Argentina vs Austria
Argentina vs Austria: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 1.8% of government spending in Argentina and 2% of government spending in Austria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Austria, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Argentina.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Austria has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Argentina.
- In 2025, Argentina ranked 140 and Austria ranked 139 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Argentina | Austria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 2022 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 2021 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 2020 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 2019 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 2018 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| 2016 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 2015 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
| 2014 | 2.3 | 1.4 |
| 2013 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| 2012 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| 2011 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| 2010 | 2.4 | 1.6 |
| 2009 | 2.6 | 1.5 |
| 2008 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| 2007 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1.6 |
| 2005 | 3.5 | 1.7 |
| 2004 | 3.8 | 1.7 |
| 2003 | 4.3 | 1.8 |
| 2002 | 4.5 | 1.7 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1.8 |
| 2000 | 4.1 | 1.9 |
| 1999 | 4.3 | 1.9 |
| 1998 | 4.4 | 1.8 |
| 1997 | 4.5 | 1.9 |
| 1996 | 4.9 | 1.9 |
| 1995 | 5.8 | 1.9 |
| 1994 | – | 2 |
| 1993 | – | 2.1 |
| 1992 | – | 2.2 |
| 1991 | – | 2.4 |
| 1990 | – | 2.5 |
| 1989 | – | 2.6 |
| 1988 | – | 2.7 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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
Argentina vs Austria
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Austria: 82 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Austria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Austria: 3.26% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Austria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Austria: 9.13 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Austria: -0.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Austria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Austria: 69.7% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Austria: 43.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Austria: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Austria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Austria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025Austria: $5.88B in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Austria: $697 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Austria: 23,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Austria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Austria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Austria: 29 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011Austria: 1 million TIV in 2025