Italy
Military spending in US dollars in Italy
Military spending in US dollars in Italy: $6.34B in 1949 and $45.4B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $45.4B
- Since 1949
- +$39.1B
- Rank, 2025
- 12 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Italy |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $45.4B |
| 2024 | $37.9B |
| 2023 | $35.9B |
| 2022 | $37B |
| 2021 | $37B |
| 2020 | $35.3B |
| 2019 | $28.6B |
| 2018 | $30B |
| 2017 | $29B |
| 2016 | $28.9B |
| 2015 | $25.7B |
| 2014 | $26.8B |
| 2013 | $29.6B |
| 2012 | $30.8B |
| 2011 | $33.3B |
| 2010 | $34B |
| 2009 | $35B |
| 2008 | $36.2B |
| 2007 | $34.7B |
| 2006 | $35.8B |
| 2005 | $37B |
| 2004 | $38.4B |
| 2003 | $38.3B |
| 2002 | $38B |
| 2001 | $37B |
| 2000 | $37.6B |
| 1999 | $35.2B |
| 1998 | $33.9B |
| 1997 | $32.8B |
| 1996 | $31.3B |
| 1995 | $28.4B |
| 1994 | $31.1B |
| 1993 | $31.9B |
| 1992 | $31.7B |
| 1991 | $32.7B |
| 1990 | $32.2B |
| 1989 | $33.5B |
| 1988 | $33.2B |
| 1987 | $31.3B |
| 1986 | $28.7B |
| 1985 | $26.9B |
| 1984 | $27.2B |
| 1983 | $26.4B |
| 1982 | $25.9B |
| 1981 | $23.2B |
| 1980 | $22B |
| 1979 | $22.6B |
| 1978 | $21.2B |
| 1977 | $20.4B |
| 1976 | $19B |
| 1975 | $19.1B |
| 1974 | $20.5B |
| 1973 | $20.5B |
| 1972 | $20.6B |
| 1971 | $18.5B |
| 1970 | $16.5B |
| 1969 | $15.6B |
| 1968 | $15.8B |
| 1967 | $15.6B |
| 1966 | $15.9B |
| 1965 | $14.8B |
| 1964 | $14.3B |
| 1963 | $14B |
| 1962 | $12.5B |
| 1961 | $11.3B |
| 1960 | $11B |
| 1959 | $10.5B |
| 1958 | $10.2B |
| 1957 | $9.9B |
| 1956 | $9.59B |
| 1955 | $9.32B |
| 1954 | $9.46B |
| 1953 | $8.63B |
| 1952 | $9.49B |
| 1951 | $8.48B |
| 1950 | $7.49B |
| 1949 | $6.34B |
- 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 spending1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$813 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel338,000 people in 2020
- National power0.96% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports566 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1.92 billion TIV in 2025
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