Lebanon - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Lebanon was 1,921,393,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 2,775,558,000 in 2018 and 22,906,910 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 22,906,910
1961 27,837,150
1962 40,876,820
1963 33,900,600
1964 38,065,370
1965 44,598,530
1966 51,425,380
1967 57,730,960
1968 65,572,320
1969 65,138,970
1970 64,546,130
1971 66,920,100
1972 106,204,400
1973 103,815,500
1974 179,142,200
1975 165,944,100
1976 173,074,800
1977 126,427,200
1978 252,760,200
1979 346,311,000
1980 503,476,300
1981 373,214,800
1982 246,651,800
1983 492,472,700
1984 474,574,900
1985 227,203,500
1986 148,293,300
1987 36,999,770
1988 39,317,740
1990 214,361,000
1991 229,469,700
1992 442,786,300
1993 452,979,300
1994 637,473,400
1995 746,264,100
1996 735,631,000
1997 678,164,300
1998 693,871,900
1999 829,663,600
2000 930,016,600
2001 958,540,600
2002 907,462,700
2003 923,383,100
2004 954,560,500
2005 962,520,700
2006 1,008,955,000
2007 1,152,239,000
2008 1,169,486,000
2009 1,426,202,000
2010 1,585,406,000
2011 1,626,534,000
2012 1,757,214,000
2013 1,935,718,000
2014 2,270,066,000
2015 2,239,416,000
2016 2,606,457,000
2017 2,441,075,000
2018 2,775,558,000
2019 2,521,247,000
2020 1,921,393,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Lebanon was 3,800,780,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,184,150,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 72,600,000 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 72,600,000
1961 85,700,000
1962 123,000,000
1963 105,000,000
1964 117,000,000
1965 137,000,000
1966 161,000,000
1967 185,000,000
1968 207,000,000
1969 212,000,000
1970 211,000,000
1971 216,000,000
1972 324,000,000
1973 271,000,000
1974 417,000,000
1975 382,000,000
1976 497,000,000
1977 388,000,000
1978 747,000,000
1979 1,123,000,000
1980 1,730,000,000
1981 1,610,000,000
1982 1,170,000,000
1983 2,230,000,000
1984 3,090,000,000
1985 3,730,000,000
1986 5,690,000,000
1987 8,310,000,000
1988 16,090,000,000
1990 149,000,000,000
1991 213,000,000,000
1992 758,400,000,000
1993 788,800,000,000
1994 1,071,000,000,000
1995 1,210,000,000,000
1996 1,156,000,000,000
1997 1,044,000,000,000
1998 1,052,000,000,000
1999 1,251,000,000,000
2000 1,402,000,000,000
2001 1,445,000,000,000
2002 1,368,000,000,000
2003 1,392,000,000,000
2004 1,439,000,000,000
2005 1,451,000,000,000
2006 1,521,000,000,000
2007 1,737,000,000,000
2008 1,763,000,000,000
2009 2,150,000,000,000
2010 2,390,000,000,000
2011 2,452,000,000,000
2012 2,649,000,000,000
2013 2,918,100,000,000
2014 3,422,120,000,000
2015 3,375,920,000,000
2016 3,929,230,000,000
2017 3,679,920,000,000
2018 4,184,150,000,000
2019 3,800,780,000,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Lebanon was 3.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 13.46 in 1983, while its lowest value was 1.12 in 1987.

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
1964 3.66
1965 3.89
1966 4.16
1967 4.84
1968 4.84
1969 4.64
1970 4.34
1971 4.00
1972 5.09
1973 3.82
1976 12.12
1977 4.73
1978 8.49
1979 10.07
1980 12.36
1981 9.58
1982 9.29
1983 13.46
1984 10.97
1985 6.29
1986 5.26
1987 1.12
1988 1.19
1990 7.55
1991 5.15
1992 7.98
1993 6.01
1994 7.00
1995 6.71
1996 5.66
1997 4.31
1998 4.02
1999 4.77
2000 5.39
2001 5.45
2002 4.75
2003 4.68
2004 4.51
2005 4.48
2006 4.58
2007 4.63
2008 4.00
2009 4.02
2010 4.13
2011 4.06
2012 3.99
2013 4.17
2014 4.68
2015 4.49
2016 5.06
2017 4.51
2018 4.95
2019 4.71
2020 3.03

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Lebanon was 10.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 26.45 in 1993, while its lowest value was 10.77 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
1990 19.14
1991 14.68
1992 22.40
1993 26.45
1994 14.99
1995 21.87
1996 13.17
1997 10.77
1998 11.73
1999 13.58
2000 12.75
2001 14.18
2002 13.10
2003 13.01
2004 13.55
2005 14.25
2006 12.68
2007 13.19
2008 11.70
2009 12.56
2010 14.15
2011 14.13
2012 13.21
2013 14.28
2014 16.37
2015 16.82
2016 18.02
2017 15.06
2018 15.64
2019 15.21
2020 10.84

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade