North Macedonia - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in North Macedonia was 157,975,500 as of 2020. Over the past 24 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 226,303,000 in 2001 and 66,236,920 in 1999.

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
1996 130,636,700
1997 83,254,180
1998 78,991,290
1999 66,236,920
2000 69,828,940
2001 226,303,000
2002 106,309,600
2003 115,827,200
2004 135,256,300
2005 127,003,700
2006 126,008,900
2007 162,567,200
2008 172,658,200
2009 158,716,700
2010 130,021,500
2011 132,462,000
2012 119,410,400
2013 126,506,400
2014 124,185,100
2015 99,983,660
2016 103,520,100
2017 100,754,700
2018 119,606,200
2019 146,093,400
2020 157,975,500

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in North Macedonia was 8,310,800,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,397,000,000 in 2001 and a minimum value of 3,769,000,000 in 1999.

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
1996 5,223,000,000
1997 4,163,000,000
1998 4,302,000,000
1999 3,769,000,000
2000 4,602,000,000
2001 15,397,000,000
2002 6,841,000,000
2003 6,292,000,000
2004 6,683,000,000
2005 6,259,210,000
2006 6,149,460,000
2007 7,271,600,000
2008 7,228,800,000
2009 6,999,500,000
2010 6,044,100,000
2011 5,858,900,000
2012 5,718,600,000
2013 5,869,300,000
2014 5,766,800,000
2015 5,552,800,000
2016 5,770,200,000
2017 5,532,300,000
2018 6,231,800,000
2019 8,310,800,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in North Macedonia was 1.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 6.10 in 2001, while its lowest value was 0.90 in 2017.

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
1996 2.81
1997 2.13
1998 2.10
1999 1.71
2000 1.85
2001 6.10
2002 2.65
2003 2.34
2004 2.38
2005 2.03
2006 1.84
2007 1.95
2008 1.74
2009 1.69
2010 1.38
2011 1.26
2012 1.23
2013 1.17
2014 1.09
2015 0.99
2016 0.97
2017 0.90
2018 0.94
2019 1.16
2020 1.28

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in North Macedonia was 3.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 16.33 in 2001, while its lowest value was 2.82 in 2017.

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
1997 6.46
1998 6.39
1999 5.17
2000 5.78
2001 16.33
2002 6.93
2003 6.50
2004 6.98
2005 6.25
2006 5.84
2007 6.20
2008 5.16
2009 5.03
2010 4.25
2011 3.96
2012 3.68
2013 3.69
2014 3.45
2015 3.08
2016 3.12
2017 2.82
2018 3.12
2019 3.69
2020 3.61

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade