France - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in France was 52,747,060,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 56,441,450,000 in 2009 and 3,260,128,000 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 3,260,128,000
1961 3,469,940,000
1962 3,774,280,000
1963 3,887,456,000
1964 4,130,961,000
1965 4,304,458,000
1966 4,548,131,000
1967 4,918,985,000
1968 5,148,998,000
1969 4,964,005,000
1970 4,941,059,000
1971 5,291,991,000
1972 6,326,060,000
1973 7,976,536,000
1974 8,361,637,000
1975 10,945,220,000
1976 11,175,250,000
1977 12,634,630,000
1978 15,852,900,000
1979 19,040,480,000
1980 22,198,180,000
1981 20,047,750,000
1982 18,918,490,000
1983 18,188,520,000
1984 16,977,870,000
1985 17,455,150,000
1986 23,901,440,000
1987 29,280,470,000
1988 30,327,270,000
1989 29,665,450,000
1990 35,774,430,000
1991 35,869,120,000
1992 37,902,270,000
1993 35,775,280,000
1994 37,288,610,000
1995 40,124,020,000
1996 38,977,730,000
1997 34,697,900,000
1998 33,633,560,000
1999 32,672,710,000
2000 28,403,140,000
2001 27,951,570,000
2002 30,578,400,000
2003 38,569,120,000
2004 44,524,580,000
2005 44,442,050,000
2006 45,792,150,000
2007 50,684,470,000
2008 55,365,970,000
2009 56,441,450,000
2010 52,044,060,000
2011 54,120,870,000
2012 50,216,510,000
2013 52,001,460,000
2014 53,134,750,000
2015 45,647,470,000
2016 47,370,590,000
2017 49,195,660,000
2018 51,409,810,000
2019 50,118,930,000
2020 52,747,060,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in France was 44,766,230,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 44,766,230,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 2,453,735,000 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 2,453,735,000
1961 2,611,651,000
1962 2,840,712,000
1963 2,925,894,000
1964 3,109,168,000
1965 3,239,750,000
1966 3,423,151,000
1967 3,702,274,000
1968 3,875,393,000
1969 3,930,748,000
1970 4,183,748,000
1971 4,469,927,000
1972 4,864,968,000
1973 5,414,648,000
1974 6,130,936,000
1975 7,154,572,000
1976 8,182,450,000
1977 9,448,040,000
1978 10,907,080,000
1979 12,349,310,000
1980 14,299,740,000
1981 16,609,580,000
1982 18,954,630,000
1983 21,132,510,000
1984 22,619,100,000
1985 23,909,890,000
1986 25,237,050,000
1987 26,830,490,000
1988 27,541,100,000
1989 28,853,990,000
1990 29,697,320,000
1991 30,852,290,000
1992 30,588,530,000
1993 30,886,730,000
1994 31,561,230,000
1995 30,532,260,000
1996 30,397,020,000
1997 30,874,130,000
1998 30,249,180,000
1999 30,667,490,000
2000 30,828,770,000
2001 31,236,160,000
2002 32,491,080,000
2003 34,173,550,000
2004 35,858,540,000
2005 35,736,740,000
2006 36,502,800,000
2007 37,032,000,000
2008 37,796,960,000
2009 40,628,990,000
2010 39,295,610,000
2011 38,932,120,000
2012 39,083,200,000
2013 39,165,370,000
2014 40,049,290,000
2015 41,160,330,000
2016 42,834,560,000
2017 43,846,130,000
2018 43,555,930,000
2019 44,766,230,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in France was 2.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.43 in 1960, while its lowest value was 1.85 in 2018.

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 5.43
1961 5.30
1962 5.16
1963 4.74
1964 4.54
1965 4.40
1966 4.29
1967 4.30
1968 4.14
1969 3.68
1970 3.46
1971 3.32
1972 3.23
1973 3.14
1974 3.09
1975 3.20
1976 3.16
1977 3.23
1978 3.15
1979 3.14
1980 3.16
1981 3.25
1982 3.22
1983 3.24
1984 3.19
1985 3.14
1986 3.09
1987 3.12
1988 2.96
1989 2.88
1990 2.81
1991 2.81
1992 2.69
1993 2.69
1994 2.66
1995 2.49
1996 2.41
1997 2.38
1998 2.23
1999 2.18
2000 2.09
2001 2.03
2002 2.05
2003 2.10
2004 2.10
2005 2.02
2006 1.98
2007 1.91
2008 1.90
2009 2.10
2010 1.97
2011 1.89
2012 1.87
2013 1.85
2014 1.86
2015 1.87
2016 1.92
2017 1.91
2018 1.85
2019 1.85
2020 2.07

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in France was 3.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 5.88 in 1988, while its lowest value was 3.23 in 2013.

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 5.88
1989 5.85
1990 5.62
1991 5.51
1992 5.14
1993 4.90
1994 4.90
1995 4.57
1996 4.42
1997 4.38
1998 4.23
1999 4.16
2000 4.04
2001 3.93
2002 3.88
2003 3.93
2004 3.97
2005 3.80
2006 3.74
2007 3.63
2008 3.56
2009 3.67
2010 3.46
2011 3.36
2012 3.28
2013 3.23
2014 3.26
2015 3.30
2016 3.38
2017 3.38
2018 3.31
2019 3.32
2020 3.29

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade