Peru
Military spending in US dollars in Peru
Military spending in US dollars in Peru: $897M in 1949 and $2.43B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $2.43B
- Since 1949
- +$1.53B
- Rank, 2025
- 60 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $11.4B in 1977, the lowest $897M in 1949.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Peru |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.43B |
| 2024 | $2.54B |
| 2023 | $3.37B |
| 2022 | $3.11B |
| 2021 | $3.21B |
| 2020 | $3.03B |
| 2019 | $3.06B |
| 2018 | $2.97B |
| 2017 | $3.01B |
| 2016 | $3.05B |
| 2015 | $3.89B |
| 2014 | $3.49B |
| 2013 | $3.53B |
| 2012 | $3.06B |
| 2011 | $2.73B |
| 2010 | $2.67B |
| 2009 | $2.46B |
| 2008 | $2B |
| 2007 | $2B |
| 2006 | $2.07B |
| 2005 | $1.98B |
| 2004 | $1.6B |
| 2003 | $1.63B |
| 2002 | $1.59B |
| 2001 | $1.71B |
| 2000 | $1.75B |
| 1999 | $1.91B |
| 1998 | $1.97B |
| 1997 | $1.98B |
| 1996 | $2.35B |
| 1995 | $2.44B |
| 1994 | $2.07B |
| 1993 | $2B |
| 1992 | $1.76B |
| 1991 | $1.46B |
| 1990 | $2.02B |
| 1989 | $2.41B |
| 1988 | $3.48B |
| 1987 | $6.89B |
| 1986 | $6.32B |
| 1985 | $6.81B |
| 1984 | $5.66B |
| 1983 | $7.77B |
| 1982 | $9.62B |
| 1981 | $7.51B |
| 1980 | $8.59B |
| 1979 | $5.84B |
| 1978 | $8.65B |
| 1977 | $11.4B |
| 1976 | $7.87B |
| 1975 | $6.95B |
| 1974 | $5.27B |
| 1973 | $4.93B |
| 1972 | $4.1B |
| 1971 | $3.93B |
| 1970 | $3.7B |
| 1969 | $2.3B |
| 1968 | $2.14B |
| 1967 | $4.3B |
| 1966 | $2.49B |
| 1965 | $2.48B |
| 1964 | $2.62B |
| 1963 | $2.32B |
| 1962 | $1.68B |
| 1961 | $1.7B |
| 1960 | $1.43B |
| 1959 | $1.37B |
| 1958 | $1.4B |
| 1957 | $1.39B |
| 1956 | $1.43B |
| 1955 | $1.26B |
| 1954 | $1.13B |
| 1953 | $1.11B |
| 1952 | $1.07B |
| 1951 | $1.12B |
| 1950 | $974M |
| 1949 | $897M |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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 spending0.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$75 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.7% of government spending 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