Philippines
Military spending in US dollars in Philippines
Military spending in US dollars in Philippines: $600M in 1958 and $6.3B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $6.3B
- Since 1958
- +$5.7B
- Rank, 2025
- 41 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Philippines |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $6.3B |
| 2024 | $5.49B |
| 2023 | $5.15B |
| 2022 | $5.54B |
| 2021 | $5.52B |
| 2020 | $4.89B |
| 2019 | $4.75B |
| 2018 | $4.76B |
| 2017 | $4.48B |
| 2016 | $3.77B |
| 2015 | $3.66B |
| 2014 | $3.35B |
| 2013 | $3.61B |
| 2012 | $3.16B |
| 2011 | $3.11B |
| 2010 | $3.07B |
| 2009 | $2.92B |
| 2008 | $3.03B |
| 2007 | $3.03B |
| 2006 | $2.77B |
| 2005 | $2.68B |
| 2004 | $2.63B |
| 2003 | $2.79B |
| 2002 | $2.5B |
| 2001 | $2.38B |
| 2000 | $2.52B |
| 1999 | $2.39B |
| 1998 | $2.42B |
| 1997 | $2.45B |
| 1996 | $2.74B |
| 1995 | $2.61B |
| 1994 | $2.35B |
| 1993 | $2.24B |
| 1992 | $2.07B |
| 1991 | $2.05B |
| 1990 | $2.26B |
| 1989 | $2.27B |
| 1988 | $2.41B |
| 1987 | $1.88B |
| 1986 | $1.76B |
| 1985 | $1.67B |
| 1984 | $1.55B |
| 1983 | $2.42B |
| 1982 | $2.47B |
| 1981 | $2.56B |
| 1980 | $2.47B |
| 1979 | $2.85B |
| 1978 | $2.38B |
| 1977 | $3.11B |
| 1976 | $3.25B |
| 1974 | $2.53B |
| 1973 | $1.95B |
| 1972 | $1.46B |
| 1971 | $1.25B |
| 1970 | $1.34B |
| 1969 | $1.24B |
| 1968 | $1.03B |
| 1967 | $884M |
| 1966 | $795M |
| 1965 | $713M |
| 1964 | $736M |
| 1963 | $801M |
| 1962 | $710M |
| 1961 | $632M |
| 1960 | $616M |
| 1959 | $620M |
| 1958 | $600M |
- 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 spending1.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$55 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel157,000 people in 2020
- National power0.68% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports846 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2007