Malaysia
Military spending in US dollars in Malaysia
Military spending in US dollars in Malaysia: $253M in 1957 and $4.55B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $4.55B
- Since 1957
- +$4.29B
- Rank, 2025
- 50 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $4.55B in 2015, the lowest $177M in 1961.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Malaysia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.55B |
| 2024 | $4.38B |
| 2023 | $3.98B |
| 2022 | $3.69B |
| 2021 | $3.59B |
| 2020 | $3.43B |
| 2019 | $3.23B |
| 2018 | $3.34B |
| 2017 | $3.66B |
| 2016 | $4.36B |
| 2015 | $4.55B |
| 2014 | $4.23B |
| 2013 | $4.2B |
| 2012 | $3.85B |
| 2011 | $4.04B |
| 2010 | $3.6B |
| 2009 | $4.12B |
| 2008 | $4.37B |
| 2007 | $4.27B |
| 2006 | $3.82B |
| 2005 | $3.91B |
| 2004 | $3.65B |
| 2003 | $3.78B |
| 2002 | $2.97B |
| 2001 | $2.61B |
| 2000 | $2.1B |
| 1999 | $2.31B |
| 1998 | $1.71B |
| 1997 | $2.33B |
| 1996 | $2.48B |
| 1995 | $2.57B |
| 1994 | $2.42B |
| 1993 | $2.23B |
| 1992 | $2.1B |
| 1991 | $2.12B |
| 1990 | $1.55B |
| 1989 | $1.45B |
| 1988 | $1.21B |
| 1987 | $1.86B |
| 1986 | $1.28B |
| 1985 | $1.49B |
| 1984 | $1.67B |
| 1983 | $1.81B |
| 1982 | $2.03B |
| 1981 | $2.13B |
| 1980 | $1.58B |
| 1979 | $1.27B |
| 1978 | $1.09B |
| 1977 | $1.28B |
| 1976 | $952M |
| 1975 | $922M |
| 1974 | $873M |
| 1973 | $777M |
| 1972 | $839M |
| 1971 | $851M |
| 1970 | $759M |
| 1969 | $557M |
| 1968 | $572M |
| 1967 | $552M |
| 1966 | $599M |
| 1965 | $482M |
| 1964 | $344M |
| 1963 | $246M |
| 1962 | $183M |
| 1961 | $177M |
| 1960 | $214M |
| 1959 | $232M |
| 1958 | $266M |
| 1957 | $253M |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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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- Military spending1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$138 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.4% of government spending 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