Tracks annual defence budgets, supplementary allocations and reported expenditure. Distinguishes planned funding from reported execution, with dates, currencies and sources so changes can be compared over time.
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Ministry of Defence · organisational budgetSeparate scopes; these series must not be added together.
Ministry only · historical coverage changes. The 2004 outturn comes from a draft government account; the 2005 outturn is reported in the original 2007 law.
Year-end approved ministry plan as reported in the MoF annual execution table, after changes to the original allocation. It is entered as revised, not as the initial approval. The separately reported administrative adjusted plan is 1,840.5858 million GEL; that figure is retained in the evidence ledger and is not substituted for this statutory plan. Original unit: thousand GEL. As-of date is source review, not the unknown amendment adoption date.
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Original-source amount: 1,840 GEL million
Annual average: 2.742642 GEL / USD 2025-01-01–2025-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 1,841.3 GEL million
Annual average: 2.742642 GEL / USD 2025-01-01–2025-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2024 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 1,380 GEL million
Annual average: 2.720617 GEL / USD 2024-01-01–2024-12-31
Year-end approved ministry plan as reported in the MoF annual execution table, after changes to the original allocation. It is entered as revised, not as the initial approval. The separately reported administrative adjusted plan is 1,590.0000 million GEL; that figure is retained in the evidence ledger and is not substituted for this statutory plan. Original unit: thousand GEL. As-of date is source review, not the unknown amendment adoption date.
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Original-source amount: 1,590 GEL million
Annual average: 2.720617 GEL / USD 2024-01-01–2024-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2023 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 1,260 GEL million
Annual average: 2.627958 GEL / USD 2023-01-01–2023-12-31
Year-end approved ministry plan as reported in the MoF annual execution table, after changes to the original allocation. It is entered as revised, not as the initial approval. The separately reported administrative adjusted plan is 1,270.0000 million GEL; that figure is retained in the evidence ledger and is not substituted for this statutory plan. Original unit: thousand GEL. As-of date is source review, not the unknown amendment adoption date.
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Original-source amount: 1,270 GEL million
Annual average: 2.627958 GEL / USD 2023-01-01–2023-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2022 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 1,002.4 GEL million
Annual average: 2.9162 GEL / USD 2022-01-01–2022-12-31
Year-end approved ministry plan as reported in the MoF annual execution table, after changes to the original allocation. It is entered as revised, not as the initial approval. The separately reported administrative adjusted plan is 1,084.2939 million GEL; that figure is retained in the evidence ledger and is not substituted for this statutory plan. Original unit: thousand GEL. As-of date is source review, not the unknown amendment adoption date.
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Original-source amount: 1,082.4 GEL million
Annual average: 2.9162 GEL / USD 2022-01-01–2022-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 1,089.4 GEL million
Annual average: 2.9162 GEL / USD 2022-01-01–2022-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2021 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 900 GEL million
Annual average: 3.221558 GEL / USD 2021-01-01–2021-12-31
Year-end approved ministry plan as reported in the MoF annual execution table, after changes to the original allocation. It is entered as revised, not as the initial approval. The separately reported administrative adjusted plan is 991.4231 million GEL; that figure is retained in the evidence ledger and is not substituted for this statutory plan. Original unit: thousand GEL. As-of date is source review, not the unknown amendment adoption date.
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Original-source amount: 990 GEL million
Annual average: 3.221558 GEL / USD 2021-01-01–2021-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 983.7 GEL million
Annual average: 3.221558 GEL / USD 2021-01-01–2021-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2020 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 880 GEL million
Annual average: 3.109017 GEL / USD 2020-01-01–2020-12-31
Year-end approved ministry plan as reported in the MoF annual execution table, after changes to the original allocation. It is entered as revised, not as the initial approval. The separately reported administrative adjusted plan is 818.0000 million GEL; that figure is retained in the evidence ledger and is not substituted for this statutory plan. Original unit: thousand GEL. As-of date is source review, not the unknown amendment adoption date.
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Original-source amount: 805 GEL million
Annual average: 3.109017 GEL / USD 2020-01-01–2020-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 842.4 GEL million
Annual average: 3.109017 GEL / USD 2020-01-01–2020-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2019 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 875 GEL million
Annual average: 2.818145 GEL / USD 2019-01-01–2019-12-31
Year-end approved ministry plan as reported in the MoF annual execution table, after changes to the original allocation. It is entered as revised, not as the initial approval. The separately reported administrative adjusted plan is 835.4597 million GEL; that figure is retained in the evidence ledger and is not substituted for this statutory plan. Original unit: thousand GEL. As-of date is source review, not the unknown amendment adoption date.
