Dominican Republic vs Venezuela: Military spending
Military spending: 0.8% of GDP in Dominican Republic in 2025 and 2.23% of GDP in Venezuela in 2017, by SIPRI estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 1.57 percentage points, or 3.35 times that in Dominican Republic.
Dominican RepublicVenezuela
Watch it change on the map% of GDP · SIPRI · log scale
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic | 0.8 2025 | 0.64 | 125 of 151 |
| Venezuela | 2.23 2017 | 1.89 | — |
What the numbers say
- Venezuela has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Dominican Republic.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Dominican Republic | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.8 | – |
| 2024 | 0.81 | – |
| 2023 | 0.79 | – |
| 2022 | 0.68 | – |
| 2021 | 0.64 | – |
| 2020 | 0.75 | – |
| 2019 | 0.69 | – |
| 2018 | 0.69 | – |
| 2017 | 0.67 | 2.23 |
| 2016 | 0.63 | 0.45 |
| 2015 | 0.64 | 0.94 |
| 2014 | 0.65 | 1.16 |
| 2013 | 0.61 | 1.67 |
| 2012 | 0.65 | 1.34 |
| 2011 | 0.6 | 1.13 |
| 2010 | 0.67 | 1.01 |
| 2009 | 0.67 | 1.23 |
| 2008 | 0.7 | 1.79 |
| 2007 | 0.63 | 1.89 |
| 2006 | 0.68 | 1.98 |
| 2005 | 0.77 | 1.83 |
| 2004 | 0.69 | 1.29 |
| 2003 | 0.76 | 1.18 |
| 2002 | 1.06 | 1.15 |
| 2001 | 1.21 | 1.56 |
| 2000 | 1.03 | 1.53 |
| 1999 | 0.82 | 1.44 |
| 1998 | 0.78 | 1.59 |
| 1997 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| 1996 | 0.63 | 1.04 |
| 1995 | 0.55 | 1.55 |
| 1994 | 0.73 | 1.59 |
| 1993 | 0.76 | 2.15 |
| 1992 | 0.56 | 1.64 |
| 1991 | 0.35 | 1.84 |
| 1990 | 0.68 | 1.52 |
| 1989 | 0.8 | 2.79 |
| 1988 | 0.88 | 1.82 |
| 1987 | 1.02 | 1.63 |
| 1986 | 1.34 | 1.65 |
| 1985 | 1.21 | 1.37 |
| 1984 | 1.2 | 2.29 |
| 1983 | 1.37 | 2.97 |
| 1982 | 1.58 | 2.25 |
| 1981 | 1.72 | 1.52 |
| 1980 | 1.58 | 1.7 |
| 1979 | 2.18 | 1.92 |
| 1978 | 2.18 | 2.11 |
| 1977 | 1.89 | 2.07 |
| 1976 | 1.93 | 1.89 |
| 1975 | 1.83 | 2.59 |
| 1974 | 1.97 | 2.31 |
| 1973 | 1.79 | 2.47 |
| 1972 | 1.99 | 2.83 |
| 1971 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| 1970 | 2.42 | 2.29 |
| 1969 | 2.65 | 2.5 |
| 1968 | 3.25 | 2.68 |
| 1967 | 3.19 | 2.86 |
| 1966 | 3.46 | 2.66 |
| 1965 | 4.21 | 2.64 |
| 1964 | 3.78 | 2.45 |
| 1963 | 3.87 | 2.55 |
| 1962 | 4.32 | 2.31 |
| 1961 | 5.23 | 1.42 |
| 1960 | 5.23 | 3.06 |
| 1959 | – | 2.96 |
| 1958 | 5.31 | 3.43 |
| 1957 | – | 3.22 |
| 1956 | – | 2.76 |
| 1955 | – | 2.58 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
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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