Zimbabwe - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Zimbabwe was 546,939,000 as of 2019. Over the past 54 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 677,000,000 in 2002 and 15,600,000 in 1965.

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
1965 15,600,000
1966 16,950,000
1967 19,000,000
1968 30,600,000
1969 42,350,000
1970 45,950,000
1971 49,850,000
1972 58,450,000
1973 86,900,000
1974 118,550,000
1975 148,600,000
1976 199,800,000
1977 285,350,000
1978 347,750,000
1979 441,150,000
1980 442,750,000
1981 389,700,000
1982 437,450,000
1983 431,750,000
1984 360,650,000
1985 309,300,000
1986 342,200,000
1987 392,600,000
1988 407,050,000
1989 408,600,000
1990 416,300,000
1991 376,050,000
1992 296,350,000
1993 249,800,000
1994 247,900,000
1995 262,900,000
1996 291,650,000
1997 311,400,000
1998 306,000,000
1999 263,400,000
2000 346,300,000
2001 286,700,000
2002 677,000,000
2003 194,800,000
2004 256,100,000
2005 131,400,000
2006 161,700,000
2010 98,293,000
2011 198,438,000
2012 318,272,000
2013 356,700,000
2014 368,100,000
2015 376,677,000
2016 358,065,000
2017 340,522,000
2018 420,364,000
2019 546,939,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Zimbabwe was 546,939,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 677,000,000 in 2002 and a minimum value of 15,600,000 in 1965.

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
1965 15,600,000
1966 16,950,000
1967 19,000,000
1968 30,600,000
1969 42,350,000
1970 45,950,000
1971 49,850,000
1972 58,450,000
1973 86,900,000
1974 118,550,000
1975 148,600,000
1976 199,800,000
1977 285,350,000
1978 347,750,000
1979 441,150,000
1980 442,750,000
1981 389,700,000
1982 437,450,000
1983 431,750,000
1984 360,650,000
1985 309,300,000
1986 342,200,000
1987 392,600,000
1988 407,050,000
1989 408,600,000
1990 416,300,000
1991 376,050,000
1992 296,350,000
1993 249,800,000
1994 247,900,000
1995 262,900,000
1996 291,650,000
1997 311,400,000
1998 306,000,000
1999 263,400,000
2000 346,300,000
2001 286,700,000
2002 677,000,000
2003 194,800,000
2004 256,100,000
2005 131,400,000
2006 161,700,000
2010 98,293,000
2011 198,438,000
2012 318,272,000
2013 356,700,000
2014 368,100,000
2015 376,677,000
2016 358,065,000
2017 340,522,000
2018 420,364,000
2019 546,939,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Zimbabwe was 0.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 8.52 in 1979, while its lowest value was 0.70 in 2019.

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
1965 1.19
1966 1.32
1967 1.36
1968 2.07
1969 2.42
1970 2.44
1971 2.29
1972 2.18
1973 2.63
1974 2.98
1975 3.40
1976 4.63
1977 6.54
1978 7.99
1979 8.52
1980 6.63
1981 4.86
1982 5.12
1983 5.56
1984 5.68
1985 5.49
1986 5.50
1987 5.82
1988 5.21
1989 4.93
1990 4.74
1991 4.60
1992 4.39
1993 3.81
1994 3.60
1995 3.68
1996 3.33
1997 3.46
1998 2.83
1999 2.51
2000 3.42
2001 2.87
2002 7.08
2003 2.30
2004 3.04
2005 1.63
2006 2.22
2010 0.82
2011 1.41
2012 1.86
2013 1.87
2014 1.89
2015 1.89
2016 1.74
2017 1.54
2018 1.22
2019 0.70

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Zimbabwe was 2.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 23.27 in 2006, while its lowest value was 2.10 in 2019.

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
2005 9.27
2006 23.27
2010 4.51
2011 6.06
2012 9.11
2013 8.93
2014 9.23
2015 9.19
2016 7.36
2017 5.52
2018 5.61
2019 2.10

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade