2009 489,500,000
2010 457,900,000
2011 502,700,000
2012 500,700,000
2013 712,300,000
2014 604,600,000
2015 599,000,000
2016 782,000,000
2017 782,000,000
2018 782,000,000
2019 777,000,000

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