Norway
Military spending in US dollars in Norway
Military spending in US dollars in Norway: $952M in 1949 and $16.1B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $16.1B
- Since 1949
- +$15.1B
- Rank, 2025
- 24 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $16.1B in 2025, the lowest $835M in 1950.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Norway |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $16.1B |
| 2024 | $10.8B |
| 2023 | $8.92B |
| 2022 | $8.47B |
| 2021 | $7.76B |
| 2020 | $7.54B |
| 2019 | $7.45B |
| 2018 | $7.04B |
| 2017 | $6.68B |
| 2016 | $6.05B |
| 2015 | $5.83B |
| 2014 | $5.87B |
| 2013 | $5.63B |
| 2012 | $5.5B |
| 2011 | $5.4B |
| 2010 | $5.3B |
| 2009 | $5.39B |
| 2008 | $5.08B |
| 2007 | $5.05B |
| 2006 | $4.75B |
| 2005 | $4.76B |
| 2004 | $5.06B |
| 2003 | $4.93B |
| 2002 | $5.13B |
| 2001 | $4.27B |
| 2000 | $4.24B |
| 1999 | $4.39B |
| 1998 | $4.36B |
| 1997 | $4.09B |
| 1996 | $4.16B |
| 1995 | $4.11B |
| 1994 | $4.55B |
| 1993 | $4.32B |
| 1992 | $4.64B |
| 1991 | $4.28B |
| 1990 | $4.41B |
| 1989 | $4.38B |
| 1988 | $4.27B |
| 1987 | $4.48B |
| 1986 | $4.21B |
| 1985 | $4.34B |
| 1984 | $3.77B |
| 1983 | $3.91B |
| 1982 | $3.75B |
| 1981 | $3.61B |
| 1980 | $3.57B |
| 1979 | $3.54B |
| 1978 | $3.45B |
| 1977 | $3.23B |
| 1976 | $3.17B |
| 1975 | $3.09B |
| 1974 | $2.85B |
| 1973 | $2.78B |
| 1972 | $2.76B |
| 1971 | $2.76B |
| 1970 | $2.69B |
| 1969 | $2.68B |
| 1968 | $2.54B |
| 1967 | $2.4B |
| 1966 | $2.32B |
| 1965 | $2.34B |
| 1964 | $2.02B |
| 1963 | $1.99B |
| 1962 | $1.91B |
| 1961 | $1.73B |
| 1960 | $1.59B |
| 1959 | $1.67B |
| 1958 | $1.58B |
| 1957 | $1.7B |
| 1956 | $1.61B |
| 1955 | $1.64B |
| 1954 | $1.99B |
| 1953 | $1.94B |
| 1952 | $1.54B |
| 1951 | $1.16B |
| 1950 | $835M |
| 1949 | $952M |
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 spending3.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$3,040 in 2025
- Military share of state spending6.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel25,000 people in 2020
- National power0.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.85% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports407 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports415 million TIV in 2025