Taiwan
Military spending in US dollars in Taiwan
Military spending in US dollars in Taiwan: $4.75B in 1976 and $17.3B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $17.3B
- Since 1976
- +$12.6B
- Rank, 2025
- 22 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $17.3B |
| 2024 | $15.2B |
| 2023 | $16.2B |
| 2022 | $14.8B |
| 2021 | $13.1B |
| 2020 | $12.1B |
| 2019 | $11.6B |
| 2018 | $10.9B |
| 2017 | $11.1B |
| 2016 | $10.9B |
| 2015 | $11.1B |
| 2014 | $10.5B |
| 2013 | $10.6B |
| 2012 | $11.2B |
| 2011 | $10.8B |
| 2010 | $10.7B |
| 2009 | $11.4B |
| 2008 | $10.6B |
| 2007 | $10.4B |
| 2006 | $9.79B |
| 2005 | $10.2B |
| 2004 | $10.6B |
| 2003 | $10.6B |
| 2002 | $10.7B |
| 2001 | $11.1B |
| 2000 | $11.3B |
| 1999 | $12.8B |
| 1998 | $12.8B |
| 1997 | $13.7B |
| 1996 | $13.8B |
| 1995 | $13.4B |
| 1994 | $14.4B |
| 1993 | $14.6B |
| 1992 | $12.9B |
| 1991 | $12.7B |
| 1990 | $12.4B |
| 1989 | $11.7B |
| 1988 | $10.7B |
| 1987 | $9.61B |
| 1986 | $9.45B |
| 1985 | $9.11B |
| 1984 | $8.15B |
| 1983 | $8.09B |
| 1982 | $8.08B |
| 1981 | $7.37B |
| 1980 | $7.93B |
| 1979 | $7.86B |
| 1978 | $6.62B |
| 1977 | $5.77B |
| 1976 | $4.75B |
- 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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