Portugal
Military spending per person in Portugal
Military spending per person in Portugal: $102 in 1988 and $563 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $563
- Since 1988
- +$461
- Rank, 2025
- 38 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Portugal |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $563 |
| 2024 | $434 |
| 2023 | $338 |
| 2022 | $335 |
| 2021 | $374 |
| 2020 | $318 |
| 2019 | $320 |
| 2018 | $326 |
| 2017 | $310 |
| 2016 | $312 |
| 2015 | $302 |
| 2014 | $329 |
| 2013 | $363 |
| 2012 | $375 |
| 2011 | $363 |
| 2010 | $360 |
| 2009 | $357 |
| 2008 | $352 |
| 2007 | $314 |
| 2006 | $300 |
| 2005 | $300 |
| 2004 | $272 |
| 2003 | $226 |
| 2002 | $189 |
| 2001 | $170 |
| 2000 | $163 |
| 1999 | $178 |
| 1998 | $174 |
| 1997 | $179 |
| 1996 | $196 |
| 1995 | $201 |
| 1994 | $165 |
| 1993 | $166 |
| 1992 | $192 |
| 1991 | $160 |
| 1990 | $142 |
| 1989 | $110 |
| 1988 | $102 |
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 spending1.71% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$5.51B 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