Australia Yearbook - 2001

122 Year Book Australia 2001
Defence expenditure over the century
Table 4.4 presents a time series, over the whole of the last century, of the size of defence expenditure
(in current prices), and of its percentage of GDP and of Commonwealth sector outlays.
4.4 DEFENCE EXPENDITURE, Size, Percentage of GDP and of Commonwealth Sector Outlays—1901–02
to 2000–01
Defence
expenditure(a)
GDP
Share of C’wlth
Outlays
Defence
expenditure(a)
Year
$m %
% Year
$m %
%
1901–02 1.9 0.4 8.4 1951–52 318.9 4.2 14.9
1902–03 1.5 0.4 6.2 1952–53 430.6 5.0 19.9
1903–04 1.7 0.4 7.3 1953–54 355.5 3.8 17.2
1904–05 1.9 0.4 8.3 1954–55 355.1 3.6 15.7
1905–06 1.9 0.4 8.0 1955–56 381.4 3.5 15.8
1906–07 2.1 0.4 8.2 1956–57 377.0 3.2 13.8
1907–08 2.7 0.5 9.0 1957–58 370.2 3.1 13.0
1908–09 2.1 0.4 7.3 1958–59 378.6 2.9 12.5
1909–10 3.1 0.5 9.7 1959–60 387.2 2.7 12.8
1910–11 6.0 0.9 14.7 1960–61 396.3 2.6 11.5
1911–12 8.2 1.1 19.3 1961–62 406.2 2.6 10.7
1912–13 8.7 1.1 18.8 1962–63 428.1 2.5 10.7
1913–14 9.5 1.1 19.9 1963–64 520.9 2.8 11.9
1914–15 8.9 4.6 58.3 1964–65 583.0 2.4 12.9
1915–16 9.5 9.5 58.1 1965–66 711.0 2.5 14.1
1916–17 9.0 12.5 62.1 1966–67 912.0 2.4 16.2
1917–18 7.4 12.4 61.8 1967–68 1 065.0 2.5 17.1
1918–19 7.1 11.6 57.1 1968–69 1 100.0 2.5 16.6
1919–20 7.1 7.5 48.2 1969–70 1 044.0 2.4 14.2
1920–21 11.3 4.3 33.2 1970–71 1 091.0 2.4 13.5
1921–22 12.5 2.1 18.5 1971–72 1 157.0 2.5 12.8
1922–23 8.5 0.8 8.6 1972–73 1 225.0 2.6 12.1
1923–24 13.5 1.0 9.4 1973–74 1 268.0 2.4 10.4
1924–25 10.5 0.6 6.0 1974–75 1 558.0 2.4 8.7
1925–26 16.3 1.0 7.5 1975–76 1 759.0 2.3 8.0
1926–27 11.4 0.7 5.2 1976–77 2 071.0 2.4 8.5
1927–28 17.1 1.0 6.7 1977–78 2 248.0 2.4 8.4
1928–29 10.5 0.6 4.2 1978–79 2 456.0 2.3 8.4
1929–30 9.5 0.6 2.9 1979–80 2 839.0 2.3 8.9
1930–31 8.0 0.6 2.4 1980–81 3 347.0 2.4 9.2
1931–32 6.9 0.6 2.9 1981–82 3 886.0 2.5 9.4
1932–33 6.9 0.5 2.9 1982–83 4 501.0 2.6 9.1
1933–34 8.2 0.6 2.9 1983–84 5 056.0 2.6 8.8
1934–35 11.4 0.8 4.2 1984–85 5 657.0 2.6 8.7
1935–36 14.4 0.9 6.1 1985–86 6 333.0 2.6 8.9
1936–37 16.0 0.9 6.9 1986–87 6 823.0 2.6 9.0
1937–38 19.6 1.1 7.9 1987–88 6 967.0 2.3 8.8
1938–39 28.8 1.5 11.5 1988–89 7 295.0 2.1 8.8
1939–40 108.7 5.3 33.0 1989–90 7 913.0 2.1 9.0
1940–41 319.0 14.7 61.7 1990–91 8 480.0 2.2 8.8
1941–42 596.8 23.4 70.6 1991–92 8 731.0 2.3 8.5
1942–43 998.8 34.0 71.6 1992–93 9 703.0 2.4 8.9
1943–44 886.1 29.7 61.6 1993–94 9 746.0 2.3 8.5
1944–45 704.7 24.2 54.8 1994–95 9 731.0 2.1 8.0
1945–46 644.3 21.4 58.5 1995–96 10 011.0 2.0 7.9
1946–47 243.2 7.5 25.3 1996–97 9 999.0 1.9 7.8
1947–48 143.2 3.6 15.0 1997–98 10 415.0 1.9 8.6
1948–49 122.1 2.7 10.9 1998–99 11 010.0 1.9 8.7
1949–50 108.5 2.0 8.7 1999–00 11 908.0 1.9 n.a.
1950–51 182.0 2.6 10.2 2000–01 12 211.0 1.8 n.a.
(a) In current prices.
Source: Department of Defence.
GDP
Share of C’wlth
Outlays