Defense Policy

Defense Buget

Status of the defense budget over the last 5 years

(unit : KRW billion)

Status of the defense budget over the last 5 years
Classification 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
GDP 2,221,912 2,323,781 2,401,189 2,542,859 2,639,488
Government budget(general) 380,850 421,416 446,242 449,526 473,659
Defense budget(billion $) 52,840 54,611 57,014 59,424 61,246
Increase(%) 5.4 3.4 4.4 4.2 3.1
vs GDP(%) 2.38 2.35 2.37 2.34 2.32
vs Government budget(%) 13.9 13.0 12.8 13.2 12.9

2025 Defense budget(chart part)

(unit : KRW billion)

2025 Defense budget(chart part)
Classification 2025 share(%)
Defense budget 61,246.9 100.0
Force improvement program 17,846.2 29.1
Force maintenance 43,400.7 70.9
Personnel expense 22,822.2 37.3
Food & clothing 2,529.4 4.1
Defense informatization 806.8 1.3
Service members welfare 1,789.0 2.9
Logistics support 6,611.9 10.8
Training & education 865.3 1.4
Installation construction 5,165.7 8.4
Others 2,810.4 4.6