France vs Indonesia
France vs Indonesia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $64.5B in France and $15.3B in Indonesia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by $49.2B, or 4.21 times that in Indonesia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1974.
- In 2025, France ranked 9 and Indonesia ranked 25 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | France | Indonesia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $64.5B | $15.3B |
| 2024 | $63.6B | $12B |
| 2023 | $60.8B | $11.1B |
| 2022 | $60.2B | $10.1B |
| 2021 | $60.5B | $8.77B |
| 2020 | $58B | $9.68B |
| 2019 | $56.1B | $8.31B |
| 2018 | $54.7B | $7.92B |
| 2017 | $54.4B | $9.01B |
| 2016 | $53.5B | $7.82B |
| 2015 | $53.4B | $8.37B |
| 2014 | $52B | $7.2B |
| 2013 | $51.1B | $8.17B |
| 2012 | $51.4B | $6.08B |
| 2011 | $52.2B | $5.3B |
| 2010 | $53.8B | $4.62B |
| 2009 | $56.5B | $3.93B |
| 2008 | $52.6B | $3.75B |
| 2007 | $53B | $4.03B |
| 2006 | $53B | $3.36B |
| 2005 | $52.8B | $3.3B |
| 2004 | $53.9B | $3.8B |
| 2003 | $52.4B | $3.4B |
| 2002 | $50.9B | $2.53B |
| 2001 | $49.9B | $2.09B |
| 2000 | $50B | $2.36B |
| 1999 | $50.6B | $2.29B |
| 1998 | $50.2B | $3.01B |
| 1997 | $51.5B | $4.61B |
| 1996 | $51.4B | $3.51B |
| 1995 | $52.6B | $3.13B |
| 1994 | $55.4B | $2.98B |
| 1993 | $55.1B | $2.69B |
| 1992 | $55.7B | $2.81B |
| 1991 | $57.5B | $2.61B |
| 1990 | $57.1B | $2.56B |
| 1989 | $57.4B | $2.32B |
| 1988 | $56.7B | $2.26B |
| 1987 | $56.7B | $2.37B |
| 1986 | $55.1B | $2.6B |
| 1985 | $53.5B | $2.64B |
| 1984 | $53.6B | $2.66B |
| 1983 | $53.9B | $2.66B |
| 1982 | $52.9B | $2.89B |
| 1981 | $51.9B | $2.93B |
| 1980 | $50.7B | $2.6B |
| 1979 | $49.7B | $2.24B |
| 1978 | $48.6B | $1.94B |
| 1977 | $46B | $1.77B |
| 1976 | $43.6B | $1.71B |
| 1975 | $41.8B | $1.71B |
| 1974 | $40B | $1.34B |
| 1973 | $40.1B | – |
| 1972 | $38.7B | – |
| 1971 | $37.7B | – |
| 1970 | $37.2B | – |
| 1969 | $37B | – |
| 1968 | $38.7B | – |
| 1967 | $38.6B | – |
| 1966 | $36.7B | – |
| 1965 | $35.7B | – |
| 1964 | $35.2B | – |
| 1963 | $34.2B | – |
| 1962 | $34.8B | – |
| 1961 | $33.7B | – |
| 1960 | $32.4B | – |
| 1959 | $31.6B | – |
| 1958 | $30.9B | – |
| 1957 | $33.5B | – |
| 1956 | $31.3B | – |
| 1955 | $24.5B | – |
| 1954 | $26.3B | – |
| 1953 | $30.8B | – |
| 1952 | $27.7B | – |
| 1951 | $21.8B | – |
| 1950 | $16.3B | – |
| 1949 | $15.1B | – |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
France vs Indonesia
Health
- Life expectancyFrance: 83.3 years in 2023Indonesia: 71.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityFrance: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Indonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityFrance: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Indonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterFrance: 99.7% in 2022Indonesia: 30.3% in 2022
- DepressionFrance: 4.25% in 2017Indonesia: 2.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateFrance: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Indonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFrance: 66.4 million people in 2023Indonesia: 281 million people in 2023
- Population growthFrance: 0.17% a year in 2023Indonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFrance: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Indonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFrance: 78.8% in 2025Indonesia: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageFrance: 41.8 years in 2023Indonesia: 29.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFrance: 21.8% in 2023Indonesia: 7% in 2023
- Net migration rateFrance: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Indonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFrance: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Indonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personFrance: $1,021 in 2025Indonesia: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingFrance: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Indonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelFrance: 304,000 people in 2020Indonesia: 676,000 people in 2020
- National powerFrance: 1.09% of world capability in 2022Indonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFrance: 1% of the labour force in 2020Indonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsFrance: 236 million TIV in 2025Indonesia: 1.28 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsFrance: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025Indonesia: 17 million TIV in 2021