Poland
Military spending per person in Poland
Military spending per person in Poland: $47 in 1988 and $1,219 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $1,219
- Since 1988
- +$1,172
- Rank, 2025
- 18 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $1,219 in 2025, the lowest $39 in 1989.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Poland |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,219 |
| 2024 | $890 |
| 2023 | $682 |
| 2022 | $404 |
| 2021 | $401 |
| 2020 | $359 |
| 2019 | $308 |
| 2018 | $315 |
| 2017 | $261 |
| 2016 | $239 |
| 2015 | $267 |
| 2014 | $270 |
| 2013 | $243 |
| 2012 | $235 |
| 2011 | $248 |
| 2010 | $231 |
| 2009 | $208 |
| 2008 | $246 |
| 2007 | $226 |
| 2006 | $174 |
| 2005 | $155 |
| 2004 | $125 |
| 2003 | $109 |
| 2002 | $99 |
| 2001 | $95 |
| 2000 | $82 |
| 1999 | $84 |
| 1998 | $91 |
| 1997 | $83 |
| 1996 | $80 |
| 1995 | $71 |
| 1994 | $59 |
| 1993 | $55 |
| 1992 | $49 |
| 1991 | $45 |
| 1990 | $41 |
| 1989 | $39 |
| 1988 | $47 |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$42.5B in 2025
- Military share of state spending9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel189,000 people in 2020
- National power0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports59 million TIV in 2025