Military

Time interval

1960-2021


Field display

Military-English field Military-Chinese Field Indicator description
Country/Area Country
Code Code
ContinentCode Continental Plate Code
Year Year
Military spending, in billion U.S. dollars Military spending, billions of dollars Definition: Military spending includes expenditure on peacekeeping, defense ministries, paramilitary forces, and military space activities. Also: military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions; operations and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid. Defense and current expenditure for past military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and weapon destruction, are not included.
Military spending, percent of GDP Military spending, % of GDP Definition: Military spending includes expenditure on peacekeeping, defense ministries, paramilitary forces, and military space activities. Also: military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions; operations and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid. Defense and current expenditure for past military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and weapon destruction, are not included.
Military spending, percent of total government spending Military spending as a percentage of total government spending 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.)
Armed forces personnel Armed Forces Personnel Definition: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.
Armed forces personnel, percent of the labor force Armed forces personnel, % of labor force Definition: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labor Organization's definition of the economically active population.
Arms exports, million constant U.S. dollars Arms exports, fixed value in millions of US dollars Definition: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values ​​(TIVs) expressed in US$ m. A '0' indicates that the value of deliveries is less than US$0.5m
Arms imports, million constant U.S. dollars Weapons imports, worth millions of dollars Definition: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values ​​(TIVs) expressed in US$ m. A '0' indicates that the value of deliveries is less than US$0.5m.

Sample data

Country/Area Code ContinentCode Year Military spending, in billion U.S. dollars Military spending, percent of GDP Military spending, percent of total government spending Armed forces personnel Armed forces personnel, percent of the labor force Arms exports, million constant U.S. dollars Arms imports, million constant U.S. dollars
Country Code Continental Plate Code Year Military spending, billions of dollars Military spending, % of GDP Military spending as a percentage of total government spending Armed Forces Personnel Armed forces personnel, % of labor force Arms exports, fixed value in millions of US dollars Weapons imports, worth millions of dollars
Afghanistan AFG AS 1960 40
Afghanistan AFG AS 1961 56
Afghanistan AFG AS 1962 64
Afghanistan AFG AS 1963 40
Afghanistan AFG AS 1964 56
Afghanistan AFG AS 1965 91
Afghanistan AFG AS 1966 198
Afghanistan AFG AS 1967 230
Afghanistan AFG AS 1968 145
Afghanistan AFG AS 1969 92
Afghanistan AFG AS 1970 0 1.63 9
Afghanistan AFG AS 1971 149
Afghanistan AFG AS 1972 124
Afghanistan AFG AS 1973 0 1.87
Afghanistan AFG AS 1974 0 1.61
Afghanistan AFG AS 1975 0 1.72 90
Afghanistan AFG AS 1976 0.01 2.05 230
Afghanistan AFG AS 1977 0.01 2.01 75
Afghanistan AFG AS 1978 281
Afghanistan AFG AS 1979 360
Afghanistan AFG AS 1980 352
Afghanistan AFG AS 1981 382
Afghanistan AFG AS 1982 294
Afghanistan AFG AS 1983 236
Afghanistan AFG AS 1984 368
Afghanistan AFG AS 1985 47000 153
Afghanistan AFG AS 1986 287
Afghanistan AFG AS 1987 561
Afghanistan AFG AS 1988 1046
Afghanistan AFG AS 1989 55000 2152
Afghanistan AFG AS 1990 58000 2.2 1871
Afghanistan AFG AS 1991 45000 1.71 1411
Afghanistan AFG AS 1992 45000 1.53 1
Afghanistan AFG AS 1993 45000 1.32
Afghanistan AFG AS 1994 45000 1.2
Afghanistan AFG AS 1995 383000 9.68
Afghanistan AFG AS 1996 429000 10.47
Afghanistan AFG AS 1997 429000 10.14
Afghanistan AFG AS 1998 400000 9.14
Afghanistan AFG AS 1999 400000 8.82
Afghanistan AFG AS 2000 400000 8.72
Afghanistan AFG AS 2002 120000 2.44 34
Afghanistan AFG AS 2003 130000 2.44
Afghanistan AFG AS 2004 0.13 2.43 16.13 27000 0.49
Afghanistan AFG AS 2005 0.12 1.99 12.69 27000 0.47 35
Afghanistan AFG AS 2006 0.13 1.9 10.36 51000 0.84 3
Afghanistan AFG AS 2007 0.22 2.57 11.95 51000 0.83 41
Afghanistan AFG AS 2008 0.24 2.34 11.17 94000 1.52 150
Afghanistan AFG AS 2009 0.25 2.09 9.86 255745 3.94 344

Data update frequency

Annual Update