Portugal
Military share of state spending in Portugal
Military share of state spending in Portugal: 4.4% of government spending in 1988 and 4% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 4% of government spending
- Since 1988
- −0.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 106 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 4.4% of government spending in 1989, the lowest 2.9% of government spending in 2023.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Portugal |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 2.9 |
| 2022 | 3.1 |
| 2021 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | 3.2 |
| 2018 | 3.2 |
| 2017 | 3.2 |
| 2016 | 3.5 |
| 2015 | 3.3 |
| 2014 | 2.9 |
| 2013 | 3.4 |
| 2012 | 3.7 |
| 2011 | 3.1 |
| 2010 | 3.1 |
| 2009 | 3.1 |
| 2008 | 3.1 |
| 2007 | 3.1 |
| 2006 | 3.3 |
| 2005 | 3.4 |
| 2004 | 3.3 |
| 2003 | 3.2 |
| 2002 | 3.3 |
| 2001 | 3.3 |
| 2000 | 3.3 |
| 1999 | 3.4 |
| 1998 | 3.3 |
| 1997 | 3.6 |
| 1996 | 3.7 |
| 1995 | 4 |
| 1994 | 3.9 |
| 1993 | 3.8 |
| 1992 | 3.7 |
| 1991 | 3.9 |
| 1990 | 4.2 |
| 1989 | 4.4 |
| 1988 | 4.4 |
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 spending1.71% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$5.51B in 2025
- Military spending per person$563 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel52,000 people in 2020
- National power0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports90 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2025