COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Eritrea Military Spending
Eritrea military spending: latest available value for 2003, historical series from 1993, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 20,87 | 0,19 |
| 2002 | 20,67 | -1,46 |
| 2001 | 22,14 | -10,52 |
| 2000 | 32,66 | -1,72 |
| 1999 | 34,38 | 1,88 |
| 1998 | 32,50 | 20,64 |
| 1997 | 11,86 | -8,48 |
| 1996 | 20,34 | 0,81 |
| 1995 | 19,54 | 6,82 |
| 1994 | 12,72 | -8,61 |
| 1993 | 21,33 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product
Source organization: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://www.sipri.org/databases
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesEritrea recorded 20,87 percent of GDP in 2003, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2002, the military spending increased by 0,19.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 11 observations from 1993 to 2003, the average was 22,64; the minimum was 11,86 in 1997 and the maximum was 34,38 in 1999.
Eritrea ranks 2 out of 157 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also above the available average for the Low income group.
Defense burden and spending priorities.