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

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