Malaysia

Military spending per person in Malaysia

Military spending per person in Malaysia: $52 in 1988 and $138 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$138
Since 1988
+$86
Rank, 2025
71 of 151
counting from the highest

US dollars per person · SIPRI

Military spending per person in MalaysiaMilitary spending per person in Malaysia: $52 in 1988 and $138 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $164 in 2013, the lowest $52 in 1988.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $164 in 2013, the lowest $52 in 1988.

Every year

US dollars per person · SIPRI

YearMalaysia
2025$138
2024$124
2023$112
2022$107
2021$108
2020$100
2019$98
2018$106
2017$109
2016$132
2015$146
2014$162
2013$164
2012$153
2011$162
2010$136
2009$142
2008$162
2007$149
2006$125
2005$122
2004$113
2003$118
2002$94
2001$83
2000$68
1999$75
1998$54
1997$99
1996$118
1995$122
1994$108
1993$101
1992$95
1991$87
1990$64
1989$60
1988$52

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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