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
What the numbers say
- The highest was $164 in 2013, the lowest $52 in 1988.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Malaysia |
|---|---|
| 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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- Military spending1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$4.55B 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