Canada vs Indonesia
Canada vs Indonesia: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $939 in Canada and $53 in Indonesia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by $886, or 18 times that in Indonesia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Canada ranked 23 and Indonesia ranked 99 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Canada | Indonesia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $939 | $53 |
| 2024 | $774 | $43 |
| 2023 | $739 | $40 |
| 2022 | $651 | $36 |
| 2021 | $644 | $32 |
| 2020 | $617 | $34 |
| 2019 | $567 | $30 |
| 2018 | $583 | $28 |
| 2017 | $584 | $33 |
| 2016 | $483 | $28 |
| 2015 | $509 | $29 |
| 2014 | $555 | $27 |
| 2013 | $527 | $33 |
| 2012 | $589 | $26 |
| 2011 | $622 | $24 |
| 2010 | $568 | $19 |
| 2009 | $563 | $14 |
| 2008 | $582 | $14 |
| 2007 | $529 | $14 |
| 2006 | $454 | $11 |
| 2005 | $402 | $9 |
| 2004 | $355 | $11 |
| 2003 | $314 | $10 |
| 2002 | $271 | $6 |
| 2001 | $270 | $4 |
| 2000 | $270 | $5 |
| 1999 | $270 | $5 |
| 1998 | $257 | $5 |
| 1997 | $266 | $16 |
| 1996 | $291 | $14 |
| 1995 | $313 | $13 |
| 1994 | $330 | $11 |
| 1993 | $358 | $10 |
| 1992 | $381 | $10 |
| 1991 | $405 | $9 |
| 1990 | $414 | $9 |
| 1989 | $396 | $8 |
| 1988 | $370 | $8 |
- 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
Canada vs Indonesia
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Indonesia: 71.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Indonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Indonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Indonesia: 30.3% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Indonesia: 2.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Indonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Indonesia: 281 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Indonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Indonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Indonesia: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Indonesia: 29.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Indonesia: 7% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Indonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Indonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Indonesia: $15.3B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Indonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Indonesia: 676,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Indonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Indonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025Indonesia: 1.28 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025Indonesia: 17 million TIV in 2021