Portugal
Military spending in US dollars in Portugal
Military spending in US dollars in Portugal: $650M in 1949 and $5.51B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $5.51B
- Since 1949
- +$4.86B
- Rank, 2025
- 46 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Portugal |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.51B |
| 2024 | $4.52B |
| 2023 | $3.62B |
| 2022 | $3.83B |
| 2021 | $4.09B |
| 2020 | $3.65B |
| 2019 | $3.72B |
| 2018 | $3.61B |
| 2017 | $3.65B |
| 2016 | $3.79B |
| 2015 | $3.69B |
| 2014 | $3.4B |
| 2013 | $3.75B |
| 2012 | $4.03B |
| 2011 | $3.73B |
| 2010 | $4.01B |
| 2009 | $3.85B |
| 2008 | $3.56B |
| 2007 | $3.48B |
| 2006 | $3.71B |
| 2005 | $3.85B |
| 2004 | $3.57B |
| 2003 | $3.34B |
| 2002 | $3.44B |
| 2001 | $3.34B |
| 2000 | $3.21B |
| 1999 | $3.12B |
| 1998 | $2.97B |
| 1997 | $3.03B |
| 1996 | $2.97B |
| 1995 | $3.08B |
| 1994 | $2.87B |
| 1993 | $2.95B |
| 1992 | $3.04B |
| 1991 | $2.96B |
| 1990 | $2.88B |
| 1989 | $2.8B |
| 1988 | $2.67B |
| 1987 | $2.4B |
| 1986 | $2.31B |
| 1985 | $2.05B |
| 1984 | $2.03B |
| 1983 | $2.18B |
| 1982 | $2.27B |
| 1981 | $2.26B |
| 1980 | $2.27B |
| 1979 | $2.1B |
| 1978 | $2.06B |
| 1977 | $2.04B |
| 1976 | $2.22B |
| 1975 | $2.77B |
| 1974 | $4.2B |
| 1973 | $3.59B |
| 1972 | $3.79B |
| 1971 | $3.79B |
| 1970 | $3.47B |
| 1969 | $3.12B |
| 1968 | $3.32B |
| 1967 | $3.16B |
| 1966 | $2.57B |
| 1965 | $2.44B |
| 1964 | $2.44B |
| 1963 | $2.24B |
| 1962 | $2.29B |
| 1961 | $2.02B |
| 1960 | $1.26B |
| 1959 | $1.21B |
| 1958 | $1.08B |
| 1957 | $1.05B |
| 1956 | $1.03B |
| 1955 | $1.03B |
| 1954 | $965M |
| 1953 | $918M |
| 1952 | $793M |
| 1951 | $726M |
| 1950 | $699M |
| 1949 | $650M |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.71% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$563 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4% of government spending 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