Thailand
Military spending in US dollars in Thailand
Military spending in US dollars in Thailand: $539M in 1957 and $5.57B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $5.57B
- Since 1957
- +$5.03B
- Rank, 2025
- 45 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $7.13B in 2020, the lowest $396M in 1961.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Thailand |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.57B |
| 2024 | $5.52B |
| 2023 | $5.74B |
| 2022 | $6.14B |
| 2021 | $7.01B |
| 2020 | $7.13B |
| 2019 | $6.88B |
| 2018 | $6.71B |
| 2017 | $6.56B |
| 2016 | $6.23B |
| 2015 | $5.91B |
| 2014 | $5.71B |
| 2013 | $5.48B |
| 2012 | $5.51B |
| 2011 | $5.31B |
| 2010 | $5.77B |
| 2009 | $5.39B |
| 2008 | $4.37B |
| 2007 | $3.5B |
| 2006 | $3.09B |
| 2005 | $3.04B |
| 2004 | $3.32B |
| 2003 | $3.39B |
| 2002 | $3.39B |
| 2001 | $3.41B |
| 2000 | $3.42B |
| 1999 | $3.58B |
| 1998 | $4.03B |
| 1997 | $5.11B |
| 1996 | $5.26B |
| 1995 | $5.35B |
| 1994 | $5.36B |
| 1993 | $4.95B |
| 1992 | $4.82B |
| 1991 | $4.42B |
| 1990 | $3.99B |
| 1989 | $3.72B |
| 1988 | $3.6B |
| 1987 | $3.57B |
| 1986 | $3.6B |
| 1985 | $3.77B |
| 1984 | $3.5B |
| 1983 | $3.2B |
| 1982 | $3.17B |
| 1981 | $2.97B |
| 1980 | $3.04B |
| 1979 | $3.17B |
| 1978 | $2.73B |
| 1977 | $2.16B |
| 1976 | $1.8B |
| 1975 | $1.46B |
| 1974 | $1.35B |
| 1973 | $1.44B |
| 1972 | $1.54B |
| 1971 | $1.49B |
| 1970 | $1.24B |
| 1969 | $1.06B |
| 1968 | $904M |
| 1967 | $752M |
| 1966 | $655M |
| 1965 | $608M |
| 1964 | $564M |
| 1963 | $549M |
| 1962 | $517M |
| 1961 | $396M |
| 1960 | $457M |
| 1959 | $490M |
| 1958 | $478M |
| 1957 | $539M |
- 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 spending1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$84 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.4% of government spending 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