Arab Region | Military expenditures, percentage of GDP (Arab countries,1990–2021)

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.)
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
492
Source
Arab Region | Military expenditures, percentage of GDP (Arab countries,1990–2021)
1991 Algeria 1.21
1996 Algeria 3.09
1997 Algeria 3.64
2001 Algeria 3.82
2002 Algeria 3.7
2015 Algeria 6.27
2016 Algeria 6.38
2019 Algeria 6.02
1992 Egypt 3.22
1998 Egypt 2.66
2017 Egypt 1.42
2020 Egypt 1.22
1992 Lebanon 7.98
1993 Lebanon 6.01
1996 Lebanon 5.66
2003 Lebanon 4.68
2005 Lebanon 4.48
2016 Lebanon 5.06
2020 Lebanon 3.03
1992 Syria 8.99
1993 Syria 7.24
1996 Syria 6.04
1997 Syria 5.88
2001 Syria 5.48
2004 Syria 5.54
2007 Syria 4.1
2009 Syria 4.03
2010 Syria 4.06
1990 Qatar 10.74
2005 Qatar 1.99
1999 Djibouti 5.48
2004 Libya 2.07
2012 Libya 3.75
1996 Saudi Arabia 8.47
2000 Saudi Arabia 10.53
2002 Saudi Arabia 9.76
2005 Saudi Arabia 7.73
2007 Saudi Arabia 8.53
2015 Saudi Arabia 13.33
2020 Saudi Arabia 9.22
1993 Yemen 7.06
1998 Yemen 6.08
1999 Yemen 5.17
2003 Yemen 6.85
2004 Yemen 5.3
2012 Yemen 4.57
1994 Morocco 4.49
2003 Morocco 3.49
2007 Morocco 3.05
2014 Morocco 3.68
2016 Morocco 3.22
1995 Kuwait 13.58
1996 Kuwait 10.29
2002 Kuwait 7.4
2005 Kuwait 4.34
2012 Kuwait 3.41
1995 Mauritania 2.26
2001 Mauritania 4
2003 Mauritania 4
2018 Mauritania 2.11
1991 Tunisia 1.83
1993 Tunisia 1.73
1996 Tunisia 1.87
1998 Tunisia 1.68
2000 Tunisia 1.55
2003 Tunisia 1.48
2005 Tunisia 1.45
2007 Tunisia 1.26
2008 Tunisia 1.29
2010 Tunisia 1.3
2015 Tunisia 2.27
2018 Tunisia 2.11
2021 Tunisia 2.83
1994 Oman 11.77
2000 Oman 8.09
2001 Oman 9.36
2004 Oman 9.01
2005 Oman 8.81
2012 Oman 12.07
2016 Oman 12.12
2018 Oman 9.54
1997 Bahrain 5.07
2004 Bahrain 4.04
2008 Bahrain 2.8
2010 Bahrain 3.28
2011 Bahrain 3.59
2015 Bahrain 4.63
2018 Bahrain 4.07
1992 Jordan 6.92
1996 Jordan 6.03
2000 Jordan 6.26
2003 Jordan 6
2006 Jordan 4.66
2010 Jordan 5.9
2015 Jordan 4.26
2021 Jordan 5.02
2001 United Arab Emirates 5.61
2011 United Arab Emirates 5.47
2008 Sudan 4.98
2009 Sudan 5.45

Arab Region | Military expenditures, percentage of GDP (Arab countries,1990–2021)

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.)
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
492
Source