France
Military spending in US dollars in France
Military spending in US dollars in France: $15.1B in 1949 and $64.5B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $64.5B
- Since 1949
- +$49.5B
- Rank, 2025
- 9 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | France |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $64.5B |
| 2024 | $63.6B |
| 2023 | $60.8B |
| 2022 | $60.2B |
| 2021 | $60.5B |
| 2020 | $58B |
| 2019 | $56.1B |
| 2018 | $54.7B |
| 2017 | $54.4B |
| 2016 | $53.5B |
| 2015 | $53.4B |
| 2014 | $52B |
| 2013 | $51.1B |
| 2012 | $51.4B |
| 2011 | $52.2B |
| 2010 | $53.8B |
| 2009 | $56.5B |
| 2008 | $52.6B |
| 2007 | $53B |
| 2006 | $53B |
| 2005 | $52.8B |
| 2004 | $53.9B |
| 2003 | $52.4B |
| 2002 | $50.9B |
| 2001 | $49.9B |
| 2000 | $50B |
| 1999 | $50.6B |
| 1998 | $50.2B |
| 1997 | $51.5B |
| 1996 | $51.4B |
| 1995 | $52.6B |
| 1994 | $55.4B |
| 1993 | $55.1B |
| 1992 | $55.7B |
| 1991 | $57.5B |
| 1990 | $57.1B |
| 1989 | $57.4B |
| 1988 | $56.7B |
| 1987 | $56.7B |
| 1986 | $55.1B |
| 1985 | $53.5B |
| 1984 | $53.6B |
| 1983 | $53.9B |
| 1982 | $52.9B |
| 1981 | $51.9B |
| 1980 | $50.7B |
| 1979 | $49.7B |
| 1978 | $48.6B |
| 1977 | $46B |
| 1976 | $43.6B |
| 1975 | $41.8B |
| 1974 | $40B |
| 1973 | $40.1B |
| 1972 | $38.7B |
| 1971 | $37.7B |
| 1970 | $37.2B |
| 1969 | $37B |
| 1968 | $38.7B |
| 1967 | $38.6B |
| 1966 | $36.7B |
| 1965 | $35.7B |
| 1964 | $35.2B |
| 1963 | $34.2B |
| 1962 | $34.8B |
| 1961 | $33.7B |
| 1960 | $32.4B |
| 1959 | $31.6B |
| 1958 | $30.9B |
| 1957 | $33.5B |
| 1956 | $31.3B |
| 1955 | $24.5B |
| 1954 | $26.3B |
| 1953 | $30.8B |
| 1952 | $27.7B |
| 1951 | $21.8B |
| 1950 | $16.3B |
| 1949 | $15.1B |
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 spending2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,021 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel304,000 people in 2020
- National power1.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports236 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports3.37 billion TIV in 2025
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