Nepal
Military spending in US dollars in Nepal
Military spending in US dollars in Nepal: $22.5M in 1970 and $429M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $429M
- Since 1970
- +$406M
- Rank, 2025
- 104 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $496M in 2017, the lowest $22.5M in 1970.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Nepal |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $429M |
| 2024 | $436M |
| 2023 | $471M |
| 2022 | $479M |
| 2021 | $478M |
| 2020 | $484M |
| 2019 | $471M |
| 2018 | $486M |
| 2017 | $496M |
| 2016 | $431M |
| 2015 | $406M |
| 2014 | $422M |
| 2013 | $374M |
| 2012 | $341M |
| 2011 | $359M |
| 2010 | $348M |
| 2009 | $331M |
| 2008 | $295M |
| 2007 | $280M |
| 2006 | $291M |
| 2005 | $309M |
| 2004 | $280M |
| 2003 | $234M |
| 2002 | $210M |
| 2001 | $158M |
| 2000 | $122M |
| 1999 | $111M |
| 1998 | $103M |
| 1997 | $101M |
| 1996 | $95.5M |
| 1995 | $96M |
| 1994 | $97.1M |
| 1993 | $97.7M |
| 1992 | $93.7M |
| 1991 | $90.2M |
| 1990 | $88M |
| 1989 | $84.4M |
| 1988 | $77.5M |
| 1987 | $75.1M |
| 1986 | $74M |
| 1985 | $74.4M |
| 1984 | $69.4M |
| 1983 | $62.8M |
| 1982 | $56.3M |
| 1981 | $50.5M |
| 1980 | $49.9M |
| 1979 | $49.3M |
| 1978 | $44.3M |
| 1977 | $43.6M |
| 1976 | $43.1M |
| 1975 | $32.6M |
| 1974 | $27M |
| 1973 | $27.2M |
| 1972 | $26.6M |
| 1971 | $26.1M |
| 1970 | $22.5M |
- Estimate
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.
- 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 spending0.97% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$14 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel112,000 people in 2020
- National power0.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports6 million TIV in 2025