Albania vs Greece
Albania vs Greece: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $224 in Albania and $842 in Greece, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by $618, or 3.76 times that in Albania.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Greece has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- In 2025, Albania ranked 58 and Greece ranked 28 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Albania | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $224 | $842 |
| 2024 | $191 | $729 |
| 2023 | $142 | $678 |
| 2022 | $81 | $836 |
| 2021 | $78 | $777 |
| 2020 | $68 | $540 |
| 2019 | $68 | $502 |
| 2018 | $61 | $536 |
| 2017 | $50 | $476 |
| 2016 | $45 | $461 |
| 2015 | $46 | $444 |
| 2014 | $61 | $507 |
| 2013 | $62 | $514 |
| 2012 | $63 | $533 |
| 2011 | $68 | $641 |
| 2010 | $63 | $735 |
| 2009 | $61 | $963 |
| 2008 | $85 | $960 |
| 2007 | $64 | $775 |
| 2006 | $46 | $692 |
| 2005 | $36 | $641 |
| 2004 | $32 | $574 |
| 2003 | $24 | $463 |
| 2002 | $19 | $437 |
| 2001 | $17 | $410 |
| 2000 | $14 | $424 |
| 1999 | $13 | $468 |
| 1998 | $10 | $453 |
| 1997 | $9 | $432 |
| 1996 | $14 | $438 |
| 1995 | $16 | $398 |
| 1994 | $15 | $344 |
| 1993 | $12 | $324 |
| 1992 | $10 | $351 |
| 1991 | – | $306 |
| 1990 | – | $312 |
| 1989 | – | $251 |
| 1988 | – | $271 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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.
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 share of state spendingAlbania: 6.7% of government spending in 2025Greece: 6% of government spending 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