Canada
Military spending in Canada
Military spending in Canada: 2.43% of GDP in 1950 and 1.63% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 1.63% of GDP
- Since 1950
- −0.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 78 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 7.37% of GDP in 1953, the lowest 1% of GDP in 2013.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Canada |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.63 |
| 2024 | 1.35 |
| 2023 | 1.32 |
| 2022 | 1.14 |
| 2021 | 1.22 |
| 2020 | 1.42 |
| 2019 | 1.22 |
| 2018 | 1.25 |
| 2017 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 1.14 |
| 2015 | 1.17 |
| 2014 | 1.09 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1.12 |
| 2011 | 1.19 |
| 2010 | 1.19 |
| 2009 | 1.38 |
| 2008 | 1.25 |
| 2007 | 1.19 |
| 2006 | 1.12 |
| 2005 | 1.11 |
| 2004 | 1.1 |
| 2003 | 1.11 |
| 2002 | 1.12 |
| 2001 | 1.13 |
| 2000 | 1.11 |
| 1999 | 1.24 |
| 1998 | 1.26 |
| 1997 | 1.25 |
| 1996 | 1.4 |
| 1995 | 1.55 |
| 1994 | 1.7 |
| 1993 | 1.82 |
| 1992 | 1.86 |
| 1991 | 1.9 |
| 1990 | 1.96 |
| 1989 | 1.94 |
| 1988 | 1.99 |
| 1987 | 2.06 |
| 1986 | 2.11 |
| 1985 | 2.1 |
| 1984 | 2.12 |
| 1983 | 2.08 |
| 1982 | 1.95 |
| 1981 | 1.71 |
| 1980 | 1.76 |
| 1979 | 1.71 |
| 1978 | 1.85 |
| 1977 | 1.81 |
| 1976 | 1.77 |
| 1975 | 1.86 |
| 1974 | 1.78 |
| 1973 | 1.83 |
| 1972 | 2.01 |
| 1971 | 2.13 |
| 1970 | 2.19 |
| 1969 | 2.27 |
| 1968 | 2.54 |
| 1967 | 2.75 |
| 1966 | 2.68 |
| 1965 | 2.93 |
| 1964 | 3.4 |
| 1963 | 3.62 |
| 1962 | 4 |
| 1961 | 4.13 |
| 1960 | 4.19 |
| 1959 | 4.4 |
| 1958 | 4.94 |
| 1957 | 5.35 |
| 1956 | 5.69 |
| 1955 | 6.18 |
| 1954 | 6.86 |
| 1953 | 7.37 |
| 1952 | 6.8 |
| 1951 | 4.66 |
| 1950 | 2.43 |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending in US dollars$37.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$939 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel72,000 people in 2020
- National power0.81% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports83 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports312 million TIV in 2025