IMF Working Papers

Military Expenditure: International Comparison of Trends

By Daniel P. Hewitt

May 1, 1991

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Daniel P. Hewitt Military Expenditure: International Comparison of Trends, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1991) accessed October 6, 2024
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Summary

This paper analyzes trends in world military expenditure by examining the shares of different country groups and the ratio to GDP of individual nations. The coverage is military expenditures in 125 countries from 1972 to 1988. The study also compares military expenditures as a proportion of central government expenditures; analyzes the budgetary trade-off between military, social, and development expenditures; and discusses the impact of military expenditures on economic development.

Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Central government spending, Defense spending, Expenditure, Labor, Public employment, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Adjusted SIPRI, Allocations to the military, Budget planning and preparation, Caribbean, Central government, Central government expenditure, Central government spending, Country, Country ranking, Defense spending, Development expenditure, Eastern Europe, Expenditure cutback, Expenditure pattern, Middle East, Military expenditure, North Africa, Public employment, Sub-Saharan Africa, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    52

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1991/054

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0541991

  • ISBN:

    9781451847420

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

Notes

Analyzes trends in world military expenditure by examining the shares of different country groups and the ratio to GDP of individual nations.