Trinidad & Tobago

Military spending in Trinidad & Tobago

Military spending in Trinidad & Tobago: 0.67% of GDP in 1968 and 0.94% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
0.94% of GDP
Since 1968
+0.27 percentage points
Rank, 2025
114 of 151
counting from the highest

% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in Trinidad & TobagoMilitary spending in Trinidad & Tobago: 0.67% of GDP in 1968 and 0.94% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 0.98% of GDP in 2024, the lowest 0.16% of GDP in 2001.
Estimates, SIPRIHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 0.98% of GDP in 2024, the lowest 0.16% of GDP in 2001.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearTrinidad & Tobago
20250.94
20240.98
20230.96
20220.77
20210.86
20200.81
20190.73
20180.69
20170.85
20160.91
20150.75
20140.66
20130.76
20120.64
20110.57
20100.64
20090.71
20080.49
20070.57
20060.62
20050.6
20040.56
20030.29
20020.21
20010.16
19940.49
19930.49
19810.51
19800.59
19790.59
19780.51
19770.49
19760.5
19750.44
19740.42
19730.68
19720.84
19710.96
19700.75
19690.68
19680.67
  • Highly uncertain

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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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