Uruguay

Military spending in Uruguay

Military spending in Uruguay: 2.2% of GDP in 1972 and 2.28% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
2.28% of GDP
Since 1972
+0.09 percentage points
Rank, 2025
44 of 151
counting from the highest

% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in UruguayMilitary spending in Uruguay: 2.2% of GDP in 1972 and 2.28% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 6.45% of GDP in 1982, the lowest 1.61% of GDP in 2012.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 6.45% of GDP in 1982, the lowest 1.61% of GDP in 2012.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearUruguay
20252.28
20241.96
20231.94
20221.84
20212.05
20202.04
20191.86
20181.95
20171.79
20161.72
20151.77
20141.74
20131.69
20121.61
20111.72
20101.88
20091.82
20081.87
20071.78
20062.01
20052
20042.04
20032.24
20022.53
20012.5
20002.44
19992.39
19982.26
19972.4
19962.81
19952.72
19942.58
19932.79
19922.85
19912.4
19903.53
19893.53
19883.16
19873.04
19864.12
19854.3
19844.58
19835.38
19826.45
19816.26
19804.7
19793.8
19783.62
19773.75
19763.48
19754.29
19744.53
19733.76
19722.2
  • Estimate

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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