Norway
Military spending per person in Norway
Military spending per person in Norway: $690 in 1988 and $3,040 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $3,040
- Since 1988
- +$2,351
- Rank, 2025
- 2 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $3,040 in 2025, the lowest $653 in 2000.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Norway |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,040 |
| 2024 | $1,945 |
| 2023 | $1,603 |
| 2022 | $1,603 |
| 2021 | $1,565 |
| 2020 | $1,346 |
| 2019 | $1,416 |
| 2018 | $1,424 |
| 2017 | $1,303 |
| 2016 | $1,150 |
| 2015 | $1,126 |
| 2014 | $1,436 |
| 2013 | $1,463 |
| 2012 | $1,433 |
| 2011 | $1,470 |
| 2010 | $1,338 |
| 2009 | $1,291 |
| 2008 | $1,345 |
| 2007 | $1,255 |
| 2006 | $1,080 |
| 2005 | $1,061 |
| 2004 | $1,068 |
| 2003 | $992 |
| 2002 | $899 |
| 2001 | $659 |
| 2000 | $653 |
| 1999 | $744 |
| 1998 | $753 |
| 1997 | $741 |
| 1996 | $809 |
| 1995 | $807 |
| 1994 | $787 |
| 1993 | $739 |
| 1992 | $890 |
| 1991 | $774 |
| 1990 | $802 |
| 1989 | $695 |
| 1988 | $690 |
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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- Military spending3.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$16.1B 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