Dominican Republic vs Peru: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.8% of GDP in Dominican Republic and 0.81% of GDP in Peru, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Peru, by 0.01 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Dominican Republic.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Dominican RepublicPeruSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

Peru has been higher since 1970, when it overtook Dominican Republic.
In 2025, Dominican Republic ranked 125 and Peru ranked 123 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

Year	Dominican Republic	Peru
2025	0.8	0.81
2024	0.81	0.88
2023	0.79	1.24
2022	0.68	1.14
2021	0.64	1.17
2020	0.75	1.32
2019	0.69	1.21
2018	0.69	1.19
2017	0.67	1.27
2016	0.63	1.32
2015	0.64	1.75
2014	0.65	1.6
2013	0.61	1.64
2012	0.65	1.48
2011	0.6	1.37
2010	0.67	1.48
2009	0.67	1.53
2008	0.7	1.25
2007	0.63	1.3
2006	0.68	1.46
2005	0.77	1.58
2004	0.69	1.38
2003	0.76	1.51
2002	1.06	1.54
2001	1.21	1.75
2000	1.03	1.79
1999	0.82	1.93
1998	0.78	2.02
1997	0.8	2
1996	0.63	2.5
1995	0.55	2.64
1994	0.73	2.47
1993	0.76	2.75
1992	0.56	2.51
1991	0.35	2.02
1990	0.68	2.68
1989	0.8	2.19
1988	0.88	2.19
1987	1.02	3.41
1986	1.34	3.35
1985	1.21	3.87
1984	1.2	3.36
1983	1.37	4.85
1982	1.58	5.11
1981	1.72	3.99
1980	1.58	4.56
1979	2.18	3.35
1978	2.18	6.2
1977	1.89	8.21
1976	1.93	5.68
1975	1.83	5.22
1974	1.97	3.93
1973	1.79	3.93
1972	1.99	3.63
1971	2.2	3.62
1970	2.42	3.51
1969	2.65	2.39
1968	3.25	2.36
1967	3.19	4.7
1966	3.46	2.84
1965	4.21	3.1
1964	3.78	3.34
1963	3.87	3.32
1962	4.32	2.43
1961	5.23	2.65
1960	5.23	2.51
1959	–	2.8
1958	5.31	2.9
1957	–	2.92
1956	–	2.98
1955	–	2.77
1954	–	2.69
1953	–	2.78
1952	–	2.66
1951	–	2.92
1950	–	2.83
1949	–	2.9

Estimate
Highly uncertain

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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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