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 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
GDP 2,323,781 2,401,189 2,542,859 2,639,488 2,784,100
Government budget(general) 421,416 446,242 449,526 473,659 507,600
Defense budget(billion $) 54,611 57,014 59,424 61,246 65,864
Increase(%) 3.4 4.4 4.2 3.1 7.5
vs GDP(%) 2.35 2.37 2.34 2.32 2.37
vs Government budget(%) 13.0 12.8 13.2 12.9 13.0

2026 Defense budget(chart part)

(unit : KRW billion)

2026 Defense budget(chart part)
Classification 2026 share(%)
Defense budget 65,864.2 100.0
Force improvement program 19,965.3 30.3
Force maintenance 45,898.9 69.7
Personnel expense 23,686.5 35.9
Food & clothing 2,638.2 4.0
Defense informatization 833.3 1.3
Service members welfare 2,116.0 3.2
Logistics support 7,107.7 10.8
Training & education 1,032.0 1.6
Installation construction 5,515.9 8.4
Others 2,969.2 4.5