Ecuador
Military spending in US dollars in Ecuador
Military spending in US dollars in Ecuador: $819M in 1953 and $2.71B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $2.71B
- Since 1953
- +$1.89B
- Rank, 2025
- 57 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $9.13B in 1995, the lowest $774M in 2000.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Ecuador |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.71B |
| 2024 | $2.88B |
| 2023 | $2.73B |
| 2022 | $2.69B |
| 2021 | $2.59B |
| 2020 | $2.53B |
| 2019 | $2.51B |
| 2018 | $2.74B |
| 2017 | $2.64B |
| 2016 | $2.71B |
| 2015 | $2.85B |
| 2014 | $3.17B |
| 2013 | $3.23B |
| 2012 | $3.14B |
| 2011 | $3.13B |
| 2010 | $2.79B |
| 2009 | $2.69B |
| 2008 | $2.39B |
| 2007 | $2.06B |
| 2006 | $1.53B |
| 2005 | $1.58B |
| 2004 | $1.2B |
| 2003 | $1.29B |
| 2002 | $949M |
| 2001 | $812M |
| 2000 | $774M |
| 1999 | $1.69B |
| 1998 | $4.77B |
| 1997 | $5.9B |
| 1996 | $6.48B |
| 1995 | $9.13B |
| 1994 | $5.89B |
| 1993 | $6.22B |
| 1992 | $5.51B |
| 1991 | $5.75B |
| 1990 | $6.06B |
| 1989 | $5.78B |
| 1988 | $6.09B |
| 1987 | $5.7B |
| 1986 | $5.31B |
| 1985 | $5.08B |
| 1984 | $3.97B |
| 1983 | $3.81B |
| 1982 | $4.41B |
| 1981 | $4.36B |
| 1980 | $4.53B |
| 1979 | $4.56B |
| 1978 | $4.43B |
| 1977 | $6.19B |
| 1976 | $3.99B |
| 1975 | $3.85B |
| 1974 | $3.26B |
| 1973 | $2.64B |
| 1972 | $2.26B |
| 1971 | $1.95B |
| 1970 | $2.18B |
| 1969 | $2.13B |
| 1968 | $1.68B |
| 1967 | $1.51B |
| 1966 | $1.42B |
| 1965 | $1.53B |
| 1964 | $1.37B |
| 1963 | $1.18B |
| 1962 | $1.34B |
| 1961 | $1.4B |
| 1960 | $1.46B |
| 1959 | $1.09B |
| 1958 | $1.24B |
| 1957 | $1.29B |
| 1953 | $819M |
- 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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Ecuador in numbers
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- Military spending2.1% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$150 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel42,000 people in 2020
- National power0.15% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports30 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 2018