North Macedonia
Military spending in US dollars in North Macedonia
Military spending in US dollars in North Macedonia: $189M in 1996 and $346M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $346M
- Since 1996
- +$158M
- Rank, 2025
- 108 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $493M in 2001, the lowest $135M in 1999.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | North Macedonia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $346M |
| 2024 | $300M |
| 2023 | $291M |
| 2022 | $242M |
| 2021 | $232M |
| 2020 | $186M |
| 2019 | $197M |
| 2018 | $146M |
| 2017 | $135M |
| 2016 | $139M |
| 2015 | $136M |
| 2014 | $141M |
| 2013 | $143M |
| 2012 | $143M |
| 2011 | $152M |
| 2010 | $163M |
| 2009 | $191M |
| 2008 | $196M |
| 2007 | $214M |
| 2006 | $185M |
| 2005 | $194M |
| 2004 | $208M |
| 2003 | $195M |
| 2002 | $214M |
| 2001 | $493M |
| 2000 | $155M |
| 1999 | $135M |
| 1998 | $153M |
| 1997 | $148M |
| 1996 | $189M |
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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- Military spending1.97% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$206 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel16,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports59 million TIV in 2023
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