Denmark
Military spending in US dollars in Denmark
Military spending in US dollars in Denmark: $1.18B in 1949 and $14.1B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $14.1B
- Since 1949
- +$12.9B
- Rank, 2025
- 27 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $14.1B in 2025, the lowest $1.11B in 1950.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Denmark |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $14.1B |
| 2024 | $9.64B |
| 2023 | $8.25B |
| 2022 | $5.89B |
| 2021 | $5.43B |
| 2020 | $5.33B |
| 2019 | $5.01B |
| 2018 | $4.86B |
| 2017 | $4.25B |
| 2016 | $4.16B |
| 2015 | $3.9B |
| 2014 | $3.94B |
| 2013 | $4.13B |
| 2012 | $4.5B |
| 2011 | $4.36B |
| 2010 | $4.68B |
| 2009 | $4.4B |
| 2008 | $4.67B |
| 2007 | $4.5B |
| 2006 | $4.67B |
| 2005 | $4.27B |
| 2004 | $4.48B |
| 2003 | $4.46B |
| 2002 | $4.59B |
| 2001 | $4.65B |
| 2000 | $4.37B |
| 1999 | $4.52B |
| 1998 | $4.55B |
| 1997 | $4.5B |
| 1996 | $4.44B |
| 1995 | $4.43B |
| 1994 | $4.48B |
| 1993 | $4.59B |
| 1992 | $4.58B |
| 1991 | $4.67B |
| 1990 | $4.58B |
| 1989 | $4.58B |
| 1988 | $4.7B |
| 1987 | $4.6B |
| 1986 | $4.36B |
| 1985 | $4.52B |
| 1984 | $4.63B |
| 1983 | $4.74B |
| 1982 | $4.7B |
| 1981 | $4.57B |
| 1980 | $4.52B |
| 1979 | $4.48B |
| 1978 | $4.46B |
| 1977 | $4.29B |
| 1976 | $4.27B |
| 1975 | $4.36B |
| 1974 | $3.98B |
| 1973 | $3.62B |
| 1972 | $3.81B |
| 1971 | $3.83B |
| 1970 | $3.76B |
| 1969 | $3.57B |
| 1968 | $3.62B |
| 1967 | $3.39B |
| 1966 | $3.4B |
| 1965 | $3.45B |
| 1964 | $3.25B |
| 1963 | $3.14B |
| 1962 | $3.13B |
| 1961 | $2.56B |
| 1960 | $2.49B |
| 1959 | $2.24B |
| 1958 | $2.28B |
| 1957 | $2.35B |
| 1956 | $2.24B |
| 1955 | $2.33B |
| 1954 | $2.36B |
| 1953 | $2.37B |
| 1952 | $1.82B |
| 1951 | $1.33B |
| 1950 | $1.11B |
| 1949 | $1.18B |
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 spending3.25% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$2,495 in 2025
- Military share of state spending6.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel15,000 people in 2020
- National power0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.49% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports278 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports165 million TIV in 2025