Spain
Military spending in US dollars in Spain
Military spending in US dollars in Spain: $3.17B in 1949 and $37.7B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $37.7B
- Since 1949
- +$34.5B
- Rank, 2025
- 15 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $37.7B in 2025, the lowest $2.81B in 1951.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Spain |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $37.7B |
| 2024 | $25.2B |
| 2023 | $25.6B |
| 2022 | $22.7B |
| 2021 | $21.1B |
| 2020 | $19.7B |
| 2019 | $19.7B |
| 2018 | $19.5B |
| 2017 | $18.8B |
| 2016 | $17B |
| 2015 | $18.3B |
| 2014 | $17.2B |
| 2013 | $17.2B |
| 2012 | $19.8B |
| 2011 | $19.5B |
| 2010 | $21.2B |
| 2009 | $21.1B |
| 2008 | $21.9B |
| 2007 | $22.1B |
| 2006 | $21.3B |
| 2005 | $20.6B |
| 2004 | $20.3B |
| 2003 | $19.5B |
| 2002 | $19.2B |
| 2001 | $20.7B |
| 2000 | $20.9B |
| 1999 | $20.2B |
| 1998 | $18.4B |
| 1997 | $17.5B |
| 1996 | $17.7B |
| 1995 | $18.3B |
| 1994 | $18.2B |
| 1993 | $18B |
| 1992 | $18.4B |
| 1991 | $18.9B |
| 1990 | $19.7B |
| 1989 | $19.4B |
| 1988 | $19.5B |
| 1987 | $19.3B |
| 1986 | $18.2B |
| 1985 | $19.5B |
| 1984 | $19.2B |
| 1983 | $18.7B |
| 1982 | $16.7B |
| 1981 | $16.1B |
| 1980 | $15.9B |
| 1979 | $15.3B |
| 1978 | $14.3B |
| 1977 | $13.7B |
| 1976 | $13.5B |
| 1975 | $11.4B |
| 1974 | $12.5B |
| 1973 | $11.3B |
| 1972 | $11.5B |
| 1971 | $9.62B |
| 1970 | $10B |
| 1969 | $9.93B |
| 1968 | $8.41B |
| 1967 | $6.35B |
| 1966 | $6.76B |
| 1965 | $5.62B |
| 1964 | $5.6B |
| 1963 | $4.9B |
| 1962 | $5.2B |
| 1961 | $4.26B |
| 1960 | $4.23B |
| 1959 | $3.52B |
| 1958 | $3.7B |
| 1957 | $4.21B |
| 1956 | $4.03B |
| 1955 | $3.8B |
| 1954 | $3.51B |
| 1953 | $3.49B |
| 1952 | $3.56B |
| 1951 | $2.81B |
| 1950 | $2.97B |
| 1949 | $3.17B |
- Estimate
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.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$839 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel199,000 people in 2020
- National power0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports341 million TIV in 2025