Albania vs Greece
Albania vs Greece: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 6.7% of government spending in Albania and 6% of government spending in Greece, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Albania, by 0.7 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Greece.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Albania has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Greece.
- In 2025, Albania ranked 47 and Greece ranked 56 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Albania | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.7 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6.8 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 2022 | 4 | 7.6 |
| 2021 | 3.9 | 6.7 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5.1 |
| 2019 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 5.6 |
| 2017 | 3.8 | 5.3 |
| 2016 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
| 2015 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| 2014 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 2013 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| 2011 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| 2010 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 2009 | 4.6 | 6 |
| 2008 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| 2007 | 6.2 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 5.4 | 6.2 |
| 2005 | 4.7 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | – | 5.5 |
| 2003 | – | 5.4 |
| 2002 | – | 6.7 |
| 2001 | – | 7.1 |
| 2000 | – | 7.5 |
| 1999 | – | 7.3 |
| 1998 | – | 7.4 |
| 1997 | – | 7.3 |
| 1996 | – | 7 |
| 1995 | – | 6.6 |
| 1994 | – | 8.4 |
| 1993 | – | 8.1 |
| 1992 | – | 8.6 |
| 1991 | – | 8.6 |
| 1990 | – | 8.6 |
| 1989 | – | 9.4 |
| 1988 | – | 10.8 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
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.
- 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Albania vs Greece
Health
- Life expectancyAlbania: 79.6 years in 2023Greece: 81.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlbania: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Greece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlbania: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Greece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlbania: 70.7% in 2022Greece: 98.9% in 2022
- DepressionAlbania: 2.21% in 2017Greece: 4.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlbania: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Greece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlbania: 2.81 million people in 2023Greece: 10.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlbania: -0.71% a year in 2023Greece: -2.08% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlbania: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Greece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlbania: 58.9% in 2025Greece: 79.2% in 2025
- Median ageAlbania: 36.3 years in 2023Greece: 45.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlbania: 16.3% in 2023Greece: 23.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlbania: -9 per 1,000 people in 2023Greece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlbania: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Greece: 2.99% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlbania: $568M in 2025Greece: $7.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personAlbania: $224 in 2025Greece: $842 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlbania: 8,000 people in 2020Greece: 147,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlbania: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Greece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlbania: 0.65% of the labour force in 2020Greece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlbania: 23 million TIV in 2025Greece: 574 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAlbania: 1 million TIV in 2011Greece: 2 million TIV in 2025