Paraguay
Military spending in US dollars in Paraguay
Military spending in US dollars in Paraguay: $51.4M in 1960 and $406M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $406M
- Since 1960
- +$354M
- Rank, 2025
- 105 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $414M in 2024, the lowest $45M in 1961.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Paraguay |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $406M |
| 2024 | $414M |
| 2023 | $398M |
| 2022 | $367M |
| 2021 | $392M |
| 2020 | $408M |
| 2019 | $388M |
| 2018 | $383M |
| 2017 | $352M |
| 2016 | $362M |
| 2015 | $390M |
| 2014 | $355M |
| 2013 | $337M |
| 2012 | $306M |
| 2011 | $267M |
| 2010 | $234M |
| 2009 | $212M |
| 2008 | $191M |
| 2007 | $191M |
| 2006 | $186M |
| 2005 | $162M |
| 2004 | $183M |
| 2003 | $154M |
| 2002 | $172M |
| 2001 | $179M |
| 2000 | $197M |
| 1999 | $203M |
| 1998 | $226M |
| 1997 | $243M |
| 1996 | $295M |
| 1995 | $317M |
| 1994 | $271M |
| 1993 | $294M |
| 1992 | $321M |
| 1991 | $380M |
| 1990 | $249M |
| 1989 | $257M |
| 1988 | $307M |
| 1987 | $247M |
| 1986 | $304M |
| 1985 | $299M |
| 1984 | $268M |
| 1983 | $259M |
| 1982 | $276M |
| 1981 | $184M |
| 1980 | $141M |
| 1979 | $123M |
| 1978 | $172M |
| 1977 | $152M |
| 1976 | $140M |
| 1975 | $136M |
| 1974 | $105M |
| 1973 | $129M |
| 1972 | $136M |
| 1971 | $107M |
| 1970 | $104M |
| 1969 | $95.5M |
| 1968 | $90.9M |
| 1967 | $82.3M |
| 1966 | $75.9M |
| 1965 | $67.1M |
| 1964 | $58.5M |
| 1963 | $55.7M |
| 1962 | $51.1M |
| 1961 | $45M |
| 1960 | $51.4M |
- Estimate
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.
- 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 spending0.88% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$60 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel29,000 people in 2020
- National power0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports24 million TIV in 2025