United States

Military spending per person in United States

Military spending per person in United States: $1,252 in 1988 and $2,755 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$2,755
Since 1988
+$1,503
Rank, 2025
4 of 151
counting from the highest
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US dollars per person · SIPRI

Military spending per person in United StatesMilitary spending per person in United States: $1,252 in 1988 and $2,755 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $2,917 in 2024, the lowest $1,059 in 1998.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $2,917 in 2024, the lowest $1,059 in 1998.

Every year

US dollars per person · SIPRI

YearUnited States
2025$2,755
2024$2,917
2023$2,675
2022$2,527
2021$2,373
2020$2,295
2019$2,183
2018$2,045
2017$1,956
2016$1,953
2015$1,952
2014$2,014
2013$2,132
2012$2,298
2011$2,407
2010$2,384
2009$2,303
2008$2,165
2007$1,964
2006$1,879
2005$1,812
2004$1,692
2003$1,527
2002$1,325
2001$1,173
2000$1,143
1999$1,074
1998$1,059
1997$1,077
1996$1,068
1995$1,109
1994$1,167
1993$1,213
1992$1,260
1991$1,174
1990$1,291
1989$1,290
1988$1,252

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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