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
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
| Year | Uruguay |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.28 |
| 2024 | 1.96 |
| 2023 | 1.94 |
| 2022 | 1.84 |
| 2021 | 2.05 |
| 2020 | 2.04 |
| 2019 | 1.86 |
| 2018 | 1.95 |
| 2017 | 1.79 |
| 2016 | 1.72 |
| 2015 | 1.77 |
| 2014 | 1.74 |
| 2013 | 1.69 |
| 2012 | 1.61 |
| 2011 | 1.72 |
| 2010 | 1.88 |
| 2009 | 1.82 |
| 2008 | 1.87 |
| 2007 | 1.78 |
| 2006 | 2.01 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2.04 |
| 2003 | 2.24 |
| 2002 | 2.53 |
| 2001 | 2.5 |
| 2000 | 2.44 |
| 1999 | 2.39 |
| 1998 | 2.26 |
| 1997 | 2.4 |
| 1996 | 2.81 |
| 1995 | 2.72 |
| 1994 | 2.58 |
| 1993 | 2.79 |
| 1992 | 2.85 |
| 1991 | 2.4 |
| 1990 | 3.53 |
| 1989 | 3.53 |
| 1988 | 3.16 |
| 1987 | 3.04 |
| 1986 | 4.12 |
| 1985 | 4.3 |
| 1984 | 4.58 |
| 1983 | 5.38 |
| 1982 | 6.45 |
| 1981 | 6.26 |
| 1980 | 4.7 |
| 1979 | 3.8 |
| 1978 | 3.62 |
| 1977 | 3.75 |
| 1976 | 3.48 |
| 1975 | 4.29 |
| 1974 | 4.53 |
| 1973 | 3.76 |
| 1972 | 2.2 |
- 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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- Military spending in US dollars$1.91B in 2025
- Military spending per person$577 in 2025
- Military share of state spending7.1% of government spending 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