Austria vs Belgium
Austria vs Belgium: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.1% of GDP in Austria and 2.01% of GDP in Belgium, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 0.91 percentage points, or 1.82 times that in Austria.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Belgium has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1957.
- In 2025, Austria ranked 104 and Belgium ranked 61 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Austria | Belgium |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.1 | 2.01 |
| 2024 | 0.99 | 1.28 |
| 2023 | 0.86 | 1.17 |
| 2022 | 0.76 | 1.17 |
| 2021 | 0.87 | 1.04 |
| 2020 | 0.89 | 1.01 |
| 2019 | 0.75 | 0.89 |
| 2018 | 0.75 | 0.89 |
| 2017 | 0.76 | 0.89 |
| 2016 | 0.73 | 0.9 |
| 2015 | 0.7 | 0.91 |
| 2014 | 0.75 | 0.97 |
| 2013 | 0.76 | 1.01 |
| 2012 | 0.78 | 1.04 |
| 2011 | 0.8 | 1.05 |
| 2010 | 0.83 | 1.09 |
| 2009 | 0.84 | 1.16 |
| 2008 | 0.88 | 1.22 |
| 2007 | 0.91 | 1.1 |
| 2006 | 0.79 | 1.06 |
| 2005 | 0.86 | 1.1 |
| 2004 | 0.9 | 1.16 |
| 2003 | 0.92 | 1.22 |
| 2002 | 0.89 | 1.22 |
| 2001 | 0.91 | 1.28 |
| 2000 | 0.98 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 0.98 | 1.39 |
| 1998 | 1.02 | 1.42 |
| 1997 | 1.05 | 1.46 |
| 1996 | 1.05 | 1.52 |
| 1995 | 1.07 | 1.55 |
| 1994 | 1.09 | 1.68 |
| 1993 | 1.12 | 1.74 |
| 1992 | 1.1 | 1.83 |
| 1991 | 1.15 | 2.29 |
| 1990 | 1.2 | 2.36 |
| 1989 | 1.23 | 2.46 |
| 1988 | 1.3 | 2.63 |
| 1987 | 1.42 | 2.9 |
| 1986 | 1.51 | 2.95 |
| 1985 | 1.51 | 2.93 |
| 1984 | 1.41 | 3.01 |
| 1983 | 1.39 | 3.19 |
| 1982 | 1.41 | 3.27 |
| 1981 | 1.38 | 3.37 |
| 1980 | 1.42 | 3.25 |
| 1979 | 1.43 | 3.26 |
| 1978 | 1.43 | 3.26 |
| 1977 | 1.35 | 3.14 |
| 1976 | 1.37 | 3.09 |
| 1975 | 1.45 | 3.07 |
| 1974 | 1.28 | 2.76 |
| 1973 | 1.19 | 2.84 |
| 1972 | 1.2 | 2.88 |
| 1971 | 1.25 | 2.9 |
| 1970 | 1.38 | 2.92 |
| 1969 | 1.5 | 2.93 |
| 1968 | 1.54 | 3.12 |
| 1967 | 1.61 | 3.14 |
| 1966 | 1.62 | 3.11 |
| 1965 | 1.51 | 2.97 |
| 1964 | 1.89 | 3.21 |
| 1963 | 1.58 | 3.22 |
| 1962 | 1.35 | 3.29 |
| 1961 | 1.31 | 3.26 |
| 1960 | 1.46 | 3.4 |
| 1959 | 1.7 | 3.52 |
| 1958 | 1.81 | 3.57 |
| 1957 | 1.63 | 3.61 |
| 1956 | – | 3.56 |
| 1955 | – | 3.78 |
| 1954 | – | 4.88 |
| 1953 | – | 4.86 |
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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
Austria vs Belgium
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Belgium: 82.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Belgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Belgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAustria: 98.9% in 2022Belgium: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Belgium: 4.11% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Belgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Belgium: 11.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Belgium: 0.25% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Belgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Belgium: 87.7% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Belgium: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Belgium: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Belgium: $13.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025Belgium: $1,237 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Belgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Belgium: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Belgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Belgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Belgium: 430 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Belgium: 86 million TIV in 2025