Panama
Military spending in US dollars in Panama
Military spending in US dollars in Panama: $196M in 1987 and $0 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $0
- Since 1987
- −$196M
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $202M in 1997, the lowest $0 in 2000.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · 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 | $188M |
| 1998 | $177M |
| 1997 | $202M |
| 1996 | $176M |
| 1995 | $170M |
| 1994 | $180M |
| 1993 | $171M |
| 1992 | $143M |
| 1991 | $145M |
| 1990 | $136M |
| 1989 | $192M |
| 1988 | $194M |
| 1987 | $196M |
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 spending0% of GDP 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