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Original-source amount: 835 GEL million
Annual average: 2.818145 GEL / USD 2019-01-01–2019-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 822.9 GEL million
Annual average: 2.818145 GEL / USD 2019-01-01–2019-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2018 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 802 GEL million
Annual average: 2.534111 GEL / USD 2018-01-01–2018-12-31
Year-end approved ministry plan as reported in the MoF annual execution table, after changes to the original allocation. It is entered as revised, not as the initial approval. The separately reported administrative adjusted plan is 808.2596 million GEL; that figure is retained in the evidence ledger and is not substituted for this statutory plan. Original unit: thousand GEL. As-of date is source review, not the unknown amendment adoption date.
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Original-source amount: 807 GEL million
Annual average: 2.534111 GEL / USD 2018-01-01–2018-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 814.7 GEL million
Annual average: 2.534111 GEL / USD 2018-01-01–2018-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2017 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 748 GEL million
Annual average: 2.509542 GEL / USD 2017-01-01–2017-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 770.6 GEL million
Annual average: 2.509542 GEL / USD 2017-01-01–2017-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2016 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 670 GEL million
Annual average: 2.366725 GEL / USD 2016-01-01–2016-12-31
Year-end approved ministry plan as reported in the MoF annual execution table, after changes to the original allocation. It is entered as revised, not as the initial approval. The separately reported administrative adjusted plan is 743.8934 million GEL; that figure is retained in the evidence ledger and is not substituted for this statutory plan. Original unit: thousand GEL. As-of date is source review, not the unknown amendment adoption date.
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Original-source amount: 750.4 GEL million
Annual average: 2.366725 GEL / USD 2016-01-01–2016-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 746 GEL million
Annual average: 2.366725 GEL / USD 2016-01-01–2016-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2015 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 640 GEL million
Annual average: 2.269342 GEL / USD 2015-01-01–2015-12-31
Year-end approved ministry plan as reported in the MoF annual execution table, after changes to the original allocation. It is entered as revised, not as the initial approval. The separately reported administrative adjusted plan is 655.4331 million GEL; that figure is retained in the evidence ledger and is not substituted for this statutory plan. Original unit: thousand GEL. As-of date is source review, not the unknown amendment adoption date.
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Original-source amount: 667.3 GEL million
Annual average: 2.269342 GEL / USD 2015-01-01–2015-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 679.7 GEL million
Annual average: 2.269342 GEL / USD 2015-01-01–2015-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2014 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 660 GEL million
Annual average: 1.765667 GEL / USD 2014-01-01–2014-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 669.3 GEL million
Annual average: 1.765667 GEL / USD 2014-01-01–2014-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2013 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 660 GEL million
Annual average: 1.66335 GEL / USD 2013-01-01–2013-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 661.1 GEL million
Annual average: 1.66335 GEL / USD 2013-01-01–2013-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2012 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 675.7 GEL million
Annual average: 1.651258 GEL / USD 2012-01-01–2012-12-31
Year-end approved ministry plan as reported in the MoF annual execution table, after changes to the original allocation. It is entered as revised, not as the initial approval. The separately reported administrative adjusted plan is 735.4886 million GEL; that figure is retained in the evidence ledger and is not substituted for this statutory plan. Original unit: thousand GEL. As-of date is source review, not the unknown amendment adoption date.
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Original-source amount: 730.6 GEL million
Annual average: 1.651258 GEL / USD 2012-01-01–2012-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 734.7 GEL million
Annual average: 1.651258 GEL / USD 2012-01-01–2012-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2011 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 660 GEL million
Annual average: 1.686495 GEL / USD 2011-01-01–2011-12-31
Year-end approved ministry plan as reported in the MoF annual execution table, after changes to the original allocation. It is entered as revised, not as the initial approval. The separately reported administrative adjusted plan is 728.4853 million GEL; that figure is retained in the evidence ledger and is not substituted for this statutory plan. Original unit: thousand GEL. As-of date is source review, not the unknown amendment adoption date.
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Original-source amount: 711.7 GEL million
Annual average: 1.686495 GEL / USD 2011-01-01–2011-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 728.4 GEL million
Annual average: 1.686495 GEL / USD 2011-01-01–2011-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2010 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 749.6 GEL million
Annual average: 1.782342 GEL / USD 2010-01-01–2010-12-31
Year-end approved ministry plan as reported in the MoF annual execution table, after changes to the original allocation. It is entered as revised, not as the initial approval. The separately reported administrative adjusted plan is 748.7219 million GEL; that figure is retained in the evidence ledger and is not substituted for this statutory plan. Original unit: thousand GEL. As-of date is source review, not the unknown amendment adoption date.
