Pakistan
Military spending in Pakistan
Military spending in Pakistan: 6.32% of GDP in 1953 and 2.91% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2.91% of GDP
- Since 1953
- −3.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 30 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 6.99% of GDP in 1986, the lowest 2.73% of GDP in 2024.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Pakistan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.91 |
| 2024 | 2.73 |
| 2023 | 2.89 |
| 2022 | 3.18 |
| 2021 | 3.39 |
| 2020 | 3.49 |
| 2019 | 3.51 |
| 2018 | 3.59 |
| 2017 | 3.36 |
| 2016 | 3.2 |
| 2015 | 3.16 |
| 2014 | 3.1 |
| 2013 | 3.09 |
| 2012 | 3.1 |
| 2011 | 2.92 |
| 2010 | 3.04 |
| 2009 | 3.27 |
| 2008 | 3.46 |
| 2007 | 3.51 |
| 2006 | 3.65 |
| 2005 | 3.9 |
| 2004 | 3.96 |
| 2003 | 4.09 |
| 2002 | 4.07 |
| 2001 | 3.88 |
| 2000 | 4.17 |
| 1999 | 5.19 |
| 1998 | 5.42 |
| 1997 | 5.62 |
| 1996 | 6.04 |
| 1995 | 5.82 |
| 1994 | 5.92 |
| 1993 | 6.43 |
| 1992 | 6.7 |
| 1991 | 6.57 |
| 1990 | 6.52 |
| 1989 | 6.53 |
| 1988 | 6.79 |
| 1987 | 6.97 |
| 1986 | 6.99 |
| 1985 | 6.92 |
| 1984 | 6.66 |
| 1983 | 6.64 |
| 1982 | 6.38 |
| 1981 | 5.71 |
| 1980 | 5.52 |
| 1979 | 5.45 |
| 1978 | 5.5 |
| 1977 | 5.55 |
| 1976 | 5.89 |
| 1975 | 6.32 |
| 1974 | 6.09 |
| 1973 | 6.21 |
| 1972 | 6.87 |
| 1971 | 6.74 |
| 1970 | 6.16 |
| 1969 | 5.51 |
| 1968 | 5.1 |
| 1967 | 5.41 |
| 1966 | 6.73 |
| 1965 | 5.91 |
| 1964 | 3.87 |
| 1963 | 3.65 |
| 1962 | 3.66 |
| 1961 | 4.1 |
| 1960 | 4.31 |
| 1959 | 4.34 |
| 1958 | 4.25 |
| 1957 | 4.17 |
| 1956 | 5.03 |
| 1955 | 5.57 |
| 1954 | 5.35 |
| 1953 | 6.32 |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- 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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending in US dollars$11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$47 in 2025
- Military share of state spending13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel943,000 people in 2020
- National power1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports127 million TIV in 2025