Nicaragua
Military spending per person in Nicaragua
Military spending per person in Nicaragua: $278 in 1990 and $17 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $17
- Since 1990
- −$261
- Rank, 2025
- 126 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $278 in 1990, the lowest $5 in 1998.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Nicaragua |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $17 |
| 2024 | $16 |
| 2023 | $15 |
| 2022 | $13 |
| 2021 | $12 |
| 2020 | $12 |
| 2019 | $12 |
| 2018 | $13 |
| 2017 | $14 |
| 2016 | $14 |
| 2015 | $16 |
| 2014 | $14 |
| 2013 | $13 |
| 2012 | $12 |
| 2011 | $9 |
| 2010 | $8 |
| 2009 | $7 |
| 2008 | $8 |
| 2007 | $7 |
| 2006 | $7 |
| 2005 | $6 |
| 2004 | $6 |
| 2003 | $7 |
| 2002 | $7 |
| 2001 | $6 |
| 2000 | $6 |
| 1999 | $5 |
| 1998 | $5 |
| 1997 | $6 |
| 1996 | $7 |
| 1995 | $8 |
| 1994 | $8 |
| 1993 | $9 |
| 1992 | $11 |
| 1991 | $16 |
| 1990 | $278 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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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Nicaragua in numbers
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- Military spending0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$115M in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel12,000 people in 2020
- National power0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports13 million TIV in 2019
- Arms exports18 million TIV in 1993