Poland - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Poland was 13,026,680,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 17,379,520,000 in 1977 and 1,493,906,000 in 1989.

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 3,550,000,000
1961 4,025,000,000
1962 4,375,000,000
1963 4,950,000,000
1964 5,200,000,000
1965 5,525,000,000
1966 5,975,000,000
1967 6,275,000,000
1968 7,225,000,000
1969 7,975,000,000
1970 8,525,000,000
1971 9,452,063,000
1972 10,054,350,000
1973 12,059,700,000
1974 13,162,650,000
1975 14,337,350,000
1976 15,572,290,000
1977 17,379,520,000
1978 10,292,600,000
1979 1,936,747,000
1980 1,506,218,000
1981 1,567,861,000
1982 2,122,036,000
1983 2,195,522,000
1984 2,313,670,000
1985 2,140,789,000
1986 2,173,578,000
1987 1,765,485,000
1988 1,783,782,000
1989 1,493,906,000
1990 1,540,737,000
1991 1,721,996,000
1992 1,881,935,000
1993 2,123,378,000
1994 2,251,923,000
1995 2,719,363,000
1996 3,083,417,000
1997 3,192,276,000
1998 3,491,023,000
1999 3,226,555,000
2000 3,146,107,000
2001 3,630,646,000
2002 3,776,173,000
2003 4,150,262,000
2004 4,778,628,000
2005 5,896,405,000
2006 6,619,414,000
2007 8,589,136,000
2008 9,349,421,000
2009 7,903,812,000
2010 8,790,171,000
2011 9,455,423,000
2012 8,986,839,000
2013 9,275,711,000
2014 10,345,150,000
2015 10,212,790,000
2016 9,164,191,000
2017 9,870,681,000
2018 12,040,670,000
2019 11,786,150,000
2020 13,026,680,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Poland was 45,646,200,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 45,646,200,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,420,000 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 1,420,000
1961 1,610,000
1962 1,750,000
1963 1,980,000
1964 2,080,000
1965 2,210,000
1966 2,390,000
1967 2,510,000
1968 2,890,000
1969 3,190,000
1970 3,410,000
1971 3,680,000
1972 3,700,000
1973 4,040,000
1974 4,370,000
1975 4,760,000
1976 5,170,000
1977 5,770,000
1978 5,980,000
1979 6,430,000
1980 6,660,000
1981 8,020,000
1982 18,000,000
1983 20,100,000
1984 26,200,000
1985 31,500,000
1986 38,100,000
1987 46,800,000
1988 76,800,000
1989 215,000,000
1990 1,463,700,000
1991 1,821,200,000
1992 2,564,400,000
1993 3,846,500,000
1994 5,117,000,000
1995 6,594,400,000
1996 8,313,200,000
1997 10,468,400,000
1998 12,132,700,000
1999 12,800,100,000
2000 13,673,200,000
2001 14,863,500,000
2002 15,406,900,000
2003 16,140,700,000
2004 17,478,500,000
2005 19,077,700,000
2006 20,541,100,000
2007 23,774,300,000
2008 22,525,000,000
2009 24,661,000,000
2010 26,505,000,000
2011 28,015,000,000
2012 29,266,000,000
2013 29,317,000,000
2014 32,634,220,000
2015 38,497,100,000
2016 36,123,000,000
2017 37,706,000,000
2018 43,482,800,000
2019 45,646,200,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Poland was 2.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 3.25 in 1982, while its lowest value was 1.75 in 2008.

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
1980 2.65
1981 2.91
1982 3.25
1983 2.90
1984 3.06
1985 3.02
1986 2.94
1987 2.76
1988 2.59
1989 1.82
1990 2.61
1991 2.25
1992 2.23
1993 2.47
1994 2.27
1995 1.96
1996 1.97
1997 2.03
1998 2.02
1999 1.90
2000 1.83
2001 1.91
2002 1.90
2003 1.91
2004 1.87
2005 1.93
2006 1.92
2007 2.00
2008 1.75
2009 1.80
2010 1.83
2011 1.79
2012 1.80
2013 1.78
2014 1.91
2015 2.14
2016 1.94
2017 1.89
2018 2.05
2019 1.98
2020 2.22

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Poland was 4.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 5.13 in 2015, while its lowest value was 3.86 in 1996.

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
1995 4.10
1996 3.86
1997 4.38
1998 4.56
1999 4.50
2000 4.35
2001 4.23
2002 4.19
2003 4.17
2004 4.30
2005 4.35
2006 4.32
2007 4.67
2008 3.98
2009 4.01
2010 4.00
2011 4.07
2012 4.19
2013 4.15
2014 4.47
2015 5.13
2016 4.72
2017 4.60
2018 4.94
2019 4.73
2020 4.36

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade