Uruguay
Military share of state spending in Uruguay
Military share of state spending in Uruguay: 8.1% of government spending in 1999 and 7.1% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 7.1% of government spending
- Since 1999
- −1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 45 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 8.4% of government spending in 2000, the lowest 5.7% of government spending in 2014.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Uruguay |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.1 |
| 2024 | 6.3 |
| 2023 | 6.3 |
| 2022 | 6.1 |
| 2021 | 6.8 |
| 2020 | 6.2 |
| 2019 | 6.1 |
| 2018 | 6.4 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2016 | 5.8 |
| 2015 | 5.9 |
| 2014 | 5.7 |
| 2013 | 5.8 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2010 | 6.3 |
| 2009 | 6.1 |
| 2008 | 6.5 |
| 2007 | 6.1 |
| 2006 | 6.9 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2003 | 7.4 |
| 2002 | 8.4 |
| 2001 | 8.2 |
| 2000 | 8.4 |
| 1999 | 8.1 |
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.91B in 2025
- Military spending per person$577 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel22,000 people in 2020
- National power0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.32% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2000