Australia

Military spending per person in Australia

Military spending per person in Australia: $355 in 1988 and $1,316 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$1,316
Since 1988
+$961
Rank, 2025
14 of 151
counting from the highest

US dollars per person · SIPRI

Military spending per person in AustraliaMilitary spending per person in Australia: $355 in 1988 and $1,316 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025, Australia ranked 14 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

Every year

US dollars per person · SIPRI

YearAustralia
2025$1,316
2024$1,288
2023$1,231
2022$1,244
2021$1,267
2020$1,064
2019$1,030
2018$1,077
2017$1,129
2016$1,093
2015$1,012
2014$1,101
2013$1,077
2012$1,157
2011$1,192
2010$1,056
2009$878
2008$881
2007$828
2006$697
2005$657
2004$602
2003$504
2002$408
2001$366
2000$383
1999$413
1998$382
1997$431
1996$451
1995$426
1994$419
1993$382
1992$394
1991$407
1990$394
1989$377
1988$355
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
  • 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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