El Salvador
Military spending in US dollars in El Salvador
Military spending in US dollars in El Salvador: $93.8M in 1953 and $489M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $489M
- Since 1953
- +$395M
- Rank, 2025
- 101 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $951M in 1984, the lowest $83.8M in 1960.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | El Salvador |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $489M |
| 2024 | $491M |
| 2023 | $459M |
| 2022 | $481M |
| 2021 | $396M |
| 2020 | $400M |
| 2019 | $368M |
| 2018 | $342M |
| 2017 | $306M |
| 2016 | $293M |
| 2015 | $295M |
| 2014 | $277M |
| 2013 | $284M |
| 2012 | $271M |
| 2011 | $271M |
| 2010 | $259M |
| 2009 | $248M |
| 2008 | $228M |
| 2007 | $233M |
| 2006 | $209M |
| 2005 | $204M |
| 2004 | $205M |
| 2003 | $212M |
| 2002 | $277M |
| 2001 | $262M |
| 2000 | $199M |
| 1999 | $212M |
| 1998 | $206M |
| 1997 | $214M |
| 1996 | $221M |
| 1995 | $244M |
| 1994 | $262M |
| 1993 | $308M |
| 1992 | $404M |
| 1991 | $466M |
| 1990 | $514M |
| 1989 | $605M |
| 1988 | $598M |
| 1987 | $708M |
| 1986 | $816M |
| 1985 | $825M |
| 1984 | $951M |
| 1983 | $560M |
| 1982 | $481M |
| 1981 | $446M |
| 1980 | $405M |
| 1979 | $419M |
| 1978 | $306M |
| 1977 | $283M |
| 1976 | $227M |
| 1975 | $186M |
| 1974 | $189M |
| 1973 | $206M |
| 1972 | $196M |
| 1971 | $152M |
| 1970 | $128M |
| 1969 | $138M |
| 1968 | $122M |
| 1967 | $128M |
| 1966 | $126M |
| 1965 | $123M |
| 1964 | $109M |
| 1963 | $118M |
| 1962 | $122M |
| 1961 | $87.2M |
| 1960 | $83.8M |
| 1959 | $85.4M |
| 1958 | $103M |
| 1957 | $110M |
| 1956 | $95.4M |
| 1953 | $93.8M |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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 spending1.34% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$77 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel42,000 people in 2020
- National power0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.62% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports3 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 1991