United Arab Emirates
Military spending per person in United Arab Emirates
Military spending per person in United Arab Emirates: $1,232 in 1997 and $2,840 in 2014, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2014
- $2,840
- Since 1997
- +$1,608
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $3,080 in 2013, the lowest $1,232 in 1997.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|
| 2014 | $2,840 |
| 2013 | $3,080 |
| 2012 | $2,590 |
| 2011 | $2,719 |
| 2010 | $2,566 |
| 2009 | $2,099 |
| 2008 | $1,924 |
| 2007 | $1,616 |
| 2006 | $1,498 |
| 2005 | $1,452 |
| 2004 | $1,581 |
| 2003 | $1,432 |
| 2002 | $1,395 |
| 2001 | $1,607 |
| 2000 | $1,739 |
| 1999 | $1,343 |
| 1998 | $1,370 |
| 1997 | $1,232 |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 in US dollars$27.8B 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