Nicaragua

Military spending in US dollars in Nicaragua

Military spending in US dollars in Nicaragua: $93,740 in 1972 and $115M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$115M
Since 1972
+$115M
Rank, 2025
129 of 151
counting from the highest
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US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

Military spending in US dollars in NicaraguaMilitary spending in US dollars in Nicaragua: $93,740 in 1972 and $115M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $121M in 1990, the lowest $70,860 in 1973.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $121M in 1990, the lowest $70,860 in 1973.

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearNicaragua
2025$115M
2024$109M
2023$103M
2022$93.5M
2021$92.7M
2020$98M
2019$94M
2018$101M
2017$107M
2016$104M
2015$119M
2014$97.2M
2013$89.9M
2012$86.3M
2011$64.7M
2010$57.3M
2009$54.2M
2008$54.7M
2007$57.8M
2006$57.8M
2005$55M
2004$54.8M
2003$61M
2002$59.8M
2001$47.1M
2000$51.8M
1999$45.1M
1998$43.9M
1997$51M
1996$51.8M
1995$57.6M
1994$57.5M
1993$56.6M
1992$67.1M
1991$100M
1990$121M
1981$192,500
1980$156,800
1979$137,700
1978$206,900
1977$172,900
1976$136,300
1975$102,400
1974$90,380
1973$70,860
1972$93,740

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.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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