Denmark
Military spending per person in Denmark
Military spending per person in Denmark: $452 in 1988 and $2,495 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $2,495
- Since 1988
- +$2,043
- Rank, 2025
- 5 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $2,495 in 2025, the lowest $426 in 1989.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Denmark |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,495 |
| 2024 | $1,616 |
| 2023 | $1,373 |
| 2022 | $931 |
| 2021 | $903 |
| 2020 | $839 |
| 2019 | $773 |
| 2018 | $789 |
| 2017 | $655 |
| 2016 | $630 |
| 2015 | $594 |
| 2014 | $721 |
| 2013 | $753 |
| 2012 | $792 |
| 2011 | $813 |
| 2010 | $814 |
| 2009 | $787 |
| 2008 | $874 |
| 2007 | $767 |
| 2006 | $718 |
| 2005 | $641 |
| 2004 | $663 |
| 2003 | $594 |
| 2002 | $502 |
| 2001 | $472 |
| 2000 | $449 |
| 1999 | $524 |
| 1998 | $538 |
| 1997 | $532 |
| 1996 | $588 |
| 1995 | $598 |
| 1994 | $523 |
| 1993 | $518 |
| 1992 | $550 |
| 1991 | $519 |
| 1990 | $516 |
| 1989 | $426 |
| 1988 | $452 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 in US dollars$14.1B 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