Albania vs Serbia
Albania vs Serbia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $568M in Albania and $2.55B in Serbia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Serbia, by $1.99B, or 4.5 times that in Albania.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Serbia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2006.
- In 2025, Albania ranked 98 and Serbia ranked 58 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Albania | Serbia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $568M | $2.55B |
| 2024 | $535M | $2.4B |
| 2023 | $442M | $1.88B |
| 2022 | $297M | $1.76B |
| 2021 | $283M | $2.18B |
| 2020 | $267M | $1.68B |
| 2019 | $276M | $1.59B |
| 2018 | $245M | $1.4B |
| 2017 | $227M | $1.16B |
| 2016 | $218M | $1.2B |
| 2015 | $227M | $1.06B |
| 2014 | $260M | $1.15B |
| 2013 | $268M | $1.15B |
| 2012 | $285M | $1.18B |
| 2011 | $291M | $1.21B |
| 2010 | $293M | $1.26B |
| 2009 | $272M | $1.3B |
| 2008 | $344M | $1.32B |
| 2007 | $292M | $1.36B |
| 2006 | $236M | $1.2B |
| 2005 | $192M | – |
| 2004 | $186M | – |
| 2003 | $171M | – |
| 2002 | $155M | – |
| 2001 | $151M | – |
| 2000 | $133M | – |
| 1999 | $120M | – |
| 1998 | $104M | – |
| 1997 | $110M | – |
| 1996 | $158M | – |
| 1995 | $175M | – |
| 1994 | $188M | – |
| 1993 | $197M | – |
| 1992 | $215M | – |
| 1991 | $281M | – |
| 1990 | $398M | – |
| 1989 | $387M | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Albania vs Serbia
Health
- Life expectancyAlbania: 79.6 years in 2023Serbia: 76.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlbania: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Serbia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlbania: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Serbia: 4.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlbania: 70.7% in 2022Serbia: 75.1% in 2022
- DepressionAlbania: 2.21% in 2017Serbia: 2.57% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlbania: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Serbia: 12.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlbania: 2.81 million people in 2023Serbia: 6.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlbania: -0.71% a year in 2023Serbia: -0.44% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlbania: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Serbia: 1.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlbania: 58.9% in 2025Serbia: 62.6% in 2025
- Median ageAlbania: 36.3 years in 2023Serbia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlbania: 16.3% in 2023Serbia: 22.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlbania: -9 per 1,000 people in 2023Serbia: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlbania: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Serbia: 2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personAlbania: $224 in 2025Serbia: $414 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlbania: 6.7% of government spending in 2025Serbia: 6.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlbania: 8,000 people in 2020Serbia: 32,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlbania: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Serbia: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlbania: 0.65% of the labour force in 2020Serbia: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlbania: 23 million TIV in 2025Serbia: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAlbania: 1 million TIV in 2011Serbia: 39 million TIV in 2025