Defence Economic Trends 2022

Defence Economic Trends 2022 provides data released in 2022 from 30 economies with armed forces throughout the Indo-Pacific region. It illustrates the macroeconomic impacts throughout financial year 2021.

However, defence spending figures record official appropriations rather than actual or estimated actual spend. Only those budget figures proposed or enacted at the beginning of a fiscal year are recorded.

The Defence Economic Trends 2022 recorded figures may differ from previous editions.