Thailand vs Türkiye

Thailand vs Türkiye: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.04% of GDP in Thailand and 1.91% of GDP in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 0.87 percentage points, or 1.84 times that in Thailand.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Thailand vs Türkiye: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 1.04% of GDP in Thailand and 1.91% of GDP in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 0.87 percentage points, or 1.84 times that in Thailand.
ThailandTürkiyeSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Türkiye has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Thailand.
  • In 2025, Thailand ranked 109 and Türkiye ranked 66 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearThailandTürkiye
20251.041.91
20241.051.84
20231.131.69
20221.241.63
20211.421.81
20201.462.16
20191.332.64
20181.332.49
20171.342.04
20161.332.05
20151.341.81
20141.381.87
20131.351.92
20121.392
20111.392.02
20101.522.26
20091.542.45
20081.252.17
20071.022.19
20060.952.33
20050.992.38
20041.132.66
20031.233.26
20021.333.76
20011.433.57
20001.493.64
19991.623.88
19981.863.18
19972.172.95
19962.153
19952.272.82
19942.54.05
19932.533.92
19922.663.87
19912.653.75
19902.593.53
19892.693.15
19882.932.93
19873.363.33
19863.83.64
19854.193.53
19844.063.6
19833.953.94
19824.124.3
19814.063.83
19804.243.9
19794.383.36
19783.924.19
19773.484.71
19763.134.94
19752.85.12
19742.663.19
19732.883.35
19723.473.45
19713.563.5
19703.073.26
19692.993.08
19682.763.28
19672.433.26
19662.173.14
19652.333.55
19642.433.42
19632.623.39
19622.633.71
19612.13.77
19602.473.53
19593.02–
19583.25–
19573.58–
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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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