Philippines - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Philippines was 3,732,674,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 4,096,342,000 in 2017 and 82,889,600 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 123,821,300
1961 128,712,900
1962 82,889,600
1963 94,235,400
1964 93,605,900
1965 93,114,390
1966 109,615,400
1967 129,487,200
1968 153,846,200
1969 189,230,800
1970 155,055,200
1971 161,310,100
1972 196,259,400
1973 301,201,200
1974 521,518,500
1976 714,760,000
1977 754,442,200
1978 622,746,300
1979 874,274,000
1980 879,326,600
1981 982,322,000
1982 964,637,000
1983 800,165,600
1984 513,453,200
1985 609,330,800
1986 593,798,600
1987 652,382,100
1988 931,561,000
1989 954,928,800
1990 951,481,900
1991 913,219,700
1992 1,078,844,000
1993 1,173,017,000
1994 1,392,199,000
1995 1,700,403,000
1996 1,879,303,000
1997 1,576,447,000
1998 1,225,561,000
1999 1,341,017,000
2000 1,303,078,000
2001 1,122,104,000
2002 1,199,122,000
2003 1,301,286,000
2004 1,243,221,000
2005 1,372,702,000
2006 1,607,271,000
2007 2,014,371,000
2008 2,270,905,000
2009 2,115,785,000
2010 2,438,190,000
2011 2,701,492,000
2012 2,898,685,000
2013 3,377,028,000
2014 3,103,131,000
2015 3,335,550,000
2016 3,331,503,000
2017 4,096,342,000
2018 2,842,619,000
2019 3,471,584,000
2020 3,732,674,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Philippines was 179,602,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 206,474,000,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 249,500,000 in 1960.

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 249,500,000
1961 260,000,000
1962 309,000,000
1963 368,500,000
1964 366,000,000
1965 364,000,000
1966 427,500,000
1967 505,000,000
1968 600,000,000
1969 738,000,000
1970 915,500,000
1971 1,037,500,000
1972 1,310,000,000
1973 2,035,000,000
1974 3,540,000,000
1976 5,318,000,000
1977 5,585,000,000
1978 4,587,000,000
1979 6,450,000,000
1980 6,605,000,000
1981 7,760,000,000
1982 8,238,000,000
1983 8,892,000,000
1984 8,574,000,000
1985 11,338,000,000
1986 12,105,000,000
1987 13,418,000,000
1988 19,651,000,000
1989 20,757,000,000
1990 23,131,000,000
1991 25,094,000,000
1992 27,524,000,000
1993 31,812,000,000
1994 36,778,000,000
1995 43,725,000,000
1996 49,268,000,000
1997 46,459,000,000
1998 50,117,000,000
1999 52,419,000,000
2000 57,586,000,000
2001 57,219,000,000
2002 61,879,000,000
2003 70,534,000,000
2004 69,670,000,000
2005 75,616,000,000
2006 82,476,000,000
2007 92,960,000,000
2008 100,654,000,000
2009 100,880,000,000
2010 109,986,000,000
2011 117,010,000,000
2012 122,408,000,000
2013 143,342,000,000
2014 137,764,000,000
2015 151,777,000,000
2016 158,222,000,000
2017 206,474,000,000
2018 149,699,000,000
2019 179,602,000,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Philippines was 1.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.93 in 1976, while its lowest value was 0.82 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1.78
1961 1.70
1962 1.81
1963 1.86
1964 1.70
1965 1.55
1966 1.65
1967 1.74
1968 1.87
1969 2.09
1970 2.16
1971 2.07
1972 2.34
1973 2.81
1974 3.56
1976 3.93
1977 3.62
1978 2.58
1979 2.96
1980 2.71
1981 2.76
1982 2.60
1983 2.41
1984 1.63
1985 1.98
1986 1.99
1987 1.97
1988 2.46
1989 2.24
1990 2.15
1991 2.01
1992 2.04
1993 2.16
1994 2.17
1995 2.29
1996 2.27
1997 1.91
1998 1.70
1999 1.62
2000 1.61
2001 1.47
2002 1.47
2003 1.55
2004 1.36
2005 1.33
2006 1.32
2007 1.29
2008 1.25
2009 1.20
2010 1.17
2011 1.15
2012 1.11
2013 1.19
2014 1.04
2015 1.09
2016 1.05
2017 1.25
2018 0.82
2019 0.92
2020 1.01

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Philippines was 4.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 12.48 in 1989, while its lowest value was 3.93 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.

See also:

Year Value
1989 12.48
1990 10.01
1991 9.77
1992 9.69
1993 10.75
1994 9.67
1995 10.52
1996 10.12
1997 8.26
1998 8.09
1999 7.55
2000 7.48
2001 6.77
2002 6.92
2003 7.32
2004 6.76
2005 6.82
2006 6.89
2007 7.10
2008 6.99
2009 6.26
2010 6.38
2011 6.73
2012 6.12
2013 6.66
2014 6.03
2015 6.07
2016 5.61
2017 6.54
2018 3.93
2019 4.24
2020 4.00

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade