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China: Military expenditure (current LCU)

2.41Tcurrent LCU · 2025+97.0% since 2015

Military expenditure in local currency at current prices (by calendar year) Annual figures for China from 1989 to 2025.

19892025

Every year

YearValue (current LCU)Note
20252,411,600,000,000
20242,244,900,000,000
20232,098,678,518,474.49
20221,964,343,311,987.28
20211,844,823,702,497.65
20201,780,532,612,711.27
20191,660,217,293,104.91
20181,538,488,817,315.02
20171,423,815,484,450.44
20161,320,288,106,530.17
20151,223,943,320,381.41
20141,118,775,896,577.07
20131,016,541,251,004.89
2012916,093,363,882.426
2011809,532,888,744.33
2010714,416,818,764.433
2009659,926,558,289.466
2008547,837,144,514.24
2007472,705,978,263.256
2006410,260,384,277.698
2005350,634,573,000.663
2004313,728,560,097.681
2003274,334,217,744.946
2002250,660,511,207.451
2001219,851,088,539.276
2000184,090,164,741.829
1999169,488,187,633.252
1998141,005,427,002.04
1997130,146,748,385.872
1996118,688,251,989.404
1995103,433,418,000
199485,042,142,400
199371,219,127,000
199267,522,117,000
199152,181,867,000
199047,479,813,000
198942,362,505,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by SIPRI. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Military expenditure (current LCU). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-military-expenditure (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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