Canada vs Saudi Arabia
Canada vs Saudi Arabia: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $939 in Canada and $2,428 in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by $1,489, or 2.59 times that in Canada.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Canada ranked 23 and Saudi Arabia ranked 6 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Canada | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $939 | $2,428 |
| 2024 | $774 | $2,386 |
| 2023 | $739 | $2,366 |
| 2022 | $651 | $2,253 |
| 2021 | $644 | $2,027 |
| 2020 | $617 | $2,095 |
| 2019 | $567 | $2,169 |
| 2018 | $583 | $2,439 |
| 2017 | $584 | $2,273 |
| 2016 | $483 | $2,090 |
| 2015 | $509 | $2,957 |
| 2014 | $555 | $2,833 |
| 2013 | $527 | $2,433 |
| 2012 | $589 | $2,125 |
| 2011 | $622 | $1,894 |
| 2010 | $568 | $1,833 |
| 2009 | $563 | $1,738 |
| 2008 | $582 | $1,675 |
| 2007 | $529 | $1,619 |
| 2006 | $454 | $1,408 |
| 2005 | $402 | $1,262 |
| 2004 | $355 | $1,088 |
| 2003 | $314 | $1,022 |
| 2002 | $271 | $1,059 |
| 2001 | $270 | $1,266 |
| 2000 | $270 | $1,268 |
| 1999 | $270 | $1,206 |
| 1998 | $257 | $1,424 |
| 1997 | $266 | $1,285 |
| 1996 | $291 | $984 |
| 1995 | $313 | $1,014 |
| 1994 | $330 | $1,144 |
| 1993 | $358 | $1,377 |
| 1992 | $381 | $1,345 |
| 1991 | $405 | $1,501 |
| 1990 | $414 | $1,575 |
| 1989 | $396 | $1,291 |
| 1988 | $370 | $1,423 |
- 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 Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023