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Original-source amount: 748.7 GEL million
Annual average: 1.782342 GEL / USD 2010-01-01–2010-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 728 GEL million
Annual average: 1.782342 GEL / USD 2010-01-01–2010-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2009 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 942 GEL million
Annual average: 1.670487 GEL / USD 2009-01-01–2009-12-31
Year-end approved ministry plan as reported in the MoF annual execution table, after changes to the original allocation. It is entered as revised, not as the initial approval. The separately reported administrative adjusted plan is 869.2861 million GEL; that figure is retained in the evidence ledger and is not substituted for this statutory plan. Original unit: thousand GEL. As-of date is source review, not the unknown amendment adoption date.
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Original-source amount: 872.2 GEL million
Annual average: 1.670487 GEL / USD 2009-01-01–2009-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 869 GEL million
Annual average: 1.670487 GEL / USD 2009-01-01–2009-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2008 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 1,100 GEL million
Annual average: 1.490792 GEL / USD 2008-01-01–2008-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 1,547.2 GEL million
Annual average: 1.490792 GEL / USD 2008-01-01–2008-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2007 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 513.3 GEL million
Annual average: 1.670492 GEL / USD 2007-01-01–2007-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 1,494.5 GEL million
Annual average: 1.670492 GEL / USD 2007-01-01–2007-12-31
Initial ministry allocation in the original 2006 state-budget law. Original unit: thousand GEL; the total includes any budget funds, grants and credits shown in this row. The date is the law date, not an execution date. Ministry coverage follows this law; this is not the functional-defence or SIPRI series.
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Original-source amount: 392.6 GEL million
Annual average: 1.780433 GEL / USD 2006-01-01–2006-12-31
Year-end approved ministry plan as reported in the MoF annual execution table, after changes to the original allocation. It is entered as revised, not as the initial approval. The separately reported administrative adjusted plan is 684.9194 million GEL; that figure is retained in the evidence ledger and is not substituted for this statutory plan. Original unit: thousand GEL. As-of date is source review, not the unknown amendment adoption date.
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Original-source amount: 680 GEL million
Annual average: 1.780433 GEL / USD 2006-01-01–2006-12-31
MoF annual execution report: actual-execution total for ministry code 29 00, including any externally financed execution included by the source. Original unit: thousand GEL. This preserves the contemporaneous annual-report value; later budget laws sometimes restate historical comparatives. Ministry coverage is not constant over time and is not the functional-defence or SIPRI definition. As-of date is the source review date; the original report publication day was not established.
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Original-source amount: 684 GEL million
Annual average: 1.780433 GEL / USD 2006-01-01–2006-12-31
2005 actual-execution comparative in the original 2007 budget law, code 29 00, PDF p. 71. This is the 2007-law vintage, not a directly recovered 2005 annual execution report. The MoD 2014 White Book independently rounds 2005 execution to 367 million GEL. No unchanged institutional-coverage assumption is made. The as-of date is the 2007 law date.
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Original-source amount: 366.8 GEL million
Annual average: 1.812675 GEL / USD 2005-01-01–2005-12-31
Reported 2004 cash execution in the official MoF annual-account annex, code 26 00, PDF p. 60 (repeated p. 251). The archive files it under 2005, but the accompanying account explicitly concerns 2004. Its government-report text is marked draft; parliamentary approval/audit was not established. This is reported execution, not audited assurance. The 2004 transfer of Internal Troops to the ministry affects comparability. As-of date is source review.
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Original-source amount: 172 GEL million
Annual average: 1.91665 GEL / USD 2004-01-01–2004-12-31
USD at each amount’s reference-period average exchange rate. Original amounts, rate periods and sources are available below. Current-year conversions are provisional; values are not adjusted for inflation.
* 2026 uses the available year-to-date average; the full-year average is not yet available.
National budget figures and the SIPRI statistical series can use different scopes and accounting bases. They are shown separately and must not be added together. Missing figures are not zero spending.
