Military Expenditure: International Comparison of Trends
May 1, 1991
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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
Pages:
52
Volume:
1991
DOI:
Issue:
054
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.
