United Arab Emirates

Military share of state spending in United Arab Emirates

Military share of state spending in United Arab Emirates: 19.2% of government spending in 1997 and 17% of government spending in 2014, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2014
17% of government spending
Since 1997
−2.1 percentage points
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% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in United Arab EmiratesMilitary share of state spending in United Arab Emirates: 19.2% of government spending in 1997 and 17% of government spending in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 26.2% of government spending in 2000, the lowest 15.6% of government spending in 2009.
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What the numbers say

  • The highest was 26.2% of government spending in 2000, the lowest 15.6% of government spending in 2009.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearUnited Arab Emirates
201417
201319.9
201217.4
201117.6
201018.7
200915.6
200816.7
200718.6
200620.6
200523.2
200426
200323.4
200222.9
200122.3
200026.2
199920.7
199820.6
199719.2
  • Estimate

Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.

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