Thailand
Military share of state spending in Thailand
Military share of state spending in Thailand: 13.7% of government spending in 1995 and 4.4% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 4.4% of government spending
- Since 1995
- −9.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 91 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Thailand |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 4.9 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5.3 |
| 2020 | 5.8 |
| 2019 | 6.4 |
| 2018 | 6.3 |
| 2017 | 6.4 |
| 2016 | 6.4 |
| 2015 | 6.1 |
| 2014 | 6.2 |
| 2013 | 6.1 |
| 2012 | 6.4 |
| 2011 | 6.5 |
| 2010 | 7 |
| 2009 | 7.3 |
| 2008 | 6.5 |
| 2007 | 5.2 |
| 2006 | 5.2 |
| 2005 | 5.1 |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2003 | 6.9 |
| 2002 | 5.6 |
| 2001 | 7.2 |
| 2000 | 8 |
| 1999 | 6.4 |
| 1998 | 7.8 |
| 1997 | 10.1 |
| 1996 | 12.3 |
| 1995 | 13.7 |
- Estimate
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.
- 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per person$84 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel455,000 people in 2020
- National power0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports15 million TIV in 2024