Portugal - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Portugal was 4,639,120,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 4,949,690,000 in 2009 and 105,157,500 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 105,157,500
1961 171,194,700
1962 199,785,200
1963 199,087,900
1964 224,401,000
1965 232,350,600
1966 257,175,500
1967 333,045,100
1968 371,893,400
1969 374,919,800
1970 436,103,600
1971 518,294,900
1972 593,121,500
1973 682,681,700
1974 988,203,700
1975 778,694,000
1976 623,403,300
1977 576,875,700
1978 622,564,500
1979 701,974,000
1980 867,810,100
1981 843,539,900
1982 803,005,000
1983 692,947,600
1984 628,464,800
1985 653,587,100
1986 935,754,400
1987 1,130,608,000
1988 1,347,838,000
1989 1,456,535,000
1990 1,875,088,000
1991 2,115,384,000
1992 2,532,649,000
1993 2,192,208,000
1994 2,173,635,000
1995 2,670,121,000
1996 2,600,849,000
1997 2,388,688,000
1998 2,335,597,000
1999 2,406,494,000
2000 2,204,257,000
2001 2,324,812,000
2002 2,602,231,000
2003 3,109,813,000
2004 3,719,432,000
2005 4,039,322,000
2006 4,066,784,000
2007 4,366,184,000
2008 4,812,100,000
2009 4,949,690,000
2010 4,718,924,000
2011 4,904,394,000
2012 4,137,254,000
2013 4,724,102,000
2014 4,111,548,000
2015 3,565,421,000
2016 4,133,067,000
2017 3,675,687,000
2018 4,273,810,000
2019 4,277,877,000
2020 4,639,120,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Portugal was 4,031,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,031,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 15,080,000 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 15,080,000
1961 24,550,000
1962 28,650,000
1963 28,550,000
1964 32,180,000
1965 33,320,000
1966 36,880,000
1967 47,760,000
1968 53,331,000
1969 53,765,000
1970 62,539,000
1971 73,318,000
1972 80,037,000
1973 83,479,000
1974 125,240,000
1975 99,250,000
1976 93,998,000
1977 110,140,000
1978 136,440,000
1979 171,302,000
1980 216,700,000
1981 258,960,000
1982 318,320,000
1983 382,900,000
1984 458,900,000
1985 555,500,000
1986 698,200,000
1987 794,500,000
1988 967,800,000
1989 1,143,960,000
1990 1,333,300,000
1991 1,524,500,000
1992 1,705,400,000
1993 1,758,300,000
1994 1,799,700,000
1995 2,012,500,000
1996 2,001,000,000
1997 2,088,800,000
1998 2,098,200,000
1999 2,258,800,000
2000 2,392,500,000
2001 2,598,000,000
2002 2,765,000,000
2003 2,755,400,000
2004 2,995,500,000
2005 3,248,100,000
2006 3,241,800,000
2007 3,190,100,000
2008 3,285,100,000
2009 3,563,000,000
2010 3,563,000,000
2011 3,528,000,000
2012 3,220,000,000
2013 3,558,000,000
2014 3,099,000,000
2015 3,214,940,000
2016 3,737,300,000
2017 3,276,000,000
2018 3,744,900,000
2019 4,031,000,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Portugal was 2.14 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.96 in 1968, while its lowest value was 1.68 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
1960 3.38
1961 5.15
1962 5.60
1963 5.24
1964 5.44
1965 5.05
1966 5.10
1967 5.91
1968 5.96
1969 5.48
1970 5.48
1971 5.74
1972 5.38
1973 4.61
1974 5.75
1975 4.10
1976 3.12
1977 2.74
1978 2.77
1979 2.69
1980 2.68
1981 2.65
1982 2.69
1983 2.53
1984 2.46
1985 2.44
1986 2.54
1987 2.46
1988 2.50
1989 2.50
1990 2.44
1991 2.42
1992 2.39
1993 2.37
1994 2.23
1995 2.26
1996 2.12
1997 2.04
1998 1.88
1999 1.89
2000 1.86
2001 1.91
2002 1.94
2003 1.89
2004 1.97
2005 2.05
2006 1.95
2007 1.82
2008 1.84
2009 2.03
2010 1.98
2011 2.00
2012 1.91
2013 2.09
2014 1.79
2015 1.79
2016 2.00
2017 1.68
2018 1.80
2019 1.84
2020 2.14

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Portugal was 4.16 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 5.87 in 1989, while its lowest value was 3.46 in 2014.

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 5.76
1989 5.87
1990 5.60
1991 5.12
1992 4.86
1993 4.97
1994 5.10
1995 5.30
1996 4.91
1997 4.81
1998 4.42
1999 4.44
2000 4.35
2001 4.34
2002 4.39
2003 4.16
2004 4.28
2005 4.38
2006 4.32
2007 4.08
2008 4.05
2009 4.04
2010 3.82
2011 4.01
2012 3.91
2013 4.18
2014 3.46
2015 3.72
2016 4.47
2017 3.69
2018 4.09
2019 4.22
2020 4.16

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade