Mongolia
Military spending in Mongolia
Military spending in Mongolia: 5.83% of GDP in 1987 and 0.88% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 0.88% of GDP
- Since 1987
- −4.95 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 119 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 6.34% of GDP in 1988, the lowest 0.51% of GDP in 2022.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Mongolia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.88 |
| 2024 | 0.76 |
| 2023 | 0.54 |
| 2022 | 0.51 |
| 2021 | 0.62 |
| 2020 | 0.71 |
| 2019 | 0.66 |
| 2018 | 0.67 |
| 2017 | 0.76 |
| 2016 | 0.86 |
| 2015 | 0.88 |
| 2014 | 0.86 |
| 2013 | 0.82 |
| 2012 | 0.92 |
| 2011 | 0.84 |
| 2010 | 0.76 |
| 2009 | 0.63 |
| 2008 | 0.82 |
| 2007 | 1.05 |
| 2006 | 0.96 |
| 2005 | 1.02 |
| 2004 | 1.38 |
| 2003 | 1.51 |
| 2002 | 1.8 |
| 2001 | 1.78 |
| 2000 | 2.02 |
| 1999 | 1.84 |
| 1998 | 1.91 |
| 1997 | 1.64 |
| 1996 | 1.78 |
| 1995 | 1.62 |
| 1994 | 1.65 |
| 1993 | 1.71 |
| 1992 | 1.91 |
| 1991 | 3.23 |
| 1990 | 4.28 |
| 1989 | 6.25 |
| 1988 | 6.34 |
| 1987 | 5.83 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 spending in US dollars$214M in 2025
- Military spending per person$63 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel18,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports3 million TIV in 2022