Mauritius - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Mauritius was 18,057,860 as of 2020. Over the past 52 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 23,200,900 in 2013 and 270,900 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.

See also:

Year Value
1968 270,900
1969 336,600
1970 414,000
1971 473,954
1972 543,221
1973 643,114
1974 789,047
1975 1,086,812
1976 1,317,066
1977 1,422,667
1978 1,752,317
1979 2,480,933
1980 5,537,272
1981 5,332,042
1982 2,828,237
1983 2,934,343
1984 2,623,132
1985 2,363,607
1986 2,896,097
1987 3,649,578
1988 4,688,303
1989 6,327,952
1990 9,183,570
1991 10,496,860
1992 11,427,600
1993 10,777,430
1994 11,853,860
1995 13,447,370
1996 12,973,520
1997 9,801,826
1998 8,456,739
1999 9,040,809
2000 9,360,143
2001 8,977,215
2002 9,502,036
2003 10,882,930
2004 10,935,140
2005 10,886,150
2006 10,814,270
2007 11,632,290
2008 15,580,190
2009 15,316,120
2010 14,874,420
2011 17,512,020
2012 16,662,230
2013 23,200,900
2014 19,744,220
2015 17,086,610
2016 21,999,440
2017 22,633,510
2018 22,917,090
2019 21,831,360
2020 18,057,860

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

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Mauritius was 0.160 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 0.489 in 1980, while its lowest value was 0.140 in 1974.

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
1968 0.156
1969 0.181
1970 0.219
1971 0.224
1972 0.203
1973 0.189
1974 0.140
1975 0.192
1976 0.187
1977 0.173
1978 0.173
1979 0.205
1980 0.489
1981 0.467
1982 0.262
1983 0.269
1984 0.252
1985 0.220
1986 0.198
1987 0.194
1988 0.220
1989 0.290
1990 0.346
1991 0.367
1992 0.354
1993 0.330
1994 0.333
1995 0.333
1996 0.293
1997 0.234
1998 0.203
1999 0.208
2000 0.201
2001 0.195
2002 0.196
2003 0.187
2004 0.166
2005 0.168
2006 0.161
2007 0.143
2008 0.156
2009 0.168
2010 0.149
2011 0.152
2012 0.143
2013 0.191
2014 0.154
2015 0.146
2016 0.180
2017 0.171
2018 0.162
2019 0.156
2020 0.160

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Mauritius was 0.46 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 1.71 in 1993, while its lowest value was 0.46 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
1990 1.45
1991 1.70
1992 1.67
1993 1.71
1994 1.45
1995 1.46
1996 1.38
1997 1.11
1998 0.99
1999 0.97
2000 0.85
2001 0.82
2002 0.80
2003 0.75
2004 0.70
2005 0.69
2006 0.69
2007 0.65
2008 0.68
2009 0.66
2010 0.61
2011 0.63
2012 0.62
2013 0.78
2014 0.66
2015 0.58
2016 0.73
2017 0.68
2018 0.64
2019 0.52
2020 0.46

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade