New Zealand - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in New Zealand was 3,011,389,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 3,011,389,000 in 2020 and 96,323,100 in 1962.

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 101,219,700
1961 96,678,750
1962 96,323,100
1963 100,042,500
1964 123,402,000
1965 126,982,400
1966 148,221,500
1967 149,591,200
1968 135,520,000
1969 147,560,000
1970 171,920,000
1971 180,841,200
1972 206,172,000
1973 246,331,500
1974 291,444,100
1975 292,259,900
1976 271,671,500
1977 307,431,700
1978 388,573,500
1979 436,892,300
1980 676,939,300
1981 660,354,400
1982 608,767,700
1983 567,555,500
1984 530,331,800
1985 529,191,400
1986 691,134,000
1987 925,756,500
1988 961,838,300
1989 959,602,900
1990 1,057,750,000
1991 989,033,800
1992 870,398,900
1993 866,788,100
1994 979,531,800
1995 1,146,416,000
1996 1,238,272,000
1997 1,180,889,000
1998 969,356,400
1999 970,306,000
2000 858,414,900
2001 796,636,900
2002 865,788,900
2003 1,132,832,000
2004 1,285,163,000
2005 1,389,771,000
2006 1,463,951,000
2007 1,713,996,000
2008 1,661,243,000
2009 1,623,014,000
2010 1,930,748,000
2011 2,080,091,000
2012 2,094,946,000
2013 2,134,106,000
2014 2,274,146,000
2015 1,943,758,000
2016 2,093,352,000
2017 2,328,157,000
2018 2,525,004,000
2019 2,926,961,000
2020 3,011,389,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in New Zealand was 4,440,200,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,440,200,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 69,175,000 in 1961.

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 72,300,000
1961 69,175,000
1962 69,275,000
1963 71,950,000
1964 88,750,000
1965 91,325,000
1966 106,600,000
1967 109,750,000
1968 121,000,000
1969 131,750,000
1970 153,500,000
1971 159,250,000
1972 172,500,000
1973 181,500,000
1974 208,500,000
1975 243,250,000
1976 273,000,000
1977 316,750,000
1978 374,750,000
1979 427,500,000
1980 695,000,000
1981 761,250,000
1982 811,250,000
1983 849,500,000
1984 935,500,000
1985 1,070,750,000
1986 1,322,250,000
1987 1,568,750,000
1988 1,468,150,000
1989 1,604,600,000
1990 1,773,000,000
1991 1,714,500,000
1992 1,620,500,000
1993 1,604,000,000
1994 1,652,000,000
1995 1,747,000,000
1996 1,801,500,000
1997 1,786,000,000
1998 1,811,000,000
1999 1,833,500,000
2000 1,889,500,000
2001 1,895,000,000
2002 1,872,000,000
2003 1,950,850,000
2004 1,938,900,000
2005 1,973,850,000
2006 2,257,500,000
2007 2,332,200,000
2008 2,363,500,000
2009 2,598,250,000
2010 2,679,550,000
2011 2,633,000,000
2012 2,585,750,000
2013 2,602,350,000
2014 2,741,350,000
2015 2,787,300,000
2016 3,008,600,000
2017 3,270,150,000
2018 3,666,950,000
2019 4,440,200,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in New Zealand was 1.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.02 in 1980, while its lowest value was 1.11 in 2015.

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 2.69
1961 2.49
1962 2.31
1963 2.20
1964 2.47
1965 2.36
1966 2.64
1967 2.62
1968 2.73
1969 2.57
1970 2.63
1971 2.32
1972 2.18
1973 1.97
1974 2.07
1975 2.08
1976 1.94
1977 2.12
1978 2.21
1979 2.16
1980 3.02
1981 2.73
1982 2.58
1983 2.44
1984 2.38
1985 2.36
1986 2.37
1987 2.41
1988 2.08
1989 2.15
1990 2.33
1991 2.26
1992 2.07
1993 1.90
1994 1.83
1995 1.82
1996 1.78
1997 1.70
1998 1.70
1999 1.62
2000 1.67
2001 1.58
2002 1.45
2003 1.44
2004 1.34
2005 1.28
2006 1.39
2007 1.27
2008 1.25
2009 1.35
2010 1.33
2011 1.25
2012 1.20
2013 1.14
2014 1.14
2015 1.11
2016 1.13
2017 1.15
2018 1.23
2019 1.43
2020 1.54

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in New Zealand was 3.30 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 4.67 in 1990, while its lowest value was 2.94 in 2011.

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 4.59
1989 4.55
1990 4.67
1991 4.30
1992 3.99
1993 4.14
1994 4.33
1995 4.43
1996 4.49
1997 4.37
1998 4.26
1999 4.20
2000 4.17
2001 4.03
2002 3.81
2003 3.76
2004 3.50
2005 3.31
2006 3.53
2007 3.43
2008 3.23
2009 3.35
2010 3.09
2011 2.94
2012 3.01
2013 2.96
2014 3.02
2015 2.98
2016 3.10
2017 3.21
2018 3.38
2019 3.57
2020 3.30

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade