Panama
Military spending in Panama
Military spending in Panama: 1.84% of GDP in 1987 and 0% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 0% of GDP
- Since 1987
- −1.84 percentage points
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 2.11% of GDP in 1988, the lowest 0% of GDP in 2000.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Panama |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0.97 |
| 1998 | 0.95 |
| 1997 | 1.17 |
| 1996 | 1.09 |
| 1995 | 1.12 |
| 1994 | 1.19 |
| 1993 | 1.2 |
| 1992 | 1.08 |
| 1991 | 1.23 |
| 1990 | 1.26 |
| 1989 | 2.09 |
| 1988 | 2.11 |
| 1987 | 1.84 |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending in US dollars$0 in 2025
- Military spending per person$0 in 2025
- Military share of state spending0% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel28,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 1989
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2019