Türkiye
Military spending in US dollars in Türkiye
Military spending in US dollars in Türkiye: $1.14B in 1953 and $26.8B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $26.8B
- Since 1953
- +$25.7B
- Rank, 2025
- 19 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $26.8B in 2025, the lowest $977M in 1958.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Türkiye |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $26.8B |
| 2024 | $25B |
| 2023 | $22.1B |
| 2022 | $18.5B |
| 2021 | $17.3B |
| 2020 | $17B |
| 2019 | $20B |
| 2018 | $18.8B |
| 2017 | $14.8B |
| 2016 | $13.8B |
| 2015 | $11.8B |
| 2014 | $11.4B |
| 2013 | $11.4B |
| 2012 | $11.1B |
| 2011 | $10.8B |
| 2010 | $10.7B |
| 2009 | $10.9B |
| 2008 | $10.2B |
| 2007 | $10B |
| 2006 | $10.4B |
| 2005 | $9.94B |
| 2004 | $10.3B |
| 2003 | $11.1B |
| 2002 | $11.9B |
| 2001 | $11.2B |
| 2000 | $12.2B |
| 1999 | $12.6B |
| 1998 | $11.5B |
| 1997 | $10.9B |
| 1996 | $10.5B |
| 1995 | $9.37B |
| 1994 | $9.12B |
| 1993 | $9.33B |
| 1992 | $8.44B |
| 1991 | $8.02B |
| 1990 | $7.8B |
| 1989 | $6.46B |
| 1988 | $5.58B |
| 1987 | $6.34B |
| 1986 | $6.63B |
| 1985 | $5.9B |
| 1984 | $5.57B |
| 1983 | $5.72B |
| 1982 | $6.05B |
| 1981 | $5.53B |
| 1980 | $4.91B |
| 1979 | $4.73B |
| 1978 | $5.33B |
| 1977 | $5.83B |
| 1976 | $6.05B |
| 1975 | $5.76B |
| 1974 | $3.29B |
| 1973 | $2.94B |
| 1972 | $2.77B |
| 1971 | $2.64B |
| 1970 | $2.3B |
| 1969 | $2.07B |
| 1968 | $2.14B |
| 1967 | $1.91B |
| 1966 | $1.78B |
| 1965 | $1.77B |
| 1964 | $1.69B |
| 1963 | $1.58B |
| 1962 | $1.54B |
| 1961 | $1.44B |
| 1960 | $1.28B |
| 1959 | $1.16B |
| 1958 | $977M |
| 1957 | $1.01B |
| 1956 | $1.08B |
| 1955 | $1.17B |
| 1954 | $1.16B |
| 1953 | $1.14B |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$342 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel512,000 people in 2020
- National power1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports381 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports539 million TIV in 2025