Chile
Military spending in US dollars in Chile
Military spending in US dollars in Chile: $205M in 1953 and $5.15B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $5.15B
- Since 1953
- +$4.95B
- Rank, 2025
- 47 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $5.77B in 2020, the lowest $112M in 1954.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Chile |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.15B |
| 2024 | $5.51B |
| 2023 | $5.08B |
| 2022 | $4.84B |
| 2021 | $5.24B |
| 2020 | $5.77B |
| 2019 | $5.21B |
| 2018 | $5.22B |
| 2017 | $5.23B |
| 2016 | $4.99B |
| 2015 | $4.83B |
| 2014 | $4.84B |
| 2013 | $4.77B |
| 2012 | $4.71B |
| 2011 | $5.02B |
| 2010 | $4.71B |
| 2009 | $4.19B |
| 2008 | $4.66B |
| 2007 | $4.39B |
| 2006 | $4.46B |
| 2005 | $3.91B |
| 2004 | $3.8B |
| 2003 | $3.36B |
| 2002 | $2.96B |
| 2001 | $2.97B |
| 2000 | $2.91B |
| 1999 | $2.76B |
| 1998 | $2.67B |
| 1997 | $2.57B |
| 1996 | $2.41B |
| 1995 | $2.39B |
| 1994 | $2.19B |
| 1993 | $2.07B |
| 1992 | $1.9B |
| 1991 | $1.87B |
| 1990 | $1.98B |
| 1989 | $2.09B |
| 1988 | $2.27B |
| 1987 | $2.72B |
| 1986 | $2.74B |
| 1985 | $2.79B |
| 1984 | $2.87B |
| 1983 | $2.82B |
| 1982 | $3.34B |
| 1981 | $2.99B |
| 1980 | $2.79B |
| 1979 | $2.64B |
| 1978 | $2.36B |
| 1977 | $2.01B |
| 1976 | $1.52B |
| 1975 | $1.44B |
| 1974 | $1.88B |
| 1973 | $1.25B |
| 1972 | $1.22B |
| 1971 | $1.11B |
| 1970 | $735M |
| 1969 | $344M |
| 1968 | $347M |
| 1967 | $340M |
| 1966 | $312M |
| 1965 | $283M |
| 1964 | $238M |
| 1963 | $249M |
| 1962 | $250M |
| 1961 | $278M |
| 1960 | $236M |
| 1959 | $170M |
| 1958 | $223M |
| 1957 | $202M |
| 1956 | $201M |
| 1955 | $158M |
| 1954 | $112M |
| 1953 | $205M |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 spending1.52% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$269 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.7% of government spending 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