The national series covers Ministry of Defence organisational accounts for 2004–2026, not all functional defence or security expenditure. Initial approvals are available for 2006–2026; reported annual execution for 2004–2025, with changed year-end statutory plans shown separately from administrative adjusted plans. The 2004 government account is marked draft; the 2005 outturn is a later comparative in the original 2007 law. Original annual-report vintages are retained where later laws restate past years differently. The 2004 Internal Troops transfer changes scope. Exact report-release and revision-adoption dates are not established for every point; source-review dates are identified explicitly. USD conversion uses calendar-year average GEL/USD rates; 2026 remains provisional using the stated year-to-date average. SIPRI separately covers 1996–2025 and identifies adopted budgets, excluding military pensions; its 2003 figure may understate spending during political turmoil. These series must not be added. All USD values are nominal.
Published in current USD by SIPRI using the relevant year’s exchange rate; no second conversion applied.
Annual datasets 2Military expenditure · share of GDP 1996–2025Coverage and method
SIPRI military expenditure divided by GDP for the same calendar year. Percentages are taken from the published Share of GDP sheet; these are resource-burden indicators, not military capability.
Adopted-budget basis · military pensions excluded. SIPRI warns that 2003 may understate spending. These are not final expenditure accounts.
Military expenditure · share of government spending 1996–2025Coverage and method
SIPRI military expenditure as a percentage of general government expenditure, including all government levels where available. This is not the defence share of the central state budget.
Adopted-budget basis · military pensions excluded. SIPRI warns that 2003 may understate spending. These are not final expenditure accounts.
5 development records · 30 annual statistical points
2024 defence ministry reported expenditure
Reported executionOfficial report
The original budget law lists $584.94 Mn for the Ministry of Defence’s 2024 execution.
Details and sources
Programme 29 00: GEL 1,591.4024 million, converted from the table’s GEL-thousand unit. This is the ministry budget scope, not a harmonised estimate of total military spending. The record date is adoption of the law containing the figure.
The original budget law lists $711.12 Mn for the Ministry of Defence’s 2026 allocation. USD conversion uses the provisional 2026 YTD average.
Details and sources
Programme 29 00: GEL 1,890.0000 million, converted from the table’s GEL-thousand unit. This is the ministry budget scope, not a harmonised estimate of total military spending. The record date is adoption of the law containing the figure.
SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists $657.87 Mn.
Details and sources
Published current-USD observation for the calendar year. The source series may use adopted budgets or expenditure estimates; its specific basis and coverage qualifications are stated below. This is a compiled statistical series, not a procurement-contract total. SIPRI marks this series as adopted budgets, excluding military pensions. Its 2003 figure may understate spending during that year’s political turmoil. 2025 GDP share: 1.75%. 2025 general government expenditure share: 5.84%.
Original-source amount: SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists 657.879 USD million.
The source reports current USD; no second currency conversion is applied.
2023 defence ministry reported expenditure
Reported executionOfficial report
The original budget law lists $484.86 Mn for the Ministry of Defence’s 2023 execution.
Details and sources
Programme 29 00: GEL 1,274.2148 million, converted from the table’s GEL-thousand unit. This is the ministry budget scope, not a harmonised estimate of total military spending. The record date is adoption of the law containing the figure.
The original budget law lists $630.77 Mn for the Ministry of Defence’s 2025 allocation.
Details and sources
Programme 29 00: GEL 1,730.0000 million, converted from the table’s GEL-thousand unit. This is the ministry budget scope, not a harmonised estimate of total military spending. The record date is adoption of the law containing the figure.
Original-source amount: The parliamentary Defence and Security Committee backed a proposed 210 GEL million increase in the 2024 defence ministry allocation.
US$77.2 million. Original-source amount: 210.0 GEL million. Annual average (2024-01-01–2024-12-31): 2.720617 GEL / USD.
SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists $538.08 Mn.
Details and sources
Published current-USD observation for the calendar year. The source series may use adopted budgets or expenditure estimates; its specific basis and coverage qualifications are stated below. This is a compiled statistical series, not a procurement-contract total. SIPRI marks this series as adopted budgets, excluding military pensions. Its 2003 figure may understate spending during that year’s political turmoil. 2024 GDP share: 1.59%. 2024 general government expenditure share: 5.27%.
Original-source amount: SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists 538.085 USD million.
The source reports current USD; no second currency conversion is applied.
Calendar-year observation
2023 · SIPRI observation
SIPRI observationStatistical series
SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists $506.47 Mn.
Details and sources
Published current-USD observation for the calendar year. The source series may use adopted budgets or expenditure estimates; its specific basis and coverage qualifications are stated below. This is a compiled statistical series, not a procurement-contract total. SIPRI marks this series as adopted budgets, excluding military pensions. Its 2003 figure may understate spending during that year’s political turmoil. 2023 GDP share: 1.65%. 2023 general government expenditure share: 5.54%.
