Canada
Military spending per person in Canada
Military spending per person in Canada: $370 in 1988 and $939 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $939
- Since 1988
- +$568
- Rank, 2025
- 23 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $939 in 2025, the lowest $257 in 1998.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Canada |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $939 |
| 2024 | $774 |
| 2023 | $739 |
| 2022 | $651 |
| 2021 | $644 |
| 2020 | $617 |
| 2019 | $567 |
| 2018 | $583 |
| 2017 | $584 |
| 2016 | $483 |
| 2015 | $509 |
| 2014 | $555 |
| 2013 | $527 |
| 2012 | $589 |
| 2011 | $622 |
| 2010 | $568 |
| 2009 | $563 |
| 2008 | $582 |
| 2007 | $529 |
| 2006 | $454 |
| 2005 | $402 |
| 2004 | $355 |
| 2003 | $314 |
| 2002 | $271 |
| 2001 | $270 |
| 2000 | $270 |
| 1999 | $270 |
| 1998 | $257 |
| 1997 | $266 |
| 1996 | $291 |
| 1995 | $313 |
| 1994 | $330 |
| 1993 | $358 |
| 1992 | $381 |
| 1991 | $405 |
| 1990 | $414 |
| 1989 | $396 |
| 1988 | $370 |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.63% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$37.5B 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