Kuwait
Military spending per person in Kuwait
Military spending per person in Kuwait: $814 in 1988 and $1,623 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $1,623
- Since 1988
- +$809
- Rank, 2025
- 8 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $11,640 in 1991, the lowest $814 in 1988.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Kuwait |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,623 |
| 2024 | $1,597 |
| 2023 | $1,618 |
| 2022 | $1,880 |
| 2021 | $2,081 |
| 2020 | $1,555 |
| 2019 | $1,668 |
| 2018 | $1,695 |
| 2017 | $1,657 |
| 2016 | $1,642 |
| 2015 | $1,532 |
| 2014 | $1,625 |
| 2013 | $1,662 |
| 2012 | $1,830 |
| 2011 | $1,786 |
| 2010 | $1,512 |
| 2009 | $1,546 |
| 2008 | $1,717 |
| 2007 | $1,689 |
| 2006 | $1,569 |
| 2005 | $1,610 |
| 2004 | $1,617 |
| 2003 | $1,501 |
| 2002 | $1,387 |
| 2001 | $1,355 |
| 2000 | $1,399 |
| 1999 | $1,221 |
| 1998 | $1,257 |
| 1997 | $1,395 |
| 1996 | $1,905 |
| 1995 | $2,222 |
| 1994 | $1,977 |
| 1993 | $1,777 |
| 1992 | $3,966 |
| 1991 | $11,640 |
| 1990 | $3,966 |
| 1989 | $955 |
| 1988 | $814 |
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 spending4.69% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$7.92B in 2025
- Military share of state spending10.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel25,000 people in 2020
- National power0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.03% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports311 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports95 million TIV in 1998