New Zealand

Military spending in US dollars in New Zealand

Military spending in US dollars in New Zealand: $1.23B in 1956 and $2.89B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$2.89B
Since 1956
+$1.67B
Rank, 2025
54 of 151
counting from the highest
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US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

Military spending in US dollars in New ZealandMilitary spending in US dollars in New Zealand: $1.23B in 1956 and $2.89B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $3.18B in 2020, the lowest $1.13B in 1962.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $3.18B in 2020, the lowest $1.13B in 1962.

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearNew Zealand
2025$2.89B
2024$3B
2023$3.08B
2022$2.94B
2021$2.9B
2020$3.18B
2019$3.09B
2018$2.54B
2017$2.32B
2016$2.17B
2015$1.97B
2014$1.91B
2013$1.91B
2012$1.96B
2011$2.01B
2010$2.08B
2009$2.04B
2008$1.95B
2007$2.01B
2006$1.99B
2005$1.8B
2004$1.82B
2003$1.94B
2002$1.97B
2001$2.04B
2000$2.09B
1999$2.08B
1998$2.06B
1997$2.05B
1996$2.1B
1995$2.08B
1994$2.04B
1993$2.01B
1992$2.06B
1991$2.2B
1990$2.34B
1989$2.24B
1988$2.17B
1987$2.47B
1986$2.41B
1985$2.21B
1984$2.22B
1983$2.14B
1982$2.2B
1981$2.4B
1980$2.52B
1979$1.82B
1978$1.81B
1977$1.71B
1976$1.69B
1975$1.76B
1974$1.73B
1973$1.67B
1972$1.72B
1971$1.7B
1970$1.81B
1969$1.65B
1968$1.59B
1967$1.51B
1966$1.55B
1965$1.37B
1964$1.37B
1963$1.15B
1962$1.13B
1961$1.16B
1960$1.23B
1959$1.2B
1958$1.17B
1957$1.18B
1956$1.23B
  • 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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