Romania - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Romania was 5,726,844,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 5,726,844,000 in 2020 and 545,381,000 in 1973.

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 740,833,300
1961 794,666,700
1962 902,000,000
1963 904,833,300
1964 949,166,700
1965 1,034,000,000
1966 1,076,000,000
1967 1,123,833,000
1968 1,255,833,000
1969 1,380,000,000
1970 1,542,000,000
1971 1,618,333,000
1972 1,824,593,000
1973 545,381,000
1974 565,500,000
1975 635,500,000
1976 691,500,000
1977 717,000,000
1978 834,413,600
1979 860,000,000
1980 755,555,600
1981 915,333,300
1982 989,333,300
1983 888,319,700
1984 731,196,200
1985 2,050,008,000
1986 2,307,873,000
1987 2,272,446,000
1988 2,524,358,000
1989 2,572,110,000
1990 1,739,026,000
1991 1,377,194,000
1992 831,620,400
1993 722,451,500
1994 936,686,200
1995 983,140,500
1996 874,451,300
1997 1,074,786,000
1998 1,254,228,000
1999 955,337,600
2000 935,569,600
2001 985,657,700
2002 1,056,136,000
2003 1,250,328,000
2004 1,530,184,000
2005 1,975,975,000
2006 2,251,493,000
2007 2,607,690,000
2008 3,000,405,000
2009 2,225,145,000
2010 2,086,220,000
2011 2,379,871,000
2012 2,102,886,000
2013 2,452,513,000
2014 2,691,470,000
2015 2,580,594,000
2016 2,644,160,000
2017 3,622,068,000
2018 4,359,021,000
2019 4,613,041,000
2020 5,726,844,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Romania was 20,932,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20,932,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 444,500 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 444,500
1961 476,800
1962 541,200
1963 542,900
1964 569,500
1965 620,400
1966 645,600
1967 674,300
1968 753,500
1969 828,000
1970 925,200
1971 971,000
1972 1,009,000
1973 1,025,000
1974 1,131,000
1975 1,271,000
1976 1,383,000
1977 1,434,000
1978 1,532,000
1979 1,548,000
1980 1,360,000
1981 1,373,000
1982 1,484,000
1983 1,526,000
1984 1,556,000
1985 3,514,000
1986 3,728,000
1987 3,308,000
1988 3,604,000
1989 3,838,000
1990 3,901,000
1991 10,520,000
1992 25,610,000
1993 54,910,000
1994 155,030,000
1995 199,900,000
1996 269,700,000
1997 770,400,000
1998 1,113,200,000
1999 1,464,800,000
2000 2,031,000,000
2001 2,864,400,000
2002 3,491,100,000
2003 4,151,100,000
2004 4,994,000,000
2005 5,757,300,000
2006 6,324,400,000
2007 6,358,200,000
2008 7,557,600,000
2009 6,785,200,000
2010 6,629,800,000
2011 7,255,300,000
2012 7,293,230,000
2013 8,161,767,000
2014 9,014,205,000
2015 10,337,000,000
2016 10,738,000,000
2017 14,765,000,000
2018 17,181,000,000
2019 20,932,000,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Romania was 2.31 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 4.80 in 1989, while its lowest value was 1.23 in 2012.

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 2.20
1981 2.20
1982 2.04
1983 1.99
1984 1.91
1985 4.30
1986 4.45
1987 3.91
1988 4.21
1989 4.80
1990 4.55
1991 4.77
1992 4.25
1993 2.74
1994 3.11
1995 2.61
1996 2.37
1997 3.02
1998 3.00
1999 2.64
2000 2.50
2001 2.42
2002 2.29
2003 2.09
2004 2.01
2005 1.98
2006 1.82
2007 1.49
2008 1.40
2009 1.28
2010 1.25
2011 1.30
2012 1.23
2013 1.29
2014 1.35
2015 1.45
2016 1.41
2017 1.72
2018 1.81
2019 1.84
2020 2.31

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Romania was 6.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 12.38 in 1991, while its lowest value was 3.28 in 2010.

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 11.82
1991 12.38
1992 10.12
1993 8.11
1994 9.32
1995 7.98
1996 7.33
1997 9.00
1998 8.49
1999 7.57
2000 7.17
2001 7.36
2002 7.15
2003 6.80
2004 6.06
2005 6.21
2006 5.45
2007 4.32
2008 3.97
2009 3.52
2010 3.28
2011 3.53
2012 3.51
2013 3.78
2014 3.99
2015 4.25
2016 4.49
2017 5.59
2018 5.65
2019 5.51
2020 6.00

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade