Brazil
Military spending in Brazil
Military spending in Brazil: 3.6% of GDP in 1953 and 1.05% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 1.05% of GDP
- Since 1953
- −2.54 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 107 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 4.4% of GDP in 1957, the lowest 0.96% of GDP in 2024.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Brazil |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.05 |
| 2024 | 0.96 |
| 2023 | 0.99 |
| 2022 | 1.05 |
| 2021 | 1.15 |
| 2020 | 1.33 |
| 2019 | 1.38 |
| 2018 | 1.47 |
| 2017 | 1.41 |
| 2016 | 1.35 |
| 2015 | 1.37 |
| 2014 | 1.33 |
| 2013 | 1.33 |
| 2012 | 1.38 |
| 2011 | 1.41 |
| 2010 | 1.54 |
| 2009 | 1.54 |
| 2008 | 1.44 |
| 2007 | 1.47 |
| 2006 | 1.48 |
| 2005 | 1.52 |
| 2004 | 1.46 |
| 2003 | 1.5 |
| 2002 | 1.9 |
| 2001 | 1.95 |
| 2000 | 1.73 |
| 1999 | 1.65 |
| 1998 | 1.66 |
| 1997 | 1.58 |
| 1996 | 1.66 |
| 1995 | 1.86 |
| 1994 | 2.02 |
| 1993 | 1.93 |
| 1992 | 1.52 |
| 1991 | 1.96 |
| 1990 | 2.36 |
| 1989 | 2.69 |
| 1988 | 2.12 |
| 1987 | 1.74 |
| 1986 | 1.22 |
| 1985 | 1.43 |
| 1984 | 1.2 |
| 1983 | 1.26 |
| 1982 | 1.3 |
| 1981 | 1.14 |
| 1980 | 1.14 |
| 1979 | 1.52 |
| 1978 | 1.6 |
| 1977 | 1.69 |
| 1976 | 2 |
| 1975 | 1.97 |
| 1974 | 1.94 |
| 1973 | 2.16 |
| 1972 | 2.44 |
| 1971 | 2.62 |
| 1970 | 2.89 |
| 1969 | 2.62 |
| 1968 | 2.65 |
| 1967 | 2.86 |
| 1966 | 3.02 |
| 1965 | 3.35 |
| 1964 | 2.01 |
| 1963 | 2.26 |
| 1962 | 2.4 |
| 1961 | 2.36 |
| 1960 | 2.68 |
| 1959 | 2.96 |
| 1958 | 4.07 |
| 1957 | 4.4 |
| 1953 | 3.6 |
- Estimate
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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- Military spending in US dollars$23.6B in 2025
- Military spending per person$113 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel762,000 people in 2020
- National power2.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.76% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports462 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports153 million TIV in 2025