Turkey - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Turkey was 17,724,630,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 20,603,380,000 in 2019 and 301,330,400 in 1961.

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 468,810,900
1961 301,330,400
1962 330,376,900
1963 350,000,000
1964 380,897,800
1965 422,677,000
1966 442,035,400
1967 508,407,100
1968 570,685,800
1969 596,792,100
1970 564,858,600
1971 570,873,200
1972 703,957,600
1973 861,625,500
1974 1,136,705,000
1975 2,284,986,000
1976 2,534,775,000
1977 2,765,773,000
1978 2,727,883,000
1979 3,001,142,000
1980 2,671,976,000
1981 2,814,870,000
1982 2,754,732,000
1983 2,469,375,000
1984 2,190,052,000
1985 2,365,977,000
1986 2,769,410,000
1987 2,889,594,000
1988 2,663,901,000
1989 3,373,742,000
1990 5,315,414,000
1991 5,670,667,000
1992 6,157,947,000
1993 7,075,087,000
1994 5,293,174,000
1995 6,606,246,000
1996 7,512,091,000
1997 7,791,986,000
1998 8,781,048,000
1999 9,951,789,000
2000 9,993,730,000
2001 7,216,051,000
2002 9,050,377,000
2003 10,277,900,000
2004 10,920,770,000
2005 12,081,160,000
2006 13,036,510,000
2007 14,987,760,000
2008 16,809,580,000
2009 16,047,510,000
2010 17,650,460,000
2011 17,006,480,000
2012 17,694,320,000
2013 18,427,650,000
2014 17,576,540,000
2015 15,668,750,000
2016 17,827,700,000
2017 17,822,740,000
2018 19,648,690,000
2019 20,603,380,000
2020 17,724,630,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Turkey was 116,143,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 116,143,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 2,405 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 2,405
1961 2,718
1962 2,980
1963 3,157
1964 3,443
1965 3,821
1966 3,996
1967 4,596
1968 5,159
1969 5,395
1970 6,399
1971 8,487
1972 9,961
1973 12,192
1974 15,831
1975 33,000
1976 40,691
1977 49,790
1978 66,239
1979 93,268
1980 203,172
1981 313,067
1982 447,790
1983 556,738
1984 803,044
1985 1,235,000
1986 1,868,000
1987 2,477,000
1988 3,789,000
1989 7,158,000
1990 13,866,000
1991 23,657,000
1992 42,320,000
1993 77,717,000
1994 156,724,000
1995 302,864,000
1996 611,521,000
1997 1,183,330,000
1998 2,289,430,000
1999 4,167,640,000
2000 6,248,270,000
2001 8,843,920,000
2002 13,641,000,000
2003 15,426,000,000
2004 15,568,000,000
2005 16,232,000,000
2006 18,622,000,000
2007 19,528,000,000
2008 21,878,000,000
2009 24,873,000,000
2010 26,526,000,000
2011 28,485,000,000
2012 31,779,000,000
2013 35,082,000,000
2014 38,467,000,000
2015 42,619,000,000
2016 53,853,000,000
2017 64,243,000,000
2018 94,860,000,000
2019 116,143,000,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Turkey was 2.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.12 in 1975, while its lowest value was 1.81 in 2015.

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 3.53
1961 3.76
1962 3.71
1963 3.39
1964 3.42
1965 3.55
1966 3.14
1967 3.26
1968 3.28
1969 3.08
1970 3.26
1971 3.50
1972 3.45
1973 3.35
1974 3.19
1975 5.12
1976 4.94
1977 4.71
1978 4.19
1979 3.36
1980 3.90
1981 3.82
1982 4.30
1983 3.94
1984 3.60
1985 3.53
1986 3.64
1987 3.33
1988 2.93
1989 3.15
1990 3.53
1991 3.75
1992 3.87
1993 3.92
1994 4.05
1995 3.90
1996 4.14
1997 4.10
1998 3.18
1999 3.89
2000 3.66
2001 3.60
2002 3.80
2003 3.30
2004 2.70
2005 2.41
2006 2.36
2007 2.22
2008 2.20
2009 2.49
2010 2.27
2011 2.03
2012 2.01
2013 1.92
2014 1.87
2015 1.81
2016 2.05
2017 2.05
2018 2.52
2019 2.71
2020 2.77

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Turkey was 7.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 9.23 in 2000, while its lowest value was 5.46 in 2015.

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
2000 9.23
2001 8.12
2002 9.19
2003 8.50
2004 7.73
2005 7.43
2006 6.88
2007 6.58
2008 6.38
2009 6.52
2010 6.33
2011 6.12
2012 5.88
2013 5.67
2014 5.66
2015 5.46
2016 5.88
2017 6.14
2018 7.29
2019 7.70
2020 7.52

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade