Jamaica
Military spending per person in Jamaica
Military spending per person in Jamaica: $13 in 1988 and $101 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $101
- Since 1988
- +$88
- Rank, 2025
- 77 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Jamaica |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $101 |
| 2024 | $97 |
| 2023 | $81 |
| 2022 | $78 |
| 2021 | $76 |
| 2020 | $83 |
| 2019 | $94 |
| 2018 | $74 |
| 2017 | $51 |
| 2016 | $48 |
| 2015 | $44 |
| 2014 | $44 |
| 2013 | $46 |
| 2012 | $50 |
| 2011 | $49 |
| 2010 | $42 |
| 2009 | $42 |
| 2008 | $48 |
| 2007 | $31 |
| 2006 | $27 |
| 2005 | $22 |
| 2004 | $20 |
| 2003 | $21 |
| 2002 | $22 |
| 2001 | $18 |
| 2000 | $17 |
| 1999 | $17 |
| 1998 | $19 |
| 1997 | $22 |
| 1996 | $17 |
| 1995 | $14 |
| 1994 | $14 |
| 1993 | $18 |
| 1992 | $20 |
| 1991 | $13 |
| 1990 | $16 |
| 1989 | $17 |
| 1988 | $13 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 spending1.37% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$280M in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel6,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports10 million TIV in 2024