Spain - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Spain was 17,431,780,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 22,227,720,000 in 2008 and 232,839,800 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 232,839,800
1961 239,348,800
1962 308,791,700
1963 316,520,300
1964 386,820,000
1965 439,425,800
1966 560,943,100
1967 545,917,200
1968 668,753,600
1969 805,713,200
1970 859,146,900
1971 900,614,300
1972 1,256,165,000
1973 1,521,319,000
1974 1,968,179,000
1975 2,108,233,000
1976 2,521,014,000
1977 2,808,847,000
1978 3,470,695,000
1979 4,910,954,000
1980 5,508,357,000
1981 4,977,748,000
1982 4,956,242,000
1983 4,770,966,000
1984 4,851,950,000
1985 5,077,574,000
1986 6,270,619,000
1987 7,921,509,000
1988 8,900,414,000
1989 9,302,930,000
1990 11,695,040,000
1991 11,680,260,000
1992 12,250,190,000
1993 10,041,510,000
1994 10,092,670,000
1995 11,439,910,000
1996 11,294,320,000
1997 9,865,892,000
1998 10,333,420,000
1999 11,113,720,000
2000 10,273,780,000
2001 10,222,070,000
2002 10,270,840,000
2003 12,880,530,000
2004 15,262,460,000
2005 15,997,720,000
2006 17,252,220,000
2007 20,065,670,000
2008 22,227,720,000
2009 20,178,270,000
2010 19,710,790,000
2011 19,695,440,000
2012 18,860,620,000
2013 17,242,960,000
2014 17,178,550,000
2015 15,187,170,000
2016 14,014,440,000
2017 16,043,530,000
2018 17,823,270,000
2019 17,189,320,000
2020 17,431,780,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Spain was 15,342,240,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,342,240,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 83,963,660 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 83,963,660
1961 86,310,840
1962 111,352,400
1963 114,139,400
1964 139,490,000
1965 158,460,000
1966 202,280,000
1967 202,330,000
1968 281,350,000
1969 338,970,000
1970 361,450,000
1971 376,020,000
1972 485,230,000
1973 532,690,000
1974 682,373,400
1975 727,388,900
1976 1,013,687,000
1977 1,282,351,000
1978 1,599,237,000
1979 1,981,221,000
1980 2,373,755,000
1981 2,761,978,000
1982 3,272,443,000
1983 4,112,720,000
1984 4,687,920,000
1985 5,189,230,000
1986 5,278,030,000
1987 5,878,710,000
1988 6,231,180,000
1989 6,618,700,000
1990 7,164,790,000
1991 7,294,570,000
1992 7,537,680,000
1993 7,680,260,000
1994 8,125,650,000
1995 8,573,020,000
1996 8,597,810,000
1997 8,681,630,000
1998 9,278,210,000
1999 10,431,640,000
2000 11,151,160,000
2001 11,423,270,000
2002 10,913,280,000
2003 11,412,590,000
2004 12,291,850,000
2005 12,864,090,000
2006 13,752,450,000
2007 14,660,740,000
2008 15,174,310,000
2009 14,525,190,000
2010 14,882,530,000
2011 14,168,010,000
2012 14,679,110,000
2013 12,986,690,000
2014 12,948,000,000
2015 13,694,270,000
2016 12,672,470,000
2017 14,298,990,000
2018 15,100,410,000
2019 15,342,240,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Spain was 1.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.97 in 1984, while its lowest value was 1.14 in 2016.

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 2.25
1961 2.03
1962 2.27
1963 1.97
1964 1.93
1965 1.88
1966 2.08
1967 1.85
1968 2.30
1969 2.43
1970 2.29
1971 2.11
1972 2.32
1973 2.11
1974 2.21
1975 2.00
1976 2.32
1977 2.31
1978 2.36
1979 2.50
1980 2.49
1981 2.58
1982 2.66
1983 2.94
1984 2.97
1985 2.95
1986 2.63
1987 2.61
1988 2.49
1989 2.36
1990 2.29
1991 2.13
1992 2.04
1993 2.01
1994 2.00
1995 1.92
1996 1.81
1997 1.72
1998 1.76
1999 1.76
2000 1.73
2001 1.63
2002 1.46
2003 1.42
2004 1.43
2005 1.39
2006 1.37
2007 1.36
2008 1.37
2009 1.36
2010 1.39
2011 1.33
2012 1.42
2013 1.27
2014 1.25
2015 1.27
2016 1.14
2017 1.23
2018 1.25
2019 1.23
2020 1.40

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Spain was 2.66 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 6.15 in 1988, while its lowest value was 2.66 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
1988 6.15
1989 5.62
1990 5.33
1991 4.77
1992 4.44
1993 4.12
1994 4.24
1995 4.22
1996 4.10
1997 4.03
1998 4.08
1999 4.39
2000 4.40
2001 4.24
2002 3.77
2003 3.71
2004 3.68
2005 3.60
2006 3.56
2007 3.47
2008 3.30
2009 2.94
2010 3.01
2011 2.89
2012 2.93
2013 2.78
2014 2.78
2015 2.90
2016 2.68
2017 2.99
2018 3.01
2019 2.94
2020 2.66

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade