Uruguay
Military spending in US dollars in Uruguay
Military spending in US dollars in Uruguay: $628M in 1972 and $1.91B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $1.91B
- Since 1972
- +$1.28B
- Rank, 2025
- 64 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $2.21B in 1981, the lowest $628M in 1972.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Uruguay |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.91B |
| 2024 | $1.58B |
| 2023 | $1.53B |
| 2022 | $1.48B |
| 2021 | $1.64B |
| 2020 | $1.49B |
| 2019 | $1.45B |
| 2018 | $1.5B |
| 2017 | $1.38B |
| 2016 | $1.31B |
| 2015 | $1.28B |
| 2014 | $1.26B |
| 2013 | $1.22B |
| 2012 | $1.16B |
| 2011 | $1.07B |
| 2010 | $1.1B |
| 2009 | $1B |
| 2008 | $982M |
| 2007 | $870M |
| 2006 | $911M |
| 2005 | $871M |
| 2004 | $860M |
| 2003 | $890M |
| 2002 | $1.02B |
| 2001 | $1.11B |
| 2000 | $1.12B |
| 1999 | $1.13B |
| 1998 | $1.11B |
| 1997 | $1.11B |
| 1996 | $1.12B |
| 1995 | $1.04B |
| 1994 | $1.01B |
| 1993 | $1.07B |
| 1992 | $1.1B |
| 1991 | $908M |
| 1990 | $1.3B |
| 1989 | $1.33B |
| 1988 | $1.21B |
| 1987 | $1.06B |
| 1986 | $1.26B |
| 1985 | $1.25B |
| 1984 | $1.3B |
| 1983 | $1.53B |
| 1982 | $2.01B |
| 1981 | $2.21B |
| 1980 | $1.67B |
| 1979 | $1.38B |
| 1978 | $1.18B |
| 1977 | $1.14B |
| 1976 | $1.06B |
| 1975 | $1.27B |
| 1974 | $1.36B |
| 1973 | $1.13B |
| 1972 | $628M |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 spending2.28% of GDP 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