Seychelles
Military share of state spending in Seychelles
Military share of state spending in Seychelles: 9.2% of government spending in 1988 and 3.4% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 3.4% of government spending
- Since 1988
- −5.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 119 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 9.3% of government spending in 1992, the lowest 2.1% of government spending in 2010.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Seychelles |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | 3.7 |
| 2021 | 6.3 |
| 2020 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | 3.7 |
| 2018 | 3.7 |
| 2017 | 3.9 |
| 2016 | 4.1 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2014 | 6.7 |
| 2013 | 2.7 |
| 2012 | 2.4 |
| 2011 | 2.4 |
| 2010 | 2.1 |
| 2009 | 3.2 |
| 2008 | 4.3 |
| 2007 | 3.5 |
| 2006 | 3.2 |
| 2005 | 4.1 |
| 2004 | 4.8 |
| 2003 | 3.9 |
| 2002 | 3 |
| 2001 | 3.8 |
| 2000 | 3 |
| 1999 | 3.2 |
| 1998 | 2.9 |
| 1997 | 3.7 |
| 1996 | 3.5 |
| 1995 | 4.3 |
| 1994 | 3.8 |
| 1993 | 4.5 |
| 1992 | 9.3 |
| 1991 | 8.5 |
| 1990 | 8.7 |
| 1989 | 8.3 |
| 1988 | 9.2 |
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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