Original-source amount: SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists 506.477 USD million.
The source reports current USD; no second currency conversion is applied.
Calendar-year observation
2022 · SIPRI observation
SIPRI observationStatistical series
SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists $401.38 Mn.
Details and sources
Published current-USD observation for the calendar year. The source series may use adopted budgets or expenditure estimates; its specific basis and coverage qualifications are stated below. This is a compiled statistical series, not a procurement-contract total. SIPRI marks this series as adopted budgets, excluding military pensions. Its 2003 figure may understate spending during that year’s political turmoil. 2022 GDP share: 1.61%. 2022 general government expenditure share: 5.64%.
Original-source amount: SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists 401.382 USD million.
The source reports current USD; no second currency conversion is applied.
Calendar-year observation
2021 · SIPRI observation
SIPRI observationStatistical series
SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists $300.48 Mn.
Details and sources
Published current-USD observation for the calendar year. The source series may use adopted budgets or expenditure estimates; its specific basis and coverage qualifications are stated below. This is a compiled statistical series, not a procurement-contract total. SIPRI marks this series as adopted budgets, excluding military pensions. Its 2003 figure may understate spending during that year’s political turmoil. 2021 GDP share: 1.59%. 2021 general government expenditure share: 5.11%.
Original-source amount: SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists 300.489 USD million.
The source reports current USD; no second currency conversion is applied.
Calendar-year observation
2020 · SIPRI observation
SIPRI observationStatistical series
SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists $287.86 Mn.
Details and sources
Published current-USD observation for the calendar year. The source series may use adopted budgets or expenditure estimates; its specific basis and coverage qualifications are stated below. This is a compiled statistical series, not a procurement-contract total. SIPRI marks this series as adopted budgets, excluding military pensions. Its 2003 figure may understate spending during that year’s political turmoil. 2020 GDP share: 1.79%. 2020 general government expenditure share: 5.24%.
Original-source amount: SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists 287.864 USD million.
The source reports current USD; no second currency conversion is applied.
Calendar-year observation
2019 · SIPRI observation
SIPRI observationStatistical series
SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists $310.61 Mn.
Details and sources
Published current-USD observation for the calendar year. The source series may use adopted budgets or expenditure estimates; its specific basis and coverage qualifications are stated below. This is a compiled statistical series, not a procurement-contract total. SIPRI marks this series as adopted budgets, excluding military pensions. Its 2003 figure may understate spending during that year’s political turmoil. 2019 GDP share: 1.76%. 2019 general government expenditure share: 6.14%.
Original-source amount: SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists 310.614 USD million.
The source reports current USD; no second currency conversion is applied.
Calendar-year observation
2018 · SIPRI observation
SIPRI observationStatistical series
SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists $333.91 Mn.
Details and sources
Published current-USD observation for the calendar year. The source series may use adopted budgets or expenditure estimates; its specific basis and coverage qualifications are stated below. This is a compiled statistical series, not a procurement-contract total. SIPRI marks this series as adopted budgets, excluding military pensions. Its 2003 figure may understate spending during that year’s political turmoil. 2018 GDP share: 1.86%. 2018 general government expenditure share: 6.98%.
Original-source amount: SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists 333.912 USD million.
The source reports current USD; no second currency conversion is applied.
Calendar-year observation
2017 · SIPRI observation
SIPRI observationStatistical series
SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists $321.13 Mn.
Details and sources
Published current-USD observation for the calendar year. The source series may use adopted budgets or expenditure estimates; its specific basis and coverage qualifications are stated below. This is a compiled statistical series, not a procurement-contract total. SIPRI marks this series as adopted budgets, excluding military pensions. Its 2003 figure may understate spending during that year’s political turmoil. 2017 GDP share: 1.94%. 2017 general government expenditure share: 7.14%.
Original-source amount: SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists 321.137 USD million.
The source reports current USD; no second currency conversion is applied.
Calendar-year observation
2016 · SIPRI observation
SIPRI observationStatistical series
SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists $315.19 Mn.
Details and sources
Published current-USD observation for the calendar year. The source series may use adopted budgets or expenditure estimates; its specific basis and coverage qualifications are stated below. This is a compiled statistical series, not a procurement-contract total. SIPRI marks this series as adopted budgets, excluding military pensions. Its 2003 figure may understate spending during that year’s political turmoil. 2016 GDP share: 2.04%. 2016 general government expenditure share: 7.34%.
