Philippines

Military spending per person in Philippines

Military spending per person in Philippines: $16 in 1988 and $55 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$55
Since 1988
+$39
Rank, 2025
97 of 151
counting from the highest

US dollars per person · SIPRI

Military spending per person in PhilippinesMilitary spending per person in Philippines: $16 in 1988 and $55 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $55 in 2025, the lowest $14 in 2001.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $55 in 2025, the lowest $14 in 2001.

Every year

US dollars per person · SIPRI

YearPhilippines
2025$55
2024$48
2023$45
2022$47
2021$49
2020$42
2019$39
2018$38
2017$36
2016$31
2015$32
2014$30
2013$33
2012$29
2011$28
2010$26
2009$23
2008$25
2007$22
2006$18
2005$16
2004$15
2003$16
2002$15
2001$14
2000$17
1999$17
1998$16
1997$22
1996$26
1995$24
1994$20
1993$18
1992$17
1991$14
1990$15
1989$16
1988$16
  • Estimate

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
  • 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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