Spain

Military spending per person in Spain

Military spending per person in Spain: $229 in 1988 and $839 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$839
Since 1988
+$611
Rank, 2025
29 of 151
counting from the highest

US dollars per person · SIPRI

Military spending per person in SpainMilitary spending per person in Spain: $229 in 1988 and $839 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025, Spain ranked 29 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

Every year

US dollars per person · SIPRI

YearSpain
2025$839
2024$526
2023$518
2022$434
2021$419
2020$366
2019$364
2018$380
2017$343
2016$300
2015$325
2014$367
2013$367
2012$401
2011$420
2010$422
2009$434
2008$484
2007$445
2006$389
2005$367
2004$356
2003$306
2002$248
2001$249
2000$251
1999$273
1998$255
1997$245
1996$281
1995$286
1994$254
1993$254
1992$312
1991$299
1990$299
1989$239
1988$229
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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.
  • 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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