Argentina vs Canada

Argentina vs Canada: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.56% of GDP in Argentina and 1.63% of GDP in Canada, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 1.06 percentage points, or 2.89 times that in Argentina.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Argentina vs Canada: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 0.56% of GDP in Argentina and 1.63% of GDP in Canada, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 1.06 percentage points, or 2.89 times that in Argentina.
ArgentinaCanadaHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Canada has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Argentina.
  • In 2025, Argentina ranked 137 and Canada ranked 78 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearArgentinaCanada
20250.561.63
20240.651.35
20230.751.32
20220.681.14
20210.631.22
20200.731.42
20190.71.22
20180.731.25
20170.851.3
20160.811.14
20150.851.17
20140.881.09
20130.841
20120.781.12
20110.761.19
20100.811.19
20090.891.38
20080.761.25
20070.791.19
20060.791.12
20050.851.11
20040.881.1
20031.061.11
20021.091.12
20011.181.13
20001.151.11
19991.221.24
19981.141.26
19971.141.25
19961.241.4
19951.471.55
19941.461.7
19931.421.82
19921.421.86
19911.511.9
19901.451.96
19891.881.94
19882.131.99
19872.282.06
19862.312.11
19852.32.1
19842.162.12
19832.742.08
19822.711.95
19813.471.71
19803.11.76
19794.671.71
19784.721.85
19774.011.81
19763.781.77
19752.041.86
19741.661.78
19731.851.83
19721.822.01
19711.812.13
19701.882.19
19691.942.27
19681.692.54
19671.42.75
19661.172.68
19651.072.93
19641.153.4
19631.683.62
19622.664
19612.144.13
19601.554.19
19590.814.4
1958–4.94
1957–5.35
1956–5.69
1955–6.18
1954–6.86
1953–7.37
1952–6.8
1951–4.66
19502.912.43
  • Highly uncertain

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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