Austria vs Hungary
Austria vs Hungary: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.1% of GDP in Austria and 2.04% of GDP in Hungary, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Hungary, by 0.94 percentage points, or 1.85 times that in Austria.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Hungary has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2025, Austria ranked 104 and Hungary ranked 55 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Austria | Hungary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.1 | 2.04 |
| 2024 | 0.99 | 2.13 |
| 2023 | 0.86 | 2.04 |
| 2022 | 0.76 | 1.84 |
| 2021 | 0.87 | 1.32 |
| 2020 | 0.89 | 1.75 |
| 2019 | 0.75 | 1.33 |
| 2018 | 0.75 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0.76 | 1.19 |
| 2016 | 0.73 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 2014 | 0.75 | 0.86 |
| 2013 | 0.76 | 0.94 |
| 2012 | 0.78 | 1.03 |
| 2011 | 0.8 | 1.04 |
| 2010 | 0.83 | 1.02 |
| 2009 | 0.84 | 1.13 |
| 2008 | 0.88 | 1.18 |
| 2007 | 0.91 | 1.27 |
| 2006 | 0.79 | 1.22 |
| 2005 | 0.86 | 1.41 |
| 2004 | 0.9 | 1.47 |
| 2003 | 0.92 | 1.65 |
| 2002 | 0.89 | 1.6 |
| 2001 | 0.91 | 1.57 |
| 2000 | 0.98 | 1.51 |
| 1999 | 0.98 | 1.43 |
| 1998 | 1.02 | 1.27 |
| 1997 | 1.05 | 1.47 |
| 1996 | 1.05 | 1.25 |
| 1995 | 1.07 | 1.31 |
| 1994 | 1.09 | 1.82 |
| 1993 | 1.12 | 1.91 |
| 1992 | 1.1 | 2.18 |
| 1991 | 1.15 | 2.16 |
| 1990 | 1.2 | 2.56 |
| 1989 | 1.23 | 2.79 |
| 1988 | 1.3 | 3.6 |
| 1987 | 1.42 | 3.16 |
| 1986 | 1.51 | 3.22 |
| 1985 | 1.51 | 4.97 |
| 1984 | 1.41 | 3.15 |
| 1983 | 1.39 | 3.34 |
| 1982 | 1.41 | 3.24 |
| 1981 | 1.38 | 3.33 |
| 1980 | 1.42 | 3.34 |
| 1979 | 1.43 | 3.24 |
| 1978 | 1.43 | 3.24 |
| 1977 | 1.35 | 2.96 |
| 1976 | 1.37 | 3.01 |
| 1975 | 1.45 | 3.34 |
| 1974 | 1.28 | 3.21 |
| 1973 | 1.19 | 3.01 |
| 1972 | 1.2 | 3.27 |
| 1971 | 1.25 | 3.74 |
| 1970 | 1.38 | 4.03 |
| 1969 | 1.5 | – |
| 1968 | 1.54 | – |
| 1967 | 1.61 | – |
| 1966 | 1.62 | – |
| 1965 | 1.51 | – |
| 1964 | 1.89 | – |
| 1963 | 1.58 | – |
| 1962 | 1.35 | – |
| 1961 | 1.31 | – |
| 1960 | 1.46 | – |
| 1959 | 1.7 | – |
| 1958 | 1.81 | – |
| 1957 | 1.63 | – |
- Estimate
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 Hungary
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Hungary: 77 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Hungary: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Hungary: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAustria: 98.9% in 2022Hungary: 100% in 2022
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Hungary: 2.77% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Hungary: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Hungary: 9.69 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Hungary: 0.07% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Hungary: 1.49 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Hungary: 70.7% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Hungary: 43.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Hungary: 20.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Hungary: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Hungary: $4.62B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025Hungary: $518 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Hungary: 4.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Hungary: 46,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Hungary: 0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Hungary: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Hungary: 402 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Hungary: 11 million TIV in 2024