Estimated War-Related Costs, Iraq and Afghanistan

According to the Center for Defense Information, the estimated cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will reach $1.29 trillion by the end of fiscal year 2011.

	In billions of budgeted dollars
Operation	FY 2001+ 2002	FY 2003¹	FY 2004²	FY 2005³	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012	Total
Iraq		$53.0	$75.9	$85.5	$101.6	$131.2	$142.1	$95.5	$65.9	$51.1	$5.4	$807.4
Afghanistan	$20.8	14.7	14.5	20.0	19.0	39.2	43.5	59.5	104.9	119.4	115.5	570.9
Enhanced security	$13.0	8.0	3.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	.1	.1	.1	.1	NA	28.6
Totals	$33.8	$81.2	$94.1³	$107.6	$121.4	$170.9	$185.7	$155.1	$171.0	$170.7	$1,291.5	$1,380

1. Includes $5.5 billion of $7.1 billion appropriated in DOD's FY2003 Appropriations Act (P.L. 107-48) for the global war on terror that CRS cannot allocate and DOD cannot track.

2. Of the $25 billion provided in Title IX of the FY2005 DOD appropriation bill, CRS includes $2 billion in FY2004 when it was obligated and the remaining $23 billion in FY2005. Because Congress made the funds available in FY2004, CBO and OMB score all $25 billion in FY2004.

3. Includes funds in the FY2007 Supplemental (H.R. 2206/P.L. 110-28), Title IX, P.L. 109-289, FY2007 DOD Appropriations Act (H.R. 5631) designated for war and funds for other agencies in H.J. Res 20, P.L. 110-50, the year-long Continuing Resolution. VA Medical estimates reflect VA FY2008 budget materials and CRS estimates. Amounts for foreign and diplomatic operations reflects State Department figures.

4. Includes $5.5 billion that was classified as "unable to allocate."

Source: "The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11," Amy Belasco, Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, RL33110, p. CRS–9).