Cyprus
Military spending in US dollars in Cyprus
Military spending in US dollars in Cyprus: $90.9M in 1985 and $632M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $632M
- Since 1985
- +$541M
- Rank, 2025
- 90 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $1.05B in 1992, the lowest $90.9M in 1985.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Cyprus |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $632M |
| 2024 | $596M |
| 2023 | $570M |
| 2022 | $577M |
| 2021 | $566M |
| 2020 | $537M |
| 2019 | $521M |
| 2018 | $481M |
| 2017 | $408M |
| 2016 | $344M |
| 2015 | $375M |
| 2014 | $335M |
| 2013 | $355M |
| 2012 | $393M |
| 2011 | $431M |
| 2010 | $465M |
| 2009 | $448M |
| 2008 | $411M |
| 2007 | $409M |
| 2006 | $432M |
| 2005 | $439M |
| 2004 | $404M |
| 2003 | $389M |
| 2002 | $402M |
| 2001 | $587M |
| 2000 | $498M |
| 1999 | $466M |
| 1998 | $754M |
| 1997 | $844M |
| 1996 | $666M |
| 1995 | $444M |
| 1994 | $495M |
| 1993 | $471M |
| 1992 | $1.05B |
| 1991 | $765M |
| 1990 | $779M |
| 1989 | $524M |
| 1988 | $510M |
| 1987 | $445M |
| 1986 | $120M |
| 1985 | $90.9M |
- Estimate
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.
- 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 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$486 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel13,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.81% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports28 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports40 million TIV in 2023