Montenegro
Military spending in Montenegro
Military spending in Montenegro: 2.69% of GDP in 2005 and 1.89% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 1.89% of GDP
- Since 2005
- −0.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 67 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 2.69% of GDP in 2005, the lowest 1.35% of GDP in 2019.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Montenegro |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.89 |
| 2024 | 1.81 |
| 2023 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 1.57 |
| 2021 | 1.57 |
| 2020 | 1.76 |
| 2019 | 1.35 |
| 2018 | 1.39 |
| 2017 | 1.38 |
| 2016 | 1.42 |
| 2015 | 1.42 |
| 2014 | 1.48 |
| 2013 | 1.47 |
| 2012 | 1.66 |
| 2011 | 1.76 |
| 2010 | 1.82 |
| 2009 | 1.84 |
| 2008 | 1.87 |
| 2007 | 1.74 |
| 2006 | 2.29 |
| 2005 | 2.69 |
- Estimate
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.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Military
- Military spending in US dollars$163M in 2025
- Military spending per person$277 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel12,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers4.66% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2022
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