Lesotho
Military spending per person in Lesotho
Military spending per person in Lesotho: $10 in 1988 and $17 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $17
- Since 1988
- +$7
- Rank, 2025
- 125 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $36 in 2010, the lowest $10 in 2002.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Lesotho |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $17 |
| 2024 | $16 |
| 2023 | $15 |
| 2022 | $15 |
| 2021 | $16 |
| 2020 | $17 |
| 2019 | $20 |
| 2018 | $24 |
| 2017 | $25 |
| 2016 | $20 |
| 2015 | $21 |
| 2014 | $23 |
| 2013 | $23 |
| 2012 | $26 |
| 2011 | $29 |
| 2010 | $36 |
| 2009 | $24 |
| 2008 | $14 |
| 2007 | $20 |
| 2006 | $18 |
| 2005 | $17 |
| 2004 | $16 |
| 2003 | $14 |
| 2002 | $10 |
| 2001 | $12 |
| 2000 | $15 |
| 1999 | $17 |
| 1998 | $14 |
| 1997 | $14 |
| 1996 | $14 |
| 1995 | $18 |
| 1994 | $14 |
| 1993 | $12 |
| 1992 | $13 |
| 1991 | $12 |
| 1990 | $13 |
| 1989 | $13 |
| 1988 | $10 |
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 spending1.63% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$37.3M in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2019