Cyprus

Military share of state spending in Cyprus

Military share of state spending in Cyprus: 9.9% of government spending in 1995 and 4% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
4% of government spending
Since 1995
−5.9 percentage points
Rank, 2025
104 of 150
counting from the highest

% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in CyprusMilitary share of state spending in Cyprus: 9.9% of government spending in 1995 and 4% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 16.4% of government spending in 1997, the lowest 3.8% of government spending in 2016.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 16.4% of government spending in 1997, the lowest 3.8% of government spending in 2016.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearCyprus
20254
20244.1
20233.9
20224.5
20214.2
20204.3
20194.7
20184.1
20174.3
20163.8
20154.2
20143.8
20133.8
20124
20114.1
20104.4
20094.3
20084.3
20074.5
20064.9
20055.1
20045.1
20034.9
20025.7
20018.8
20008.1
19998.1
199813.7
199716.4
199613.8
19959.9
  • Estimate

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.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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