Guinea-Bissau - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Guinea-Bissau was 23,306,690 as of 2020. Over the past 38 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 24,491,750 in 2012 and 1,817,811 in 1997.

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
1982 9,407,752
1983 18,064,760
1984 6,465,129
1985 4,652,568
1986 6,128,820
1987 3,883,662
1989 4,434,725
1994 2,016,729
1995 2,211,920
1996 1,897,744
1997 1,817,811
1998 2,900,236
2000 9,531,361
2001 6,183,164
2002 6,363,094
2003 7,505,162
2005 12,116,380
2009 13,744,580
2010 17,129,810
2011 17,519,800
2012 24,491,750
2013 21,710,790
2014 21,470,830
2015 17,036,960
2016 15,730,080
2017 19,021,940
2018 20,139,130
2019 22,571,240
2020 23,306,690

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Guinea-Bissau was 11,169,300,000 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 35 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12,503,700,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 5,770,000 in 1982.

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
1982 5,770,000
1983 11,700,000
1984 10,400,000
1985 11,400,000
1986 19,200,000
1987 33,400,000
1989 123,500,000
1994 400,000,000
1995 615,000,000
1996 770,000,000
1997 1,061,000,000
1998 1,711,000,000
2000 6,786,100,000
2001 4,532,500,000
2002 4,435,000,000
2003 4,362,000,000
2005 6,391,000,000
2009 6,490,000,000
2010 8,484,000,000
2011 8,267,000,000
2012 12,503,700,000
2013 10,726,000,000
2014 10,615,500,000
2015 10,076,500,000
2016 9,330,300,000
2017 11,169,300,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Guinea-Bissau was 1.74 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 2.63 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1982.

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
1982 0.01
1983 0.01
1984 0.02
1985 0.01
1986 0.02
1987 0.06
1989 0.18
1994 0.32
1995 0.50
1996 0.57
1997 0.65
1998 1.40
2000 2.63
2001 1.63
2002 1.56
2003 1.58
2005 2.06
2009 1.66
2010 2.02
2011 1.60
2012 2.48
2013 2.08
2014 2.04
2015 1.63
2016 1.34
2017 1.42
2018 1.41
2019 1.65
2020 1.74

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Guinea-Bissau was 6.55 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 17.99 in 2012, while its lowest value was 1.08 in 1994.

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
1994 1.08
1995 1.97
1996 2.29
1997 2.04
1998 5.63
2000 10.38
2001 7.86
2002 9.75
2003 7.98
2005 9.39
2009 7.52
2010 9.83
2011 8.76
2012 17.99
2013 15.76
2014 8.25
2015 6.88
2016 6.16
2017 7.23
2020 6.55

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade