Argentina
Military spending in US dollars in Argentina
Military spending in US dollars in Argentina: $5.61B in 1949 and $3.73B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $3.73B
- Since 1949
- −$1.88B
- Rank, 2025
- 51 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $14.1B in 1979, the lowest $1.94B in 1959.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Argentina |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.73B |
| 2024 | $4.18B |
| 2023 | $5.06B |
| 2022 | $4.62B |
| 2021 | $4.11B |
| 2020 | $4.17B |
| 2019 | $4.48B |
| 2018 | $4.92B |
| 2017 | $5.53B |
| 2016 | $5.1B |
| 2015 | $5.24B |
| 2014 | $5.29B |
| 2013 | $5.12B |
| 2012 | $4.57B |
| 2011 | $4.62B |
| 2010 | $4.69B |
| 2009 | $4.74B |
| 2008 | $4.4B |
| 2007 | $4.43B |
| 2006 | $4.09B |
| 2005 | $3.97B |
| 2004 | $3.78B |
| 2003 | $3.67B |
| 2002 | $3.57B |
| 2001 | $4.18B |
| 2000 | $4.25B |
| 1999 | $4.46B |
| 1998 | $4.33B |
| 1997 | $4.29B |
| 1996 | $4.36B |
| 1995 | $4.92B |
| 1994 | $5.02B |
| 1993 | $4.69B |
| 1992 | $4.97B |
| 1991 | $5.25B |
| 1990 | $5.23B |
| 1989 | $7.7B |
| 1988 | $9.47B |
| 1987 | $9.48B |
| 1986 | $9.5B |
| 1985 | $9.54B |
| 1984 | $10.3B |
| 1983 | $13.2B |
| 1982 | $11.5B |
| 1981 | $13.4B |
| 1980 | $12.6B |
| 1979 | $14.1B |
| 1978 | $13.6B |
| 1977 | $12.7B |
| 1976 | $12B |
| 1975 | $6.64B |
| 1974 | $5.23B |
| 1973 | $5.14B |
| 1972 | $4.9B |
| 1971 | $4.77B |
| 1970 | $4.62B |
| 1969 | $4.81B |
| 1968 | $3.94B |
| 1967 | $3.26B |
| 1966 | $2.93B |
| 1965 | $2.83B |
| 1964 | $2.94B |
| 1963 | $3.49B |
| 1962 | $3.43B |
| 1961 | $3.54B |
| 1960 | $2.91B |
| 1959 | $1.94B |
| 1958 | $3.45B |
| 1957 | $6.4B |
| 1956 | $3.61B |
| 1955 | $3.85B |
| 1954 | $3.82B |
| 1953 | $4B |
| 1952 | $3.07B |
| 1951 | $3.02B |
| 1950 | $4.45B |
| 1949 | $5.61B |
- Highly uncertain
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.
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- Military spending0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$85 in 2025
- Military share of state spending1.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel103,000 people in 2020
- National power0.45% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.53% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports108 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2011