Malta
Military spending in US dollars in Malta
Military spending in US dollars in Malta: $36.5M in 1985 and $117M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $117M
- Since 1985
- +$80.3M
- Rank, 2025
- 128 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Malta |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $117M |
| 2024 | $93.6M |
| 2023 | $86.8M |
| 2022 | $87.3M |
| 2021 | $91.3M |
| 2020 | $94.3M |
| 2019 | $89.9M |
| 2018 | $72.2M |
| 2017 | $73.8M |
| 2016 | $70.5M |
| 2015 | $61.4M |
| 2014 | $56.6M |
| 2013 | $54M |
| 2012 | $52.4M |
| 2011 | $55.6M |
| 2010 | $63.1M |
| 2009 | $61.4M |
| 2008 | $56.4M |
| 2007 | $55M |
| 2006 | $54.9M |
| 2005 | $67.6M |
| 2004 | $53.6M |
| 2003 | $50.8M |
| 2002 | $49.2M |
| 2001 | $49.8M |
| 2000 | $46.7M |
| 1999 | $48M |
| 1998 | $49.6M |
| 1997 | $54.1M |
| 1996 | $55.7M |
| 1995 | $52.1M |
| 1994 | $52.1M |
| 1993 | $48.5M |
| 1992 | $45.6M |
| 1991 | $38.3M |
| 1990 | $37.6M |
| 1989 | $42.7M |
| 1988 | $43M |
| 1987 | $46.9M |
| 1986 | $38.2M |
| 1985 | $36.5M |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$230 in 2025
- Military share of state spending1.3% of government spending 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