El Salvador - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in El Salvador was 372,280,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 372,280,000 in 2020 and 4,384,474 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 4,384,474
1961 4,441,787
1962 6,218,502
1963 6,103,875
1964 5,724,174
1965 6,483,577
1966 6,591,039
1967 6,777,308
1968 6,619,696
1969 7,508,053
1970 7,135,516
1971 8,516,584
1972 11,140,610
1973 12,475,640
1974 13,350,320
1975 15,652,100
1976 20,531,870
1977 28,588,100
1978 34,987,050
1979 54,644,240
1980 62,055,970
1981 78,352,570
1982 94,372,950
1983 124,526,300
1984 235,932,400
1985 250,433,600
1986 163,311,200
1987 176,891,700
1988 178,963,300
1989 213,029,700
1990 163,886,700
1991 145,127,200
1992 134,193,700
1993 116,470,000
1994 109,334,500
1995 111,636,300
1996 110,830,700
1997 112,211,700
1998 110,830,700
1999 114,743,700
2000 110,370,300
2001 150,651,500
2002 161,700,000
2003 126,600,000
2004 128,000,000
2005 132,900,000
2006 142,100,000
2007 165,600,000
2008 173,000,000
2009 189,900,000
2010 201,000,000
2011 220,700,000
2012 224,300,000
2013 237,500,000
2014 233,900,000
2015 247,700,000
2016 247,600,000
2017 260,900,000
2018 294,610,000
2019 317,200,000
2020 372,280,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in El Salvador was 319,500,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 319,500,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 4,384,474 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 4,384,474
1961 4,441,787
1962 6,218,502
1963 6,103,875
1964 5,724,174
1965 6,483,577
1966 6,591,039
1967 6,777,308
1968 6,619,696
1969 7,508,053
1970 7,135,516
1971 8,516,584
1972 11,140,610
1973 12,475,640
1974 13,350,320
1975 15,652,100
1976 20,531,870
1977 28,588,100
1978 34,987,050
1979 54,644,240
1980 62,055,970
1981 78,352,570
1982 94,372,950
1983 124,526,300
1984 235,932,400
1985 250,433,600
1986 163,311,200
1987 176,891,700
1988 178,963,300
1989 213,029,700
1990 163,886,700
1991 145,127,200
1992 134,193,700
1993 116,470,000
1994 109,334,500
1995 111,636,300
1996 110,830,700
1997 112,211,700
1998 110,830,700
1999 114,743,700
2000 110,370,300
2001 150,651,500
2002 161,700,000
2003 126,600,000
2004 128,000,000
2005 132,900,000
2006 142,100,000
2007 165,600,000
2008 173,000,000
2009 189,900,000
2010 201,000,000
2011 220,700,000
2012 224,300,000
2013 237,500,000
2014 233,900,000
2015 247,700,000
2016 247,600,000
2017 260,900,000
2018 294,610,000
2019 319,500,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in El Salvador was 1.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 6.59 in 1985, while its lowest value was 0.63 in 1970.

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
1965 0.74
1966 0.71
1967 0.69
1968 0.66
1969 0.72
1970 0.63
1971 0.72
1972 0.88
1973 0.86
1974 0.80
1975 0.83
1976 0.88
1977 0.97
1978 1.12
1979 1.58
1980 1.74
1981 2.28
1982 2.78
1983 3.55
1984 6.44
1985 6.59
1986 4.33
1987 4.47
1988 4.27
1989 4.87
1990 3.41
1991 2.73
1992 2.25
1993 1.68
1994 1.35
1995 1.18
1996 1.07
1997 1.01
1998 0.92
1999 0.92
2000 0.84
2001 1.09
2002 1.13
2003 0.84
2004 0.81
2005 0.90
2006 0.89
2007 0.97
2008 0.96
2009 1.08
2010 1.09
2011 1.09
2012 1.05
2013 1.08
2014 1.04
2015 1.06
2016 1.02
2017 1.04
2018 1.13
2019 1.17
2020 1.50

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in El Salvador was 4.47 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 21.42 in 1990, while its lowest value was 3.79 in 2006.

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 21.42
1991 14.90
1992 11.13
1993 9.42
1994 7.53
1995 6.74
1996 5.50
1997 5.89
1998 5.26
1999 5.18
2000 4.47
2001 5.66
2002 5.67
2003 4.28
2004 4.34
2005 4.03
2006 3.79
2007 4.26
2008 3.92
2009 4.16
2010 4.26
2011 4.30
2012 4.20
2013 4.20
2014 4.14
2015 4.29
2016 4.11
2017 4.18
2018 4.48
2019 4.65
2020 4.47

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade