Brazil vs Thailand

Brazil vs Thailand: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.05% of GDP in Brazil and 1.04% of GDP in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 0.02 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Thailand.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Brazil vs Thailand: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 1.05% of GDP in Brazil and 1.04% of GDP in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 0.02 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Thailand.
BrazilThailandSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Brazil has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Thailand.
  • In 2025, Brazil ranked 107 and Thailand ranked 109 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBrazilThailand
20251.051.04
20240.961.05
20230.991.13
20221.051.24
20211.151.42
20201.331.46
20191.381.33
20181.471.33
20171.411.34
20161.351.33
20151.371.34
20141.331.38
20131.331.35
20121.381.39
20111.411.39
20101.541.52
20091.541.54
20081.441.25
20071.471.02
20061.480.95
20051.520.99
20041.461.13
20031.51.23
20021.91.33
20011.951.43
20001.731.49
19991.651.62
19981.661.86
19971.582.17
19961.662.15
19951.862.27
19942.022.5
19931.932.53
19921.522.66
19911.962.65
19902.362.59
19892.692.69
19882.122.93
19871.743.36
19861.223.8
19851.434.19
19841.24.06
19831.263.95
19821.34.12
19811.144.06
19801.144.24
19791.524.38
19781.63.92
19771.693.48
197623.13
19751.972.8
19741.942.66
19732.162.88
19722.443.47
19712.623.56
19702.893.07
19692.622.99
19682.652.76
19672.862.43
19663.022.17
19653.352.33
19642.012.43
19632.262.62
19622.42.63
19612.362.1
19602.682.47
19592.963.02
19584.073.25
19574.43.58
19533.6–
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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.

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