Argentina

Military share of state spending in Argentina

Military share of state spending in Argentina: 5.8% of government spending in 1995 and 1.8% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
1.8% of government spending
Since 1995
−4 percentage points
Rank, 2025
140 of 150
counting from the highest

% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in ArgentinaMilitary share of state spending in Argentina: 5.8% of government spending in 1995 and 1.8% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 5.8% of government spending in 1995, the lowest 1.7% of government spending in 2021.
Estimates, SIPRIHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 5.8% of government spending in 1995, the lowest 1.7% of government spending in 2021.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearArgentina
20251.8
20242.1
20232
20221.8
20211.7
20201.7
20191.8
20181.9
20172.1
20161.9
20152.1
20142.3
20132.2
20122.1
20112.2
20102.4
20092.6
20082.5
20072.7
20063
20053.5
20043.8
20034.3
20024.5
20014
20004.1
19994.3
19984.4
19974.5
19964.9
19955.8
  • Highly uncertain

Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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