Laos
Military spending per person in Laos
Military spending per person in Laos: $23 in 1992 and $3 in 2013, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2013
- $3
- Since 1992
- −$19
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $24 in 1994, the lowest $2 in 2003.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Laos |
|---|---|
| 2013 | $3 |
| 2012 | $3 |
| 2011 | $3 |
| 2010 | $2 |
| 2009 | $2 |
| 2008 | $3 |
| 2007 | $2 |
| 2006 | $2 |
| 2005 | $2 |
| 2004 | $2 |
| 2003 | $2 |
| 2002 | $2 |
| 2001 | $2 |
| 2000 | $3 |
| 1999 | $3 |
| 1998 | $6 |
| 1997 | $13 |
| 1996 | $16 |
| 1995 | $21 |
| 1994 | $24 |
| 1993 | $23 |
| 1992 | $23 |
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.
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- Military spending0.19% of GDP in 2013
- Military spending in US dollars$21.8M in 2013
- Military share of state spending0.8% of government spending in 2013
- Armed forces personnel129,000 people in 2020
- National power0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers4.08% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports7 million TIV in 2024