Brazil vs Saudi Arabia
Brazil vs Saudi Arabia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.05% of GDP in Brazil and 6.48% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 5.43 percentage points, or 6.15 times that in Brazil.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1963.
- In 2025, Brazil ranked 107 and Saudi Arabia ranked 5 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Brazil | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.05 | 6.48 |
| 2024 | 0.96 | 6.41 |
| 2023 | 0.99 | 6.38 |
| 2022 | 1.05 | 5.72 |
| 2021 | 1.15 | 6.43 |
| 2020 | 1.33 | 8.41 |
| 2019 | 1.38 | 7.35 |
| 2018 | 1.47 | 8.42 |
| 2017 | 1.41 | 9.5 |
| 2016 | 1.35 | 9.24 |
| 2015 | 1.37 | 12.57 |
| 2014 | 1.33 | 10.26 |
| 2013 | 1.33 | 8.71 |
| 2012 | 1.38 | 7.51 |
| 2011 | 1.41 | 7.13 |
| 2010 | 1.54 | 8.57 |
| 2009 | 1.54 | 9.62 |
| 2008 | 1.44 | 7.35 |
| 2007 | 1.47 | 8.53 |
| 2006 | 1.48 | 7.85 |
| 2005 | 1.52 | 7.73 |
| 2004 | 1.46 | 8.08 |
| 2003 | 1.5 | 8.69 |
| 2002 | 1.9 | 9.76 |
| 2001 | 1.95 | 11.42 |
| 2000 | 1.73 | 10.53 |
| 1999 | 1.65 | 11.38 |
| 1998 | 1.66 | 14.31 |
| 1997 | 1.58 | 11 |
| 1996 | 1.66 | 8.47 |
| 1995 | 1.86 | 9.28 |
| 1994 | 2.02 | 10.64 |
| 1993 | 1.93 | 12.47 |
| 1992 | 1.52 | 11.28 |
| 1991 | 1.96 | 12.47 |
| 1990 | 2.36 | 14.02 |
| 1989 | 2.69 | 13.39 |
| 1988 | 2.12 | 15.15 |
| 1987 | 1.74 | 16.9 |
| 1986 | 1.22 | – |
| 1985 | 1.43 | 17 |
| 1984 | 1.2 | 19 |
| 1983 | 1.26 | 16.97 |
| 1982 | 1.3 | 17.72 |
| 1981 | 1.14 | 13.27 |
| 1980 | 1.14 | 12.61 |
| 1979 | 1.52 | 15.77 |
| 1978 | 1.6 | 16.74 |
| 1977 | 1.69 | 15.65 |
| 1976 | 2 | – |
| 1975 | 1.97 | – |
| 1974 | 1.94 | – |
| 1973 | 2.16 | 10.84 |
| 1972 | 2.44 | 10.08 |
| 1971 | 2.62 | 8.64 |
| 1970 | 2.89 | 9.4 |
| 1969 | 2.62 | 9.57 |
| 1968 | 2.65 | 8.09 |
| 1967 | 2.86 | 11.51 |
| 1966 | 3.02 | 11.32 |
| 1965 | 3.35 | 7.69 |
| 1964 | 2.01 | 5.97 |
| 1963 | 2.26 | 5.9 |
| 1962 | 2.4 | – |
| 1961 | 2.36 | – |
| 1960 | 2.68 | – |
| 1959 | 2.96 | – |
| 1958 | 4.07 | – |
| 1957 | 4.4 | – |
| 1953 | 3.6 | – |
- 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
Brazil vs Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023