Pakistan - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Pakistan was 10,376,380,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 11,732,130,000 in 2018 and 200,340,200 in 1962.

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
1960 208,845,200
1961 210,105,200
1962 200,340,200
1963 219,660,200
1964 257,880,300
1965 439,635,400
1966 549,675,500
1967 478,275,500
1968 492,555,500
1969 552,720,600
1970 635,250,600
1971 739,410,800
1972 478,207,400
1973 477,624,600
1974 609,191,900
1975 771,161,600
1976 833,181,800
1977 913,585,900
1978 1,031,869,000
1979 1,181,818,000
1980 1,429,293,000
1981 1,737,374,000
1982 1,852,712,000
1983 1,985,972,000
1984 2,114,436,000
1985 2,143,969,000
1986 2,282,625,000
1987 2,500,173,000
1988 2,721,723,000
1989 2,580,143,000
1990 2,810,102,000
1991 3,067,124,000
1992 3,388,776,000
1993 3,308,761,000
1994 3,320,618,000
1995 3,665,933,000
1996 3,547,800,000
1997 3,320,239,000
1998 3,218,882,000
1999 3,080,764,000
2000 2,973,073,000
2001 2,842,047,000
2002 3,273,402,000
2003 3,722,815,000
2004 4,128,196,000
2005 4,587,118,000
2006 4,969,198,000
2007 5,342,575,000
2008 5,226,679,000
2009 5,274,565,000
2010 5,974,613,000
2011 6,954,787,000
2012 7,478,971,000
2013 7,645,455,000
2014 8,654,923,000
2015 9,483,482,000
2016 9,973,768,000
2017 11,461,250,000
2018 11,732,130,000
2019 10,388,320,000
2020 10,376,380,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Pakistan was 1,535,400,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,535,400,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 954,000,000 in 1962.

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 994,500,000
1961 1,000,500,000
1962 954,000,000
1963 1,046,000,000
1964 1,228,000,000
1965 2,093,500,000
1966 2,617,500,000
1967 2,277,500,000
1968 2,345,500,000
1969 2,632,000,000
1970 3,025,000,000
1971 3,521,000,000
1972 4,151,500,000
1973 4,773,500,000
1974 6,031,000,000
1975 7,634,500,000
1976 8,248,500,000
1977 9,044,500,000
1978 10,215,500,000
1979 11,700,000,000
1980 14,150,000,000
1981 17,200,000,000
1982 21,950,000,000
1983 26,050,000,000
1984 29,700,000,000
1985 34,150,000,000
1986 38,000,000,000
1987 43,500,000,000
1988 49,000,000,000
1989 53,000,000,000
1990 61,000,000,000
1991 73,000,000,000
1992 85,000,000,000
1993 93,000,000,000
1994 101,500,000,000
1995 116,000,000,000
1996 128,000,000,000
1997 136,500,000,000
1998 145,000,000,000
1999 152,500,000,000
2000 159,500,000,000
2001 176,000,000,000
2002 195,500,000,000
2003 215,000,000,000
2004 240,500,000,000
2005 273,000,000,000
2006 299,500,000,000
2007 324,500,000,000
2008 368,000,000,000
2009 431,000,000,000
2010 509,000,000,000
2011 600,500,000,000
2012 698,500,000,000
2013 777,000,000,000
2014 875,014,000,000
2015 974,608,000,000
2016 1,045,200,000,000
2017 1,204,890,000,000
2018 1,404,680,000,000
2019 1,535,400,000,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Pakistan was 4.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 6.99 in 1986, while its lowest value was 3.27 in 2009.

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
1960 4.31
1961 4.10
1962 3.66
1963 3.65
1964 3.87
1965 5.90
1966 6.73
1967 5.40
1968 5.10
1969 5.51
1970 6.16
1971 6.74
1972 6.87
1973 6.21
1974 6.09
1975 6.32
1976 5.89
1977 5.55
1978 5.50
1979 5.45
1980 5.52
1981 5.71
1982 6.38
1983 6.64
1984 6.66
1985 6.92
1986 6.99
1987 6.97
1988 6.79
1989 6.53
1990 6.52
1991 6.57
1992 6.70
1993 6.43
1994 5.92
1995 5.82
1996 6.04
1997 5.62
1998 5.42
1999 5.19
2000 4.17
2001 3.88
2002 4.07
2003 4.09
2004 3.96
2005 3.90
2006 3.65
2007 3.51
2008 3.46
2009 3.27
2010 3.42
2011 3.29
2012 3.48
2013 3.47
2014 3.48
2015 3.55
2016 3.59
2017 3.77
2018 4.13
2019 4.11
2020 4.02

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Pakistan was 17.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 27.40 in 1994, while its lowest value was 15.91 in 2013.

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
1993 25.10
1994 27.40
1995 27.21
1996 24.58
1997 25.04
1998 23.45
1999 23.98
2000 22.42
2001 24.03
2002 22.57
2003 25.41
2004 26.06
2005 24.45
2006 21.37
2007 18.03
2008 16.13
2009 16.94
2010 16.83
2011 16.98
2012 16.09
2013 15.91
2014 17.30
2015 17.96
2016 18.03
2017 17.72
2018 19.09
2019 18.70
2020 17.41

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade