Peru
Military share of state spending in Peru
Military share of state spending in Peru: 8.3% of government spending in 2000 and 3.7% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 3.7% of government spending
- Since 2000
- −4.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 116 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 8.5% of government spending in 2001, the lowest 3.7% of government spending in 2025.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Peru |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 5.5 |
| 2022 | 4.9 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2020 | 4.9 |
| 2019 | 5.6 |
| 2018 | 5.5 |
| 2017 | 5.9 |
| 2016 | 6.2 |
| 2015 | 7.7 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2013 | 7.6 |
| 2012 | 7.3 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2010 | 7 |
| 2009 | 7.1 |
| 2008 | 6.3 |
| 2007 | 7 |
| 2006 | 7.7 |
| 2005 | 8 |
| 2004 | 7.1 |
| 2003 | 7.6 |
| 2002 | 7.9 |
| 2001 | 8.5 |
| 2000 | 8.3 |
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$2.43B in 2025
- Military spending per person$75 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel158,000 people in 2020
- National power0.28% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports90 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports5 million TIV in 2004