Seychelles
Military spending in Seychelles
Military spending in Seychelles: 4.29% of GDP in 1985 and 1.24% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 1.24% of GDP
- Since 1985
- −3.05 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 99 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 4.73% of GDP in 1992, the lowest 0.74% of GDP in 2010.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Seychelles |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.24 |
| 2024 | 1.28 |
| 2023 | 1.34 |
| 2022 | 1.16 |
| 2021 | 2.46 |
| 2020 | 1.37 |
| 2019 | 1.16 |
| 2018 | 1.21 |
| 2017 | 1.33 |
| 2016 | 1.4 |
| 2015 | 1.26 |
| 2014 | 2.23 |
| 2013 | 1.04 |
| 2012 | 0.94 |
| 2011 | 0.86 |
| 2010 | 0.74 |
| 2009 | 1.02 |
| 2008 | 1.15 |
| 2007 | 1.47 |
| 2006 | 1.41 |
| 2005 | 1.6 |
| 2004 | 1.9 |
| 2003 | 1.73 |
| 2002 | 1.68 |
| 2001 | 1.78 |
| 2000 | 1.68 |
| 1999 | 1.78 |
| 1998 | 1.73 |
| 1997 | 2.03 |
| 1996 | 2.1 |
| 1995 | 2.28 |
| 1994 | 2.44 |
| 1993 | 2.76 |
| 1992 | 4.73 |
| 1991 | 4.42 |
| 1990 | 4.03 |
| 1989 | 4.28 |
| 1988 | 4.28 |
| 1987 | 4.54 |
| 1986 | 4.67 |
| 1985 | 4.29 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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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