Malaysia
Military share of state spending in Malaysia
Military share of state spending in Malaysia: 7.8% of government spending in 1990 and 4.4% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 4.4% of government spending
- Since 1990
- −3.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 90 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 11.2% of government spending in 1994, the lowest 3.7% of government spending in 2022.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Malaysia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | 3.9 |
| 2022 | 3.7 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3.8 |
| 2018 | 4.2 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2016 | 6.1 |
| 2015 | 6.1 |
| 2014 | 5.5 |
| 2013 | 5.4 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2011 | 5.7 |
| 2010 | 5.6 |
| 2009 | 6.1 |
| 2008 | 6.8 |
| 2007 | 7.6 |
| 2006 | 7.5 |
| 2005 | 8.5 |
| 2004 | 8 |
| 2003 | 8.6 |
| 2002 | 7.5 |
| 2001 | 6.8 |
| 2000 | 5.9 |
| 1999 | 7.8 |
| 1998 | 6.4 |
| 1997 | 9.1 |
| 1996 | 9.8 |
| 1995 | 11.2 |
| 1994 | 11.2 |
| 1993 | 10.7 |
| 1992 | 9.7 |
| 1991 | 10.7 |
| 1990 | 7.8 |
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$4.55B in 2025
- Military spending per person$138 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel136,000 people in 2020
- National power0.46% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.81% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports7 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports20 million TIV in 2024