Original-source amount: SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists 315.194 USD million.
The source reports current USD; no second currency conversion is applied.
Calendar-year observation
2015 · SIPRI observation
SIPRI observationStatistical series
SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists $299.51 Mn.
Details and sources
Published current-USD observation for the calendar year. The source series may use adopted budgets or expenditure estimates; its specific basis and coverage qualifications are stated below. This is a compiled statistical series, not a procurement-contract total. SIPRI marks this series as adopted budgets, excluding military pensions. Its 2003 figure may understate spending during that year’s political turmoil. 2015 GDP share: 1.97%. 2015 general government expenditure share: 7.29%.
Original-source amount: SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists 299.514 USD million.
The source reports current USD; no second currency conversion is applied.
Calendar-year observation
2014 · SIPRI observation
SIPRI observationStatistical series
SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists $415.64 Mn.
Details and sources
Published current-USD observation for the calendar year. The source series may use adopted budgets or expenditure estimates; its specific basis and coverage qualifications are stated below. This is a compiled statistical series, not a procurement-contract total. SIPRI marks this series as adopted budgets, excluding military pensions. Its 2003 figure may understate spending during that year’s political turmoil. 2014 GDP share: 2.31%. 2014 general government expenditure share: 8.41%.
Original-source amount: SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists 415.643 USD million.
The source reports current USD; no second currency conversion is applied.
Calendar-year observation
2013 · SIPRI observation
SIPRI observationStatistical series
SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists $441.87 Mn.
Details and sources
Published current-USD observation for the calendar year. The source series may use adopted budgets or expenditure estimates; its specific basis and coverage qualifications are stated below. This is a compiled statistical series, not a procurement-contract total. SIPRI marks this series as adopted budgets, excluding military pensions. Its 2003 figure may understate spending during that year’s political turmoil. 2013 GDP share: 2.52%. 2013 general government expenditure share: 9.48%.
Original-source amount: SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists 441.879 USD million.
The source reports current USD; no second currency conversion is applied.
Calendar-year observation
2012 · SIPRI observation
SIPRI observationStatistical series
SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists $491.98 Mn.
Details and sources
Published current-USD observation for the calendar year. The source series may use adopted budgets or expenditure estimates; its specific basis and coverage qualifications are stated below. This is a compiled statistical series, not a procurement-contract total. SIPRI marks this series as adopted budgets, excluding military pensions. Its 2003 figure may understate spending during that year’s political turmoil. 2012 GDP share: 2.91%. 2012 general government expenditure share: 10.50%.
Original-source amount: SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists 491.983 USD million.
The source reports current USD; no second currency conversion is applied.
Calendar-year observation
2011 · SIPRI observation
SIPRI observationStatistical series
SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists $468.77 Mn.
Details and sources
Published current-USD observation for the calendar year. The source series may use adopted budgets or expenditure estimates; its specific basis and coverage qualifications are stated below. This is a compiled statistical series, not a procurement-contract total. SIPRI marks this series as adopted budgets, excluding military pensions. Its 2003 figure may understate spending during that year’s political turmoil. 2011 GDP share: 3.03%. 2011 general government expenditure share: 11.17%.
Original-source amount: SIPRI’s annual military-expenditure series lists 468.78 USD million.
The source reports current USD; no second currency conversion is applied.
Scope
Dated developments extend from 1991 to 2026. National ministry-budget observations cover 2004–2026; the separate SIPRI series covers 1996–2025. Additional charts retain historical personnel estimates, legal post ceilings and spending shares. Government transfer returns describe annual reports, not unique shipments or current inventories; conflicting quantities and timing remain in the source details. Procurement approvals, plans, reported production and deliveries remain distinct. This is a selected reference, not a complete inventory or readiness assessment.
Method & coverage
This is a curated public-source reference, not a complete inventory. Each record identifies an event or publication date, implementation stage and evidence type; the detail explains which date is known. An official report establishes what the issuer said; a contract does not establish delivery, and delivery does not establish readiness. Unknown quantities remain unknown. Records count publications or developments, not weapons, personnel or military strength.
Official report
The issuing institution reports the event or figure; this is not independent corroboration.
Independently corroborated
Distinct independent evidence supports the specific recorded claim.
Estimate
A sourced estimate, with its method and limits retained.
Unresolved
The available evidence does not establish the specific point.
