Military expenditure in local currency rose 13.0% to USD 0.044 bil in East Timor in 2022, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
Historically, military expenditure in local currency in East Timor reached an all time high of USD 0.044 bil in 2022 and an all time low of USD 0.008 bil in 2005. When compared to East Timor's main peers, military expenditure in local currency in Australia amounted to AUD 46.6 bil, IDR 133,407 bil in Indonesia, MYR 16.1 bil in Malaysia and PGK 0.344 bil in Papua New Guinea in 2022.
East Timor has been ranked 149th within the group of 150 countries we follow in terms of military expenditure in local currency, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Military Expenditure (Local Currency) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Australia | AUD bil | 35.5 | 36.1 | 35.9 | 37.5 | 39.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | KHR bil | 1,552 | 1,857 | 2,198 | 2,416 | 2,537 | ||||||||||||||||
| East Timor | USD bil | ... | ... | ... | 0.026 | 0.025 | 0.021 | 0.034 | 0.038 | |||||||||||||
| Indonesia | IDR bil | 98,249 | 117,578 | 106,680 | 115,351 | 136,871 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | MYR bil | 17.3 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 14.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | NZD bil | 2.76 | 3.01 | 3.34 | 4.14 | 4.33 | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | PGK bil | 0.248 | 0.257 | 0.262 | 0.304 | 0.325 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | PHP bil | 158 | 193 | 216 | 221 | 233 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | SGD bil | 13.6 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 13.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | THB bil | 207 | 215 | 222 | 228 | 227 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | VND bil | ... | 110,000 | 113,534 | 126,618 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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