Brazil vs United Arab Emirates: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $113 in Brazil in 2025 and $2,840 in United Arab Emirates in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by $2,676, or 17 times that in Brazil.
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Watch it change on the mapUS dollars per person · SIPRI
Latest figures
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | $113 2025 | $123 | 74 of 151 |
| United Arab Emirates | $2,840 2014 | $1,581 | — |
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1997.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Brazil | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $113 | – |
| 2024 | $99 | – |
| 2023 | $103 | – |
| 2022 | $98 | – |
| 2021 | $92 | – |
| 2020 | $94 | – |
| 2019 | $125 | – |
| 2018 | $137 | – |
| 2017 | $144 | – |
| 2016 | $120 | – |
| 2015 | $123 | – |
| 2014 | $164 | $2,840 |
| 2013 | $166 | $3,080 |
| 2012 | $173 | $2,590 |
| 2011 | $190 | $2,719 |
| 2010 | $176 | $2,566 |
| 2009 | $134 | $2,099 |
| 2008 | $129 | $1,924 |
| 2007 | $109 | $1,616 |
| 2006 | $88 | $1,498 |
| 2005 | $74 | $1,452 |
| 2004 | $54 | $1,581 |
| 2003 | $47 | $1,432 |
| 2002 | $54 | $1,395 |
| 2001 | $62 | $1,607 |
| 2000 | $66 | $1,739 |
| 1999 | $58 | $1,343 |
| 1998 | $86 | $1,370 |
| 1997 | $84 | $1,232 |
| 1996 | $86 | – |
| 1995 | $89 | – |
| 1994 | $67 | – |
| 1993 | $46 | – |
| 1992 | $33 | – |
| 1991 | $45 | – |
| 1990 | $62 | – |
| 1989 | $60 | – |
| 1988 | $41 | – |
- 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.
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