Argentina vs Indonesia
Argentina vs Indonesia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $3.73B in Argentina and $15.3B in Indonesia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by $11.6B, or 4.11 times that in Argentina.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Indonesia has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Argentina.
- In 2025, Argentina ranked 51 and Indonesia ranked 25 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Argentina | Indonesia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.73B | $15.3B |
| 2024 | $4.18B | $12B |
| 2023 | $5.06B | $11.1B |
| 2022 | $4.62B | $10.1B |
| 2021 | $4.11B | $8.77B |
| 2020 | $4.17B | $9.68B |
| 2019 | $4.48B | $8.31B |
| 2018 | $4.92B | $7.92B |
| 2017 | $5.53B | $9.01B |
| 2016 | $5.1B | $7.82B |
| 2015 | $5.24B | $8.37B |
| 2014 | $5.29B | $7.2B |
| 2013 | $5.12B | $8.17B |
| 2012 | $4.57B | $6.08B |
| 2011 | $4.62B | $5.3B |
| 2010 | $4.69B | $4.62B |
| 2009 | $4.74B | $3.93B |
| 2008 | $4.4B | $3.75B |
| 2007 | $4.43B | $4.03B |
| 2006 | $4.09B | $3.36B |
| 2005 | $3.97B | $3.3B |
| 2004 | $3.78B | $3.8B |
| 2003 | $3.67B | $3.4B |
| 2002 | $3.57B | $2.53B |
| 2001 | $4.18B | $2.09B |
| 2000 | $4.25B | $2.36B |
| 1999 | $4.46B | $2.29B |
| 1998 | $4.33B | $3.01B |
| 1997 | $4.29B | $4.61B |
| 1996 | $4.36B | $3.51B |
| 1995 | $4.92B | $3.13B |
| 1994 | $5.02B | $2.98B |
| 1993 | $4.69B | $2.69B |
| 1992 | $4.97B | $2.81B |
| 1991 | $5.25B | $2.61B |
| 1990 | $5.23B | $2.56B |
| 1989 | $7.7B | $2.32B |
| 1988 | $9.47B | $2.26B |
| 1987 | $9.48B | $2.37B |
| 1986 | $9.5B | $2.6B |
| 1985 | $9.54B | $2.64B |
| 1984 | $10.3B | $2.66B |
| 1983 | $13.2B | $2.66B |
| 1982 | $11.5B | $2.89B |
| 1981 | $13.4B | $2.93B |
| 1980 | $12.6B | $2.6B |
| 1979 | $14.1B | $2.24B |
| 1978 | $13.6B | $1.94B |
| 1977 | $12.7B | $1.77B |
| 1976 | $12B | $1.71B |
| 1975 | $6.64B | $1.71B |
| 1974 | $5.23B | $1.34B |
| 1973 | $5.14B | – |
| 1972 | $4.9B | – |
| 1971 | $4.77B | – |
| 1970 | $4.62B | – |
| 1969 | $4.81B | – |
| 1968 | $3.94B | – |
| 1967 | $3.26B | – |
| 1966 | $2.93B | – |
| 1965 | $2.83B | – |
| 1964 | $2.94B | – |
| 1963 | $3.49B | – |
| 1962 | $3.43B | – |
| 1961 | $3.54B | – |
| 1960 | $2.91B | – |
| 1959 | $1.94B | – |
| 1958 | $3.45B | – |
| 1957 | $6.4B | – |
| 1956 | $3.61B | – |
| 1955 | $3.85B | – |
| 1954 | $3.82B | – |
| 1953 | $4B | – |
| 1952 | $3.07B | – |
| 1951 | $3.02B | – |
| 1950 | $4.45B | – |
| 1949 | $5.61B | – |
- Estimate
- 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 Indonesia
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Indonesia: 71.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Indonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Indonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Indonesia: 2.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Indonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Indonesia: 281 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Indonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Indonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Indonesia: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Indonesia: 29.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Indonesia: 7% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Indonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Indonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Indonesia: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025Indonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Indonesia: 676,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Indonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Indonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Indonesia: 1.28 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011Indonesia: 17 million TIV in 2021