Military - Cyprus

Value & RankThe Military expenditure as % of GDP of Cyprus is 1.82 (% of GDP) with a global rank of 65.
Cyprus compared to other CountriesThe Military expenditure as % of GDP of Cyprus is similar to that of Chile, Estonia, Kenya, Myanmar, Uruguay, Poland, Zambia, Egypt, Croatia, Côte d'Ivoire with a respective Military expenditure as % of GDP of 1.96, 1.96, 1.95, 1.91, 1.87, 1.79, 1.69, 1.67, 1.66, 1.65 (% of GDP) and a global rank of 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70.Last 10 years averageCyprus had an average Military expenditure as % of GDP of 2.04 (% of GDP) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Cyprus during the Great RecessionCyprus's Military expenditure as % of GDP had a negative growth (decline) of 5.01% during the Great RecessionCyprus since the end of the Great RecessionCyprus's Military expenditure as % of GDP had a negative growth (decline) of 8.88% since the end of the Great Recession

Value & RankThe Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure of Cyprus is 4.12 (% of central government expenditure) with a global rank of 99.
Cyprus compared to other CountriesThe Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure of Cyprus is similar to that of Honduras, Belize, Belarus, Macedonia, Norway, Romania, Italy, Trinidad and Tobago, Indonesia, Sweden with a respective Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure of 4.28, 4.28, 4.20, 4.17, 4.16, 4.10, 3.99, 3.97, 3.89, 3.71 (% of central government expenditure) and a global rank of 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104.10 years growthCyprus's Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure had a positive growth of 17.1 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Last 10 years averageCyprus had an average Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure of 3.56 (% of central government expenditure) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Cyprus during the Great RecessionCyprus's Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure had a positive growth of 61.9% during the Great RecessionCyprus since the end of the Great RecessionCyprus's Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure had a negative growth (decline) of 13.6% since the end of the Great Recession

Value & RankThe Armed forces personnel of Cyprus is 2.15 (% of total labor force) with a global rank of 32.
Cyprus compared to other CountriesThe Armed forces personnel of Cyprus is similar to that of São Tomé and Principe, Sudan, Cambodia, Turkey, Iran, Morocco, Colombia, Namibia, Russia, Azerbaijan with a respective Armed forces personnel of 2.38, 2.27, 2.27, 2.27, 2.15, 2.08, 1.91, 1.81, 1.77, 1.73 (% of total labor force) and a global rank of 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37.10 years declineCyprus's Armed forces personnel had a negative growth (decline) of 0.00 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Last 10 years averageCyprus had an average Armed forces personnel of 2.05 (% of total labor force) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Cyprus during the Great RecessionCyprus's Armed forces personnel had a negative growth (decline) of 5.89% during the Great RecessionCyprus since the end of the Great RecessionCyprus's Armed forces personnel had a positive growth of 14.1% since the end of the Great Recession

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Datasource: Workbank - World Development Indicators