Turkey - Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Turkey was 116,143,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 116,143,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 2,405 in 1960.

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
1960 2,405
1961 2,718
1962 2,980
1963 3,157
1964 3,443
1965 3,821
1966 3,996
1967 4,596
1968 5,159
1969 5,395
1970 6,399
1971 8,487
1972 9,961
1973 12,192
1974 15,831
1975 33,000
1976 40,691
1977 49,790
1978 66,239
1979 93,268
1980 203,172
1981 313,067
1982 447,790
1983 556,738
1984 803,044
1985 1,235,000
1986 1,868,000
1987 2,477,000
1988 3,789,000
1989 7,158,000
1990 13,866,000
1991 23,657,000
1992 42,320,000
1993 77,717,000
1994 156,724,000
1995 302,864,000
1996 611,521,000
1997 1,183,330,000
1998 2,289,430,000
1999 4,167,640,000
2000 6,248,270,000
2001 8,843,920,000
2002 13,641,000,000
2003 15,426,000,000
2004 15,568,000,000
2005 16,232,000,000
2006 18,622,000,000
2007 19,528,000,000
2008 21,878,000,000
2009 24,873,000,000
2010 26,526,000,000
2011 28,485,000,000
2012 31,779,000,000
2013 35,082,000,000
2014 38,467,000,000
2015 42,619,000,000
2016 53,853,000,000
2017 64,243,000,000
2018 94,860,000,000
2019 116,143,000,000

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates. For additional details please refer to the military expenditure database on the SIPRI website: https://sipri.org/databases/milex

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade