United Kingdom | 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
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Records
63
Source
United Kingdom | Military expenditure (current LCU)
1832092550.6552 1960
1895827232.0024 1961
1998976782.0774 1962
2075290676.8484 1963
2199964658.7819 1964
2312618503.4438 1965
2390050550.5191 1966
2510531461.3113 1967
2591877041.4518 1968
2583211361.0932 1969
2830043482.2755 1970
3089454816.8815 1971
3519104839.8228 1972
3855948221.5041 1973
4470372912.737 1974
5834798262.1035 1975
6699689069.5077 1976
7425090376.946 1977
8290540260.5023 1978
9700809854.3466 1979
12203234711.451 1980
13410559662.059 1981
15864903970.077 1982
17431994424.605 1983
19110061495.338 1984
20285239567.195 1985
20761013372.69 1986
21369567764.325 1987
21563287651.052 1988
22892491202.832 1989
24523595876.782 1990
26675479986.478 1991
25977473410.496 1992
25412247420.654 1993
25202034787.438 1994
24265861770.633 1995
24719272530.041 1996
24366215939.947 1997
24890908908.757 1998
25192250954.776 1999
26003478435.096 2000
27447611220.756 2001
29521459115.19 2002
32058696787.28 2003
32907772410.266 2004
33909375963.884 2005
34901441384.592 2006
36707269855.784 2007
39663502648.478 2008
41089560430.972 2009
41405937705.807 2010
41548787112.549 2011
41434500888.75 2012
40834502918.75 2013
40686348113.75 2014
39266317933.75 2015
39524015143.75 2016
40609000000 2017
41852750000 2018
44349000000 2019
45499250000 2020
49073000000 2021
55529449811.25 2022
United Kingdom | 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
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Records
63
Source