Dominican Republic - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Dominican Republic was 599,052,500 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 613,299,000 in 2019 and 33,894,300 in 1991.

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 38,300,000
1961 36,300,000
1962 38,000,000
1963 39,000,000
1964 42,500,000
1965 40,200,000
1966 37,200,000
1967 35,800,000
1968 37,300,000
1969 35,600,000
1970 35,900,000
1971 36,600,000
1972 39,500,000
1973 42,000,000
1974 57,600,000
1975 65,900,000
1976 76,200,000
1977 86,500,000
1978 103,000,000
1979 120,000,000
1980 105,000,000
1981 125,000,000
1982 126,000,000
1983 126,000,000
1984 139,000,000
1985 61,042,020
1986 82,290,930
1987 59,327,500
1988 47,296,370
1989 53,517,350
1990 47,798,900
1991 33,894,300
1992 63,127,240
1993 95,993,940
1994 100,956,700
1995 84,449,970
1996 107,001,300
1997 150,664,200
1998 159,053,100
1999 175,000,500
2000 246,810,800
2001 305,900,300
2002 271,663,300
2003 155,802,500
2004 152,878,500
2005 272,200,500
2006 259,240,300
2007 274,775,700
2008 333,538,900
2009 320,855,300
2010 354,856,800
2011 348,559,800
2012 396,187,200
2013 383,380,300
2014 437,572,500
2015 458,007,200
2016 479,722,200
2017 533,073,200
2018 593,678,700
2019 613,299,000
2020 599,052,500

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Dominican Republic was 31,567,600,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31,567,600,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 35,600,000 in 1969.

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 38,300,000
1961 36,300,000
1962 38,000,000
1963 39,000,000
1964 42,500,000
1965 40,200,000
1966 37,200,000
1967 35,800,000
1968 37,300,000
1969 35,600,000
1970 35,900,000
1971 36,600,000
1972 39,500,000
1973 42,000,000
1974 57,600,000
1975 65,900,000
1976 76,200,000
1977 86,500,000
1978 103,000,000
1979 120,000,000
1980 105,000,000
1981 125,000,000
1982 126,000,000
1983 126,000,000
1984 139,000,000
1985 190,000,000
1986 239,000,000
1987 228,100,000
1988 289,100,000
1989 339,300,000
1990 407,500,000
1991 430,200,000
1992 806,400,000
1993 1,216,800,000
1994 1,328,600,000
1995 1,148,300,000
1996 1,473,900,000
1997 2,149,300,000
1998 2,428,200,000
1999 2,805,800,000
2000 4,051,400,000
2001 5,185,500,000
2002 5,055,600,000
2003 4,803,500,000
2004 6,436,000,000
2005 8,305,000,000
2006 8,620,700,000
2007 9,153,300,000
2008 11,629,200,000
2009 11,587,400,000
2010 13,238,500,000
2011 13,326,000,000
2012 15,584,300,000
2013 16,028,400,000
2014 19,058,890,000
2015 20,634,000,000
2016 22,110,500,000
2017 25,328,100,000
2018 29,396,400,000
2019 31,567,600,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Dominican Republic was 0.75 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.23 in 1960, while its lowest value was 0.35 in 1991.

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 5.23
1961 5.23
1962 4.32
1963 3.87
1964 3.78
1965 4.21
1966 3.46
1967 3.19
1968 3.25
1969 2.65
1970 2.42
1971 2.20
1972 1.99
1973 1.79
1974 1.97
1975 1.83
1976 1.93
1977 1.89
1978 2.18
1979 2.18
1980 1.58
1981 1.72
1982 1.58
1983 1.37
1984 1.20
1985 1.21
1986 1.34
1987 1.02
1988 0.88
1989 0.80
1990 0.68
1991 0.35
1992 0.56
1993 0.76
1994 0.73
1995 0.55
1996 0.63
1997 0.80
1998 0.78
1999 0.82
2000 1.03
2001 1.21
2002 1.06
2003 0.76
2004 0.69
2005 0.77
2006 0.68
2007 0.63
2008 0.70
2009 0.67
2010 0.67
2011 0.60
2012 0.65
2013 0.61
2014 0.65
2015 0.64
2016 0.63
2017 0.67
2018 0.69
2019 0.69
2020 0.75

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Dominican Republic was 3.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 7.71 in 2001, while its lowest value was 3.25 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
1997 5.64
1998 5.86
1999 5.79
2000 7.09
2001 7.71
2002 6.68
2003 4.02
2004 4.03
2005 5.06
2006 4.23
2007 3.86
2008 3.83
2009 4.11
2010 4.23
2011 3.78
2012 3.25
2013 3.46
2014 3.83
2015 3.86
2016 3.74
2017 3.89
2018 4.25
2019 4.16
2020 3.70

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade