North Korea
Military spending per person in North Korea
Military spending per person in North Korea: $34 in 2015 and $62 in 2018, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2018
- $62
- Since 2015
- +$28
US dollars per person · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | North Korea |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $62 |
| 2017 | $37 |
| 2016 | $36 |
| 2015 | $34 |
- Highly uncertain
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.
- 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.
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