Austria vs Czechia
Austria vs Czechia: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $697 in Austria and $660 in Czechia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Austria, by $37, or 1.06 times that in Czechia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Austria has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Czechia.
- In 2025, Austria ranked 32 and Czechia ranked 33 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Austria | Czechia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $697 | $660 |
| 2024 | $580 | $603 |
| 2023 | $487 | $419 |
| 2022 | $402 | $370 |
| 2021 | $469 | $372 |
| 2020 | $431 | $303 |
| 2019 | $377 | $282 |
| 2018 | $384 | $261 |
| 2017 | $359 | $199 |
| 2016 | $332 | $186 |
| 2015 | $310 | $169 |
| 2014 | $388 | $192 |
| 2013 | $382 | $205 |
| 2012 | $379 | $211 |
| 2011 | $407 | $236 |
| 2010 | $385 | $239 |
| 2009 | $400 | $261 |
| 2008 | $451 | $282 |
| 2007 | $423 | $262 |
| 2006 | $320 | $238 |
| 2005 | $328 | $238 |
| 2004 | $329 | $199 |
| 2003 | $294 | $184 |
| 2002 | $233 | $146 |
| 2001 | $223 | $116 |
| 2000 | $241 | $113 |
| 1999 | $266 | $118 |
| 1998 | $271 | $114 |
| 1997 | $272 | $96 |
| 1996 | $309 | $109 |
| 1995 | $322 | $103 |
| 1994 | $281 | $91 |
| 1993 | $268 | $79 |
| 1992 | $274 | – |
| 1991 | $259 | – |
| 1990 | $258 | – |
| 1989 | $214 | – |
| 1988 | $226 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 Czechia
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Czechia: 79.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Czechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Czechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAustria: 98.9% in 2022Czechia: 97.9% in 2022
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Czechia: 2.68% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Czechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Czechia: 10.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Czechia: -0.34% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Czechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Czechia: 72.9% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Czechia: 42.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Czechia: 20.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Czechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025Czechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Czechia: $6.49B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Czechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Czechia: 27,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Czechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Czechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Czechia: 19 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Czechia: 137 million TIV in 2025