Papua New Guinea

Military spending in US dollars in Papua New Guinea

Military spending in US dollars in Papua New Guinea: $33.8M in 1975 and $110M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$110M
Since 1975
+$75.7M
Rank, 2025
132 of 151
counting from the highest
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US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

Military spending in US dollars in Papua New GuineaMilitary spending in US dollars in Papua New Guinea: $33.8M in 1975 and $110M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $157M in 1994, the lowest $33.8M in 1975.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $157M in 1994, the lowest $33.8M in 1975.

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearPapua New Guinea
2025$110M
2024$91.5M
2023$94.7M
2022$125M
2021$84.9M
2020$95.3M
2019$93.7M
2018$84M
2017$86M
2016$87.3M
2015$104M
2014$110M
2013$98.9M
2012$101M
2011$70M
2010$60.5M
2009$73M
2008$57.8M
2007$70.3M
2006$58.2M
2005$58.9M
2004$49.9M
2003$44.6M
2002$49.3M
2001$71M
2000$84.9M
1999$96.3M
1998$124M
1997$157M
1996$148M
1995$115M
1994$157M
1993$129M
1992$114M
1991$105M
1990$147M
1989$110M
1988$101M
1987$102M
1986$99.5M
1985$98.9M
1981$94.2M
1980$103M
1979$95.1M
1978$91.1M
1977$87.4M
1976$90.3M
1975$33.8M

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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