Malta
Military share of state spending in Malta
Military share of state spending in Malta: 1.5% of government spending in 2000 and 1.3% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 1.3% of government spending
- Since 2000
- −0.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 145 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 1.9% of government spending in 2005, the lowest 1% of government spending in 2024.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Malta |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 1.3 |
| 2019 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 1.4 |
| 2016 | 1.4 |
| 2015 | 1.2 |
| 2014 | 1.2 |
| 2013 | 1.3 |
| 2012 | 1.3 |
| 2011 | 1.4 |
| 2010 | 1.6 |
| 2009 | 1.7 |
| 2008 | 1.5 |
| 2007 | 1.5 |
| 2006 | 1.5 |
| 2005 | 1.9 |
| 2004 | 1.6 |
| 2003 | 1.4 |
| 2002 | 1.5 |
| 2001 | 1.5 |
| 2000 | 1.5 |
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 spending0.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$117M in 2025
- Military spending per person$230 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.73% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports45 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exports5 million TIV in 2015