United Arab Emirates
Military spending in US dollars in United Arab Emirates
Military spending in US dollars in United Arab Emirates: $7.68B in 1997 and $27.8B in 2014, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2014
- $27.8B
- Since 1997
- +$20.1B
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $29.5B in 2013, the lowest $7.68B in 1997.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|
| 2014 | $27.8B |
| 2013 | $29.5B |
| 2012 | $24.1B |
| 2011 | $24.4B |
| 2010 | $22.5B |
| 2009 | $17.9B |
| 2008 | $15.2B |
| 2007 | $12.5B |
| 2006 | $11.8B |
| 2005 | $11.9B |
| 2004 | $13B |
| 2003 | $11.7B |
| 2002 | $11.1B |
| 2001 | $12.3B |
| 2000 | $12.8B |
| 1999 | $9.37B |
| 1998 | $9.06B |
| 1997 | $7.68B |
- 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.
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- Military spending5.64% of GDP 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