China | Military expenditure (current LCU)

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
The World Bank
Origin
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
China | Military expenditure (current LCU)
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1989 42362505000
1990 47479813000
1991 52181867000
1992 67522117000
1993 71219127000
1994 85042142400
1995 103433418000
1996 118688251989.4
1997 130146748385.87
1998 141005427002.04
1999 169488187633.25
2000 184090164741.83
2001 219851088539.28
2002 250660511207.45
2003 274334217744.95
2004 313728560097.68
2005 350634573000.66
2006 410260384277.7
2007 472705978263.26
2008 547837144514.24
2009 659926558289.47
2010 714416818764.43
2011 809532888744.33
2012 916093363882.43
2013 1016541251004.9
2014 1118775896577.1
2015 1223943320381.4
2016 1320288106530.2
2017 1423815484450.4
2018 1538488817315
2019 1660217293104.9
2020 1780532612711.3
2021 1844823702497.6
2022 1964343311987.3

China | Military expenditure (current LCU)

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
The World Bank
Origin
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source