Uganda
Military spending in US dollars in Uganda
Military spending in US dollars in Uganda: $13.8M in 1962 and $1.2B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $1.2B
- Since 1962
- +$1.18B
- Rank, 2025
- 77 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Uganda |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.2B |
| 2024 | $1.12B |
| 2023 | $999M |
| 2022 | $988M |
| 2021 | $1.18B |
| 2020 | $1.16B |
| 2019 | $787M |
| 2018 | $514M |
| 2017 | $433M |
| 2016 | $397M |
| 2015 | $382M |
| 2014 | $344M |
| 2013 | $325M |
| 2012 | $387M |
| 2011 | $759M |
| 2010 | $765M |
| 2009 | $358M |
| 2008 | $364M |
| 2007 | $330M |
| 2006 | $323M |
| 2005 | $334M |
| 2004 | $333M |
| 2003 | $291M |
| 2002 | $271M |
| 2001 | $252M |
| 2000 | $250M |
| 1999 | $258M |
| 1998 | $226M |
| 1997 | $178M |
| 1996 | $180M |
| 1995 | $168M |
| 1994 | $148M |
| 1993 | $120M |
| 1992 | $117M |
| 1991 | $177M |
| 1990 | $182M |
| 1989 | $180M |
| 1988 | $199M |
| 1987 | $199M |
| 1986 | $206M |
| 1985 | $192M |
| 1984 | $148M |
| 1983 | $91.8M |
| 1982 | $131M |
| 1981 | $172M |
| 1980 | $196M |
| 1979 | $144M |
| 1978 | $189M |
| 1977 | $239M |
| 1976 | $345M |
| 1975 | $389M |
| 1974 | $417M |
| 1973 | $554M |
| 1972 | $703M |
| 1971 | $554M |
| 1970 | $324M |
| 1969 | $306M |
| 1968 | $298M |
| 1967 | $243M |
| 1966 | $213M |
| 1965 | $159M |
| 1964 | $91M |
| 1963 | $49.9M |
| 1962 | $13.8M |
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 spending1.96% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$26 in 2025
- Military share of state spending9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel46,000 people in 2020
- National power0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2016