Malta
Military spending per person in Malta
Military spending per person in Malta: $62 in 1988 and $230 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $230
- Since 1988
- +$167
- Rank, 2025
- 57 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $230 in 2025, the lowest $58 in 1990.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Malta |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $230 |
| 2024 | $175 |
| 2023 | $161 |
| 2022 | $151 |
| 2021 | $169 |
| 2020 | $168 |
| 2019 | $163 |
| 2018 | $141 |
| 2017 | $140 |
| 2016 | $133 |
| 2015 | $118 |
| 2014 | $132 |
| 2013 | $126 |
| 2012 | $117 |
| 2011 | $132 |
| 2010 | $139 |
| 2009 | $141 |
| 2008 | $134 |
| 2007 | $118 |
| 2006 | $107 |
| 2005 | $127 |
| 2004 | $99 |
| 2003 | $84 |
| 2002 | $70 |
| 2001 | $68 |
| 2000 | $64 |
| 1999 | $71 |
| 1998 | $74 |
| 1997 | $80 |
| 1996 | $86 |
| 1995 | $81 |
| 1994 | $73 |
| 1993 | $65 |
| 1992 | $72 |
| 1991 | $59 |
| 1990 | $58 |
| 1989 | $59 |
| 1988 | $62 |
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 spending0.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$117M 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