Military spending in Luxembourg

Military spending in Luxembourg: 1.34% of GDP in 1950 and 0.85% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025: 0.85% of GDP
Since 1950: −0.49 percentage points
Rank, 2025: 122 of 151; counting from the highest

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% of GDP · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

The highest was 3.26% of GDP in 1954, the lowest 0.24% of GDP in 2014.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

Year	Luxembourg
2025	0.85
2024	0.66
2023	0.68
2022	0.57
2021	0.41
2020	0.49
2019	0.46
2018	0.41
2017	0.33
2016	0.27
2015	0.27
2014	0.24
2013	0.3
2012	0.31
2011	0.32
2010	0.32
2009	0.34
2008	0.3
2007	0.56
2006	0.58
2005	0.65
2004	0.67
2003	0.67
2002	0.65
2001	0.75
2000	0.6
1999	0.64
1998	0.71
1997	0.69
1996	0.68
1995	0.68
1994	0.82
1993	0.78
1992	0.92
1991	0.9
1990	0.87
1989	0.87
1988	1.05
1987	1.01
1986	0.92
1985	0.96
1984	1.15
1983	1.21
1982	1.19
1981	1.21
1980	1.15
1979	1.02
1978	1.03
1977	1
1976	0.99
1975	0.96
1974	0.76
1973	0.78
1972	0.82
1971	0.79
1970	0.75
1969	0.82
1968	0.91
1967	1.1
1966	1.34
1965	1.35
1964	1.38
1963	1.18
1962	1.29
1961	1.11
1960	1
1959	1.76
1958	1.93
1957	1.95
1956	1.9
1955	3.23
1954	3.26
1953	2.89
1952	2.37
1951	1.56
1950	1.34

Estimate

Good to know

What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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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