Armenia vs Georgia
Armenia vs Georgia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 6.09% of GDP in Armenia and 1.75% of GDP in Georgia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Armenia, by 4.35 percentage points, or 3.49 times that in Georgia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Armenia has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Georgia.
- In 2025, Armenia ranked 7 and Georgia ranked 73 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Armenia | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.09 | 1.75 |
| 2024 | 5.46 | 1.59 |
| 2023 | 5.51 | 1.65 |
| 2022 | 4.08 | 1.61 |
| 2021 | 4.47 | 1.59 |
| 2020 | 4.98 | 1.79 |
| 2019 | 4.79 | 1.76 |
| 2018 | 4.12 | 1.87 |
| 2017 | 3.85 | 1.94 |
| 2016 | 4.09 | 2.04 |
| 2015 | 4.24 | 1.97 |
| 2014 | 3.94 | 2.31 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2.52 |
| 2012 | 3.58 | 2.91 |
| 2011 | 3.85 | 3.03 |
| 2010 | 4.27 | 3.66 |
| 2009 | 4.16 | 5.61 |
| 2008 | 3.4 | 8.52 |
| 2007 | 3.04 | 9.16 |
| 2006 | 2.95 | 5.22 |
| 2005 | 2.87 | 3.34 |
| 2004 | 2.74 | 1.37 |
| 2003 | 2.73 | 1.07 |
| 2002 | 2.7 | 1 |
| 2001 | 3.13 | 0.74 |
| 2000 | 3.56 | 0.62 |
| 1999 | 3.7 | 0.92 |
| 1998 | 3.53 | 1.14 |
| 1997 | 3.91 | 1.25 |
| 1996 | 3.28 | 2.21 |
| 1995 | 4.06 | – |
| 1993 | 2.3 | – |
| 1992 | 2.2 | – |
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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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Armenia vs Georgia
Health
- Life expectancyArmenia: 75.7 years in 2023Georgia: 74.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArmenia: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Georgia: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArmenia: 8.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Georgia: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterArmenia: 82.4% in 2022Georgia: 69.1% in 2022
- DepressionArmenia: 2.76% in 2017Georgia: 2.8% in 2017
- Suicide rateArmenia: 8.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Georgia: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArmenia: 2.94 million people in 2023Georgia: 3.81 million people in 2023
- Population growthArmenia: 2.79% a year in 2023Georgia: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArmenia: 1.71 births per woman in 2023Georgia: 1.81 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArmenia: 65.9% in 2025Georgia: 61.2% in 2025
- Median ageArmenia: 35.8 years in 2023Georgia: 36.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArmenia: 13.2% in 2023Georgia: 15.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateArmenia: 25.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Georgia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsArmenia: $1.65B in 2025Georgia: $637M in 2025
- Military spending per personArmenia: $582 in 2025Georgia: $173 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArmenia: 19.9% of government spending in 2025Georgia: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArmenia: 47,000 people in 2020Georgia: 26,000 people in 2020
- National powerArmenia: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Georgia: 0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArmenia: 3.25% of the labour force in 2020Georgia: 1.39% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArmenia: 21 million TIV in 2025Georgia: 15 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsArmenia: 4 million TIV in 2006Georgia: 7 million TIV in 2017