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SIPRI Yearbook 2012

SIPRI Yearbook 2012

4. Military expenditure

Chapter:
4. Military expenditure
Source:
SIPRI Yearbook 2012
Author(s):
Sam Perlo-Freeman, Carina Solmirano, Elisabeth Sköns, Olawale Ismail, Noel Kelly, Olawale Ismail, Helen Wilandh

World military expenditure did not increase in 2011, for the first time since 1998. The world total for 2011 is estimated to have been $1738 billion, representing 2.5 per cent of global gross domestic product or $249 for each person (see section I and the tables in section VII in this chapter). Compared with the total in 2010, military spending remained virtually unchanged in real terms. However, it is still too early to say whether this means that world military expenditure has finally peaked.

Citation (MLA):
Perlo-Freeman, Sam, Carina Solmirano, Elisabeth Sköns, Olawale Ismail, Noel Kelly, Olawale Ismail, and Helen Wilandh. "4. Military expenditure." SIPRI Yearbook. SIPRI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2016. Web. 13 Jun. 2025. <https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199650583/sipri-9780199650583-chapter-5.xml>.
Citation (APA):
Perlo-Freeman, S., Solmirano, C., Sköns, E., Ismail, O., Kelly, N., Ismail, O., & Wilandh, H. (2016). 4. Military expenditure. In SIPRI, SIPRI Yearbook 2012: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 13 Jun. 2025, from https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199650583/sipri-9780199650583-chapter-5.xml
Citation (Chicago):
Perlo-Freeman, Sam, Carina Solmirano, Elisabeth Sköns, Olawale Ismail, Noel Kelly, Olawale Ismail, and Helen Wilandh. "4. Military expenditure." In SIPRI Yearbook 2012: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, SIPRI. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016). Retrieved 13 Jun. 2025, from https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199650583/sipri-9780199650583-chapter-5.xml
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