Australia vs Thailand
Australia vs Thailand: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $1,316 in Australia and $84 in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by $1,232, or 16 times that in Thailand.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Australia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Australia ranked 14 and Thailand ranked 81 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Australia | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,316 | $84 |
| 2024 | $1,288 | $77 |
| 2023 | $1,231 | $80 |
| 2022 | $1,244 | $84 |
| 2021 | $1,267 | $99 |
| 2020 | $1,064 | $102 |
| 2019 | $1,030 | $100 |
| 2018 | $1,077 | $93 |
| 2017 | $1,129 | $86 |
| 2016 | $1,093 | $79 |
| 2015 | $1,012 | $77 |
| 2014 | $1,101 | $80 |
| 2013 | $1,077 | $80 |
| 2012 | $1,157 | $78 |
| 2011 | $1,192 | $75 |
| 2010 | $1,056 | $76 |
| 2009 | $878 | $64 |
| 2008 | $881 | $54 |
| 2007 | $828 | $40 |
| 2006 | $697 | $32 |
| 2005 | $657 | $28 |
| 2004 | $602 | $30 |
| 2003 | $504 | $29 |
| 2002 | $408 | $28 |
| 2001 | $366 | $27 |
| 2000 | $383 | $30 |
| 1999 | $413 | $33 |
| 1998 | $382 | $35 |
| 1997 | $431 | $54 |
| 1996 | $451 | $66 |
| 1995 | $426 | $66 |
| 1994 | $419 | $62 |
| 1993 | $382 | $55 |
| 1992 | $394 | $53 |
| 1991 | $407 | $47 |
| 1990 | $394 | $41 |
| 1989 | $377 | $36 |
| 1988 | $355 | $34 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 Thailand
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustralia: 60,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustralia: 108 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024