United Kingdom
Military spending per person in United Kingdom
Military spending per person in United Kingdom: $674 in 1988 and $1,283 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $1,283
- Since 1988
- +$610
- Rank, 2025
- 15 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $1,303 in 2024, the lowest $656 in 1989.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,283 |
| 2024 | $1,303 |
| 2023 | $1,075 |
| 2022 | $943 |
| 2021 | $966 |
| 2020 | $867 |
| 2019 | $845 |
| 2018 | $839 |
| 2017 | $787 |
| 2016 | $812 |
| 2015 | $921 |
| 2014 | $1,037 |
| 2013 | $995 |
| 2012 | $1,027 |
| 2011 | $1,052 |
| 2010 | $1,020 |
| 2009 | $1,028 |
| 2008 | $1,180 |
| 2007 | $1,199 |
| 2006 | $1,056 |
| 2005 | $1,021 |
| 2004 | $1,005 |
| 2003 | $877 |
| 2002 | $745 |
| 2001 | $668 |
| 2000 | $667 |
| 1999 | $694 |
| 1998 | $704 |
| 1997 | $683 |
| 1996 | $662 |
| 1995 | $659 |
| 1994 | $666 |
| 1993 | $659 |
| 1992 | $791 |
| 1991 | $819 |
| 1990 | $760 |
| 1989 | $656 |
| 1988 | $674 |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$88B in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel153,000 people in 2020
- National power1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.45% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports609 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports702 million TIV in 2025