Argentina vs Poland: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 0.56% of GDP in Argentina and 4.5% of GDP in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 3.93 percentage points, or 7.98 times that in Argentina.
ArgentinaPoland
Watch it change on the mapChange since 1980, percentage points · SIPRI
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 0.56 2025 | 0.85 | 137 of 151 |
| Poland | 4.5 2025 | 2.13 | 11 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Argentina.
- In 2025, Argentina ranked 137 and Poland ranked 11 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Argentina | Poland |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.56 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 0.65 | 3.76 |
| 2023 | 0.75 | 3.26 |
| 2022 | 0.68 | 2.21 |
| 2021 | 0.63 | 2.22 |
| 2020 | 0.73 | 2.26 |
| 2019 | 0.7 | 1.95 |
| 2018 | 0.73 | 2.03 |
| 2017 | 0.85 | 1.89 |
| 2016 | 0.81 | 1.94 |
| 2015 | 0.85 | 2.13 |
| 2014 | 0.88 | 1.91 |
| 2013 | 0.84 | 1.79 |
| 2012 | 0.78 | 1.8 |
| 2011 | 0.76 | 1.79 |
| 2010 | 0.81 | 1.84 |
| 2009 | 0.89 | 1.79 |
| 2008 | 0.76 | 1.75 |
| 2007 | 0.79 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0.79 | 1.91 |
| 2005 | 0.85 | 1.92 |
| 2004 | 0.88 | 1.87 |
| 2003 | 1.06 | 1.9 |
| 2002 | 1.09 | 1.89 |
| 2001 | 1.18 | 1.89 |
| 2000 | 1.15 | 1.82 |
| 1999 | 1.22 | 1.89 |
| 1998 | 1.14 | 1.99 |
| 1997 | 1.14 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1.24 | 1.92 |
| 1995 | 1.47 | 1.9 |
| 1994 | 1.46 | 2.27 |
| 1993 | 1.42 | 2.47 |
| 1992 | 1.42 | 2.23 |
| 1991 | 1.51 | 2.25 |
| 1990 | 1.45 | 2.61 |
| 1989 | 1.88 | 1.82 |
| 1988 | 2.13 | 2.59 |
| 1987 | 2.28 | 2.76 |
| 1986 | 2.31 | 2.94 |
| 1985 | 2.3 | 3.02 |
| 1984 | 2.16 | 3.06 |
| 1983 | 2.74 | 2.9 |
| 1982 | 2.71 | 3.25 |
| 1981 | 3.47 | 2.91 |
| 1980 | 3.1 | 2.65 |
| 1979 | 4.67 | – |
| 1978 | 4.72 | – |
| 1977 | 4.01 | – |
| 1976 | 3.78 | – |
| 1975 | 2.04 | – |
| 1974 | 1.66 | – |
| 1973 | 1.85 | – |
| 1972 | 1.82 | – |
| 1971 | 1.81 | – |
| 1970 | 1.88 | – |
| 1969 | 1.94 | – |
| 1968 | 1.69 | – |
| 1967 | 1.4 | – |
| 1966 | 1.17 | – |
| 1965 | 1.07 | – |
| 1964 | 1.15 | – |
| 1963 | 1.68 | – |
| 1962 | 2.66 | – |
| 1961 | 2.14 | – |
| 1960 | 1.55 | – |
| 1959 | 0.81 | – |
| 1950 | 2.91 | – |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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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