United Arab Emirates
Military spending in United Arab Emirates
Military spending in United Arab Emirates: 6.76% of GDP in 1997 and 5.64% of GDP in 2014, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2014
- 5.64% of GDP
- Since 1997
- −1.12 percentage points
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 8.63% of GDP in 1998, the lowest 3.23% of GDP in 2006.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 5.64 |
| 2013 | 6.04 |
| 2012 | 5.08 |
| 2011 | 5.47 |
| 2010 | 6.04 |
| 2009 | 5.46 |
| 2008 | 3.67 |
| 2007 | 3.28 |
| 2006 | 3.23 |
| 2005 | 3.66 |
| 2004 | 4.61 |
| 2003 | 4.69 |
| 2002 | 4.88 |
| 2001 | 5.61 |
| 2000 | 8.32 |
| 1999 | 7.67 |
| 1998 | 8.63 |
| 1997 | 6.76 |
- Estimate
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.
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- Military spending in US dollars$27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per person$2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spending17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnel63,000 people in 2020
- National power0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports33 million TIV in 2025