 On 21 December 2016 the Ukrainian parliament adopted its 2017 National Security and Defense budget worth $5.172 billion; that being 5% of Ukraine's GDP.In 2016 defense expenditures amounted to $4.4 billion in 2016, or 5% of the GDP.This (2016 figure) was a 23% increase from 2013 and a 65% increase from 2005.