Argentina vs Canada
Argentina vs Canada: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $3.73B in Argentina and $37.5B in Canada, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by $33.8B, or 10 times that in Argentina.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Canada has been higher since 1980, when it overtook Argentina.
- In 2025, Argentina ranked 51 and Canada ranked 16 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Argentina | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.73B | $37.5B |
| 2024 | $4.18B | $30.6B |
| 2023 | $5.06B | $29.2B |
| 2022 | $4.62B | $25.4B |
| 2021 | $4.11B | $25.7B |
| 2020 | $4.17B | $27B |
| 2019 | $4.48B | $24.4B |
| 2018 | $4.92B | $24.6B |
| 2017 | $5.53B | $25B |
| 2016 | $5.1B | $21.2B |
| 2015 | $5.24B | $21.6B |
| 2014 | $5.29B | $20.4B |
| 2013 | $5.12B | $18.2B |
| 2012 | $4.57B | $19.7B |
| 2011 | $4.62B | $20.8B |
| 2010 | $4.69B | $20.1B |
| 2009 | $4.74B | $22.2B |
| 2008 | $4.4B | $21.3B |
| 2007 | $4.43B | $19.7B |
| 2006 | $4.09B | $18.1B |
| 2005 | $3.97B | $17.3B |
| 2004 | $3.78B | $16.6B |
| 2003 | $3.67B | $16B |
| 2002 | $3.57B | $15.7B |
| 2001 | $4.18B | $15.6B |
| 2000 | $4.25B | $15.2B |
| 1999 | $4.46B | $15.4B |
| 1998 | $4.33B | $14.8B |
| 1997 | $4.29B | $14.3B |
| 1996 | $4.36B | $15.5B |
| 1995 | $4.92B | $16.9B |
| 1994 | $5.02B | $17.9B |
| 1993 | $4.69B | $18.2B |
| 1992 | $4.97B | $18.2B |
| 1991 | $5.25B | $18.4B |
| 1990 | $5.23B | $20B |
| 1989 | $7.7B | $20B |
| 1988 | $9.47B | $20.1B |
| 1987 | $9.48B | $19.8B |
| 1986 | $9.5B | $19.4B |
| 1985 | $9.54B | $19B |
| 1984 | $10.3B | $18.5B |
| 1983 | $13.2B | $17.3B |
| 1982 | $11.5B | $15.9B |
| 1981 | $13.4B | $14.6B |
| 1980 | $12.6B | $14.8B |
| 1979 | $14.1B | $14.1B |
| 1978 | $13.6B | $14.5B |
| 1977 | $12.7B | $13.9B |
| 1976 | $12B | $13.3B |
| 1975 | $6.64B | $13.1B |
| 1974 | $5.23B | $12.4B |
| 1973 | $5.14B | $11.8B |
| 1972 | $4.9B | $11.9B |
| 1971 | $4.77B | $11.8B |
| 1970 | $4.62B | $11.4B |
| 1969 | $4.81B | $11.4B |
| 1968 | $3.94B | $12.1B |
| 1967 | $3.26B | $12.4B |
| 1966 | $2.93B | $11.7B |
| 1965 | $2.83B | $11.9B |
| 1964 | $2.94B | $12.8B |
| 1963 | $3.49B | $12.6B |
| 1962 | $3.43B | $13.2B |
| 1961 | $3.54B | $12.7B |
| 1960 | $2.91B | $12.5B |
| 1959 | $1.94B | $12.8B |
| 1958 | $3.45B | $13.7B |
| 1957 | $6.4B | $14.7B |
| 1956 | $3.61B | $15.3B |
| 1955 | $3.85B | $15B |
| 1954 | $3.82B | $15.2B |
| 1953 | $4B | $16.3B |
| 1952 | $3.07B | $14.2B |
| 1951 | $3.02B | $8.85B |
| 1950 | $4.45B | $4.37B |
| 1949 | $5.61B | – |
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Argentina vs Canada
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Canada: 82.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Canada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Canada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Canada: 3.99% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Canada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Canada: 39.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Canada: 1.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Canada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Canada: 82.9% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Canada: 40.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Canada: 19.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Canada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Canada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Canada: $939 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025Canada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Canada: 72,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Canada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Canada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Canada: 83 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011Canada: 312 million TIV in 2025