Papua New Guinea vs Thailand
Papua New Guinea vs Thailand: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 0.35% of GDP in Papua New Guinea and 1.04% of GDP in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Thailand, by 0.69 percentage points, or 2.96 times that in Papua New Guinea.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Thailand has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1975.
- In 2025, Papua New Guinea ranked 145 and Thailand ranked 109 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Papua New Guinea | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.35 | 1.04 |
| 2024 | 0.31 | 1.05 |
| 2023 | 0.35 | 1.13 |
| 2022 | 0.42 | 1.24 |
| 2021 | 0.33 | 1.42 |
| 2020 | 0.39 | 1.46 |
| 2019 | 0.36 | 1.33 |
| 2018 | 0.33 | 1.33 |
| 2017 | 0.36 | 1.34 |
| 2016 | 0.38 | 1.33 |
| 2015 | 0.46 | 1.34 |
| 2014 | 0.48 | 1.38 |
| 2013 | 0.49 | 1.35 |
| 2012 | 0.52 | 1.39 |
| 2011 | 0.36 | 1.39 |
| 2010 | 0.33 | 1.52 |
| 2009 | 0.45 | 1.54 |
| 2008 | 0.34 | 1.25 |
| 2007 | 0.41 | 1.02 |
| 2006 | 0.38 | 0.95 |
| 2005 | 0.42 | 0.99 |
| 2004 | 0.39 | 1.13 |
| 2003 | 0.35 | 1.23 |
| 2002 | 0.37 | 1.33 |
| 2001 | 0.55 | 1.43 |
| 2000 | 0.64 | 1.49 |
| 1999 | 0.69 | 1.62 |
| 1998 | 0.88 | 1.86 |
| 1997 | 1.08 | 2.17 |
| 1996 | 1.02 | 2.15 |
| 1995 | 0.78 | 2.27 |
| 1994 | 1.01 | 2.5 |
| 1993 | 0.92 | 2.53 |
| 1992 | 0.89 | 2.66 |
| 1991 | 0.92 | 2.65 |
| 1990 | 1.42 | 2.59 |
| 1989 | 1.5 | 2.69 |
| 1988 | 1.27 | 2.93 |
| 1987 | 1.61 | 3.36 |
| 1986 | 1.57 | 3.8 |
| 1985 | 1.56 | 4.19 |
| 1984 | – | 4.06 |
| 1983 | – | 3.95 |
| 1982 | – | 4.12 |
| 1981 | 1.41 | 4.06 |
| 1980 | 1.4 | 4.24 |
| 1979 | 1.21 | 4.38 |
| 1978 | 1.27 | 3.92 |
| 1977 | 1.25 | 3.48 |
| 1976 | 1.63 | 3.13 |
| 1975 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| 1974 | – | 2.66 |
| 1973 | – | 2.88 |
| 1972 | – | 3.47 |
| 1971 | – | 3.56 |
| 1970 | – | 3.07 |
| 1969 | – | 2.99 |
| 1968 | – | 2.76 |
| 1967 | – | 2.43 |
| 1966 | – | 2.17 |
| 1965 | – | 2.33 |
| 1964 | – | 2.43 |
| 1963 | – | 2.62 |
| 1962 | – | 2.63 |
| 1961 | – | 2.1 |
| 1960 | – | 2.47 |
| 1959 | – | 3.02 |
| 1958 | – | 3.25 |
| 1957 | – | 3.58 |
- Estimate
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Papua New Guinea vs Thailand
Health
- Life expectancyPapua New Guinea: 66.1 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPapua New Guinea: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPapua New Guinea: 32.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionPapua New Guinea: 3.17% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide ratePapua New Guinea: 23.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPapua New Guinea: 10.4 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthPapua New Guinea: 1.8% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePapua New Guinea: 3.1 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPapua New Guinea: 15.8% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median agePapua New Guinea: 22.3 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPapua New Guinea: 3.3% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration ratePapua New Guinea: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personPapua New Guinea: $2,665 in 2025Thailand: $6,783 in 2025
- GDP growthPapua New Guinea: 3.9% a year in 2024Thailand: 2.4% a year in 2025
- InflationPapua New Guinea: 4.4% a year in 2025Thailand: -0.1% a year in 2025
- Government debtPapua New Guinea: 51.6% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 62.9% of GDP in 2024
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsPapua New Guinea: $110M in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personPapua New Guinea: $10 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPapua New Guinea: 1.6% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPapua New Guinea: 4,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerPapua New Guinea: 0.03% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPapua New Guinea: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPapua New Guinea: 9 million TIV in 2023Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025