Brunei
Military spending per person in Brunei
Military spending per person in Brunei: $752 in 1988 and $1,216 in 2024, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- $1,216
- Since 1988
- +$464
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $1,275 in 2014, the lowest $570 in 2004.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Brunei |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,216 |
| 2023 | $983 |
| 2022 | $961 |
| 2021 | $1,008 |
| 2020 | $981 |
| 2019 | $942 |
| 2018 | $822 |
| 2017 | $806 |
| 2016 | $949 |
| 2015 | $1,011 |
| 2014 | $1,275 |
| 2013 | $1,009 |
| 2012 | $1,021 |
| 2011 | $1,049 |
| 2010 | $1,005 |
| 2009 | $917 |
| 2008 | $967 |
| 2007 | $879 |
| 2006 | $811 |
| 2005 | $698 |
| 2004 | $570 |
| 2003 | $709 |
| 2002 | $672 |
| 2001 | $660 |
| 2000 | $756 |
| 1999 | $818 |
| 1998 | $952 |
| 1997 | $1,223 |
| 1996 | $1,114 |
| 1995 | $993 |
| 1994 | $934 |
| 1993 | $856 |
| 1992 | $945 |
| 1991 | $948 |
| 1990 | $919 |
| 1989 | $761 |
| 1988 | $752 |
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.
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- Military spending3.65% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollars$560M in 2024
- Military share of state spending12.2% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnel8,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers3.57% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports28 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports12 million TIV in 2016