Australia vs Canada
Australia vs Canada: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.92% of GDP in Australia and 1.63% of GDP in Canada, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 0.29 percentage points, or 1.18 times that in Canada.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Australia has been higher since 1965, when it overtook Canada.
- In 2025, Australia ranked 65 and Canada ranked 78 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Australia | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.92 | 1.63 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 1.35 |
| 2023 | 1.86 | 1.32 |
| 2022 | 1.88 | 1.14 |
| 2021 | 1.97 | 1.22 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1.42 |
| 2019 | 1.87 | 1.22 |
| 2018 | 1.89 | 1.25 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 2.08 | 1.14 |
| 2015 | 1.95 | 1.17 |
| 2014 | 1.77 | 1.09 |
| 2013 | 1.63 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1.66 | 1.12 |
| 2011 | 1.75 | 1.19 |
| 2010 | 1.85 | 1.19 |
| 2009 | 1.92 | 1.38 |
| 2008 | 1.79 | 1.25 |
| 2007 | 1.81 | 1.19 |
| 2006 | 1.81 | 1.12 |
| 2005 | 1.79 | 1.11 |
| 2004 | 1.82 | 1.1 |
| 2003 | 1.84 | 1.11 |
| 2002 | 1.87 | 1.12 |
| 2001 | 1.86 | 1.13 |
| 2000 | 1.82 | 1.11 |
| 1999 | 1.88 | 1.24 |
| 1998 | 1.87 | 1.26 |
| 1997 | 1.86 | 1.25 |
| 1996 | 1.93 | 1.4 |
| 1995 | 2.02 | 1.55 |
| 1994 | 2.11 | 1.7 |
| 1993 | 2.17 | 1.82 |
| 1992 | 2.17 | 1.86 |
| 1991 | 2.16 | 1.9 |
| 1990 | 2.07 | 1.96 |
| 1989 | 2.05 | 1.94 |
| 1988 | 2.16 | 1.99 |
| 1987 | 2.37 | 2.06 |
| 1986 | 2.54 | 2.11 |
| 1985 | 2.52 | 2.1 |
| 1984 | 2.51 | 2.12 |
| 1983 | 2.52 | 2.08 |
| 1982 | 2.39 | 1.95 |
| 1981 | 2.3 | 1.71 |
| 1980 | 2.25 | 1.76 |
| 1979 | 2.19 | 1.71 |
| 1978 | 2.22 | 1.85 |
| 1977 | 2.25 | 1.81 |
| 1976 | 2.22 | 1.77 |
| 1975 | 2.27 | 1.86 |
| 1974 | 2.26 | 1.78 |
| 1973 | 2.38 | 1.83 |
| 1972 | 2.69 | 2.01 |
| 1971 | 2.76 | 2.13 |
| 1970 | 2.97 | 2.19 |
| 1969 | 3.39 | 2.27 |
| 1968 | 3.84 | 2.54 |
| 1967 | 3.79 | 2.75 |
| 1966 | 3.45 | 2.68 |
| 1965 | 2.95 | 2.93 |
| 1964 | 2.65 | 3.4 |
| 1963 | 2.45 | 3.62 |
| 1962 | 2.36 | 4 |
| 1961 | 2.42 | 4.13 |
| 1960 | 2.37 | 4.19 |
| 1959 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| 1958 | 3.26 | 4.94 |
| 1957 | 3.32 | 5.35 |
| 1956 | 3.67 | 5.69 |
| 1955 | 3.86 | 6.18 |
| 1954 | 3.97 | 6.86 |
| 1953 | 4.8 | 7.37 |
| 1952 | 5.18 | 6.8 |
| 1951 | 3.74 | 4.66 |
| 1950 | 2.88 | 2.43 |
- Estimate
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Australia vs Canada
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Canada: 82.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Canada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Canada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Canada: 3.99% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Canada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Canada: 39.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Canada: 1.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Canada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Canada: 82.9% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Canada: 40.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Canada: 19.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Canada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Canada: $37.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Canada: $939 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Canada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustralia: 60,000 people in 2020Canada: 72,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Canada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Canada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Canada: 83 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustralia: 108 million TIV in 2025Canada: 312 million TIV in 2025