India IN: Military Expenditure as % of General Government Expenditure

1989 - 2018 | Yearly | % | World Bank

India IN: Military Expenditure as % of General Government Expenditure data was reported at 9.069 % in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 8.985 % for 2017. India IN: Military Expenditure as % of General Government Expenditure data is updated yearly, averaging 10.314 % from Mar 1989 to 2018, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.778 % in 1989 and a record low of 8.762 % in 2016. India IN: Military Expenditure as % of General Government Expenditure data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s India – Table IN.World Bank.WDI: Defense and Official Development Assistance. 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.); ; Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.; Weighted average; Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates.

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9.069 2018 8.985 2017 8.762 2016 14.778 1989 % yearly 1989 - 2018

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