Chile
Military share of state spending in Chile
Military share of state spending in Chile: 14.9% of government spending in 1990 and 5.7% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 5.7% of government spending
- Since 1990
- −9.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 64 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 14.9% of government spending in 1990, the lowest 4.9% of government spending in 2021.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Chile |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5.8 |
| 2021 | 4.9 |
| 2020 | 7.1 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2018 | 7.3 |
| 2017 | 7.6 |
| 2016 | 7.6 |
| 2015 | 7.6 |
| 2014 | 8.2 |
| 2013 | 8.6 |
| 2012 | 8.9 |
| 2011 | 9.9 |
| 2010 | 9.6 |
| 2009 | 9.1 |
| 2008 | 11.9 |
| 2007 | 12.1 |
| 2006 | 13.4 |
| 2005 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 13 |
| 2003 | 12.2 |
| 2002 | 10.9 |
| 2001 | 11.4 |
| 2000 | 11.8 |
| 1999 | 11.4 |
| 1998 | 11.8 |
| 1997 | 12 |
| 1996 | 11.7 |
| 1995 | 12.7 |
| 1994 | 12.4 |
| 1993 | 12.3 |
| 1992 | 12.1 |
| 1991 | 12.8 |
| 1990 | 14.9 |
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.52% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$5.15B in 2025
- Military spending per person$269 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel114,000 people in 2020
- National power0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports14 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports8 million TIV in 2022