Nicaragua

Military spending in Nicaragua

Military spending in Nicaragua: 1.46% of GDP in 1968 and 0.56% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
0.56% of GDP
Since 1968
−0.9 percentage points
Rank, 2025
135 of 151
counting from the highest
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% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in NicaraguaMilitary spending in Nicaragua: 1.46% of GDP in 1968 and 0.56% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 4.34% of GDP in 1981, the lowest 0.5% of GDP in 2008.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 4.34% of GDP in 1981, the lowest 0.5% of GDP in 2008.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearNicaragua
20250.56
20240.55
20230.55
20220.54
20210.55
20200.63
20190.61
20180.63
20170.63
20160.64
20150.78
20140.69
20130.68
20120.67
20110.53
20100.51
20090.5
20080.5
20070.53
20060.55
20050.7
20040.73
20030.86
20020.87
20010.68
20000.78
19990.72
19980.74
19970.89
19960.95
19951.1
19941.19
19932.1
19922.63
19914
19814.34
19803.35
19793.11
19783.22
19772.47
19762.07
19751.75
19741.45
19731.42
19721.87
19711.51
19701.58
19691.38
19681.46

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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