Austria vs India
Austria vs India: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 2% of government spending in Austria and 8.2% of government spending in India, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 6.2 percentage points, or 4.09 times that in Austria.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Austria ranked 139 and India ranked 35 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Austria | India |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 8.2 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 7.6 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 8.1 |
| 2022 | 1.4 | 8 |
| 2021 | 1.6 | 8 |
| 2020 | 1.6 | 8.8 |
| 2019 | 1.5 | 9.3 |
| 2018 | 1.5 | 9.1 |
| 2017 | 1.5 | 9.4 |
| 2016 | 1.5 | 9.1 |
| 2015 | 1.4 | 8.8 |
| 2014 | 1.4 | 9.5 |
| 2013 | 1.5 | 9.3 |
| 2012 | 1.5 | 9.3 |
| 2011 | 1.6 | 9.6 |
| 2010 | 1.6 | 9.9 |
| 2009 | 1.5 | 10.3 |
| 2008 | 1.7 | 8.9 |
| 2007 | 1.8 | 8.9 |
| 2006 | 1.6 | 9.5 |
| 2005 | 1.7 | 10.4 |
| 2004 | 1.7 | 10.1 |
| 2003 | 1.8 | 9.1 |
| 2002 | 1.7 | 9.9 |
| 2001 | 1.8 | 10.5 |
| 2000 | 1.9 | 11.5 |
| 1999 | 1.9 | 11.6 |
| 1998 | 1.8 | 10.7 |
| 1997 | 1.9 | 10.7 |
| 1996 | 1.9 | 10.3 |
| 1995 | 1.9 | 10.5 |
| 1994 | 2 | 10.4 |
| 1993 | 2.1 | 11 |
| 1992 | 2.2 | 10.3 |
| 1991 | 2.4 | 10.9 |
| 1990 | 2.5 | 12.4 |
| 1989 | 2.6 | 13.6 |
| 1988 | 2.7 | 14.8 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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 India
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023India: 72 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024India: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023India: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017India: 3.53% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017India: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023India: 1.44 billion people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023India: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023India: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025India: 35.7% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023India: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023India: 6.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023India: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025India: 2.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025India: $93.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025India: $63 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020India: 3.07 million people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022India: 9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020India: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025India: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025India: 81 million TIV in 2025