Dominican Republic
Military spending in US dollars in Dominican Republic
Military spending in US dollars in Dominican Republic: $247M in 1958 and $1.04B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $1.04B
- Since 1958
- +$789M
- Rank, 2025
- 80 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $1.04B in 2025, the lowest $72.8M in 1991.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Dominican Republic |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.04B |
| 2024 | $1.01B |
| 2023 | $922M |
| 2022 | $773M |
| 2021 | $690M |
| 2020 | $712M |
| 2019 | $699M |
| 2018 | $665M |
| 2017 | $593M |
| 2016 | $535M |
| 2015 | $507M |
| 2014 | $472M |
| 2013 | $409M |
| 2012 | $417M |
| 2011 | $370M |
| 2010 | $389M |
| 2009 | $362M |
| 2008 | $368M |
| 2007 | $321M |
| 2006 | $321M |
| 2005 | $332M |
| 2004 | $268M |
| 2003 | $303M |
| 2002 | $407M |
| 2001 | $439M |
| 2000 | $374M |
| 1999 | $279M |
| 1998 | $257M |
| 1997 | $238M |
| 1996 | $177M |
| 1995 | $145M |
| 1994 | $189M |
| 1993 | $188M |
| 1992 | $131M |
| 1991 | $72.8M |
| 1990 | $101M |
| 1989 | $127M |
| 1988 | $152M |
| 1987 | $173M |
| 1986 | $206M |
| 1985 | $176M |
| 1984 | $187M |
| 1983 | $204M |
| 1982 | $215M |
| 1981 | $230M |
| 1980 | $208M |
| 1979 | $277M |
| 1978 | $260M |
| 1977 | $226M |
| 1976 | $224M |
| 1975 | $209M |
| 1974 | $209M |
| 1973 | $173M |
| 1972 | $187M |
| 1971 | $188M |
| 1970 | $191M |
| 1969 | $197M |
| 1968 | $208M |
| 1967 | $200M |
| 1966 | $210M |
| 1965 | $228M |
| 1964 | $236M |
| 1963 | $221M |
| 1962 | $234M |
| 1961 | $244M |
| 1960 | $247M |
| 1958 | $247M |
- 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 spending0.8% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$90 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel71,000 people in 2020
- National power0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.48% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports13 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports0 TIV in 2022