Austria vs Pakistan
Austria vs Pakistan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $5.88B in Austria and $11.5B in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by $5.6B, or 1.95 times that in Austria.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 1987, when it overtook Austria.
- In 2025, Austria ranked 43 and Pakistan ranked 31 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Austria | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.88B | $11.5B |
| 2024 | $5.29B | $10.3B |
| 2023 | $4.59B | $9.78B |
| 2022 | $4.12B | $11.2B |
| 2021 | $4.63B | $12B |
| 2020 | $4.51B | $11.5B |
| 2019 | $4.05B | $11.7B |
| 2018 | $3.96B | $11.8B |
| 2017 | $3.93B | $10.6B |
| 2016 | $3.75B | $9.66B |
| 2015 | $3.48B | $9.34B |
| 2014 | $3.64B | $8.6B |
| 2013 | $3.61B | $8.17B |
| 2012 | $3.76B | $7.9B |
| 2011 | $3.81B | $7.45B |
| 2010 | $3.9B | $7.07B |
| 2009 | $3.92B | $6.76B |
| 2008 | $4.2B | $6.56B |
| 2007 | $4.33B | $6.96B |
| 2006 | $3.64B | $6.91B |
| 2005 | $3.79B | $6.8B |
| 2004 | $3.87B | $6.53B |
| 2003 | $3.87B | $6.27B |
| 2002 | $3.71B | $5.87B |
| 2001 | $3.78B | $5.46B |
| 2000 | $4.06B | $5.1B |
| 1999 | $3.96B | $5.09B |
| 1998 | $3.88B | $5.04B |
| 1997 | $3.87B | $5.04B |
| 1996 | $3.86B | $5.27B |
| 1995 | $3.9B | $5.27B |
| 1994 | $3.93B | $5.18B |
| 1993 | $3.92B | $5.33B |
| 1992 | $3.88B | $5.36B |
| 1991 | $3.99B | $5.04B |
| 1990 | $3.98B | $4.71B |
| 1989 | $3.93B | $4.46B |
| 1988 | $3.97B | $4.45B |
| 1987 | $4.2B | $4.3B |
| 1986 | $4.37B | $3.93B |
| 1985 | $4.23B | $3.65B |
| 1984 | $3.87B | $3.36B |
| 1983 | $3.84B | $3.12B |
| 1982 | $3.78B | $2.8B |
| 1981 | $3.62B | $2.32B |
| 1980 | $3.74B | $2.14B |
| 1979 | $3.74B | $1.98B |
| 1978 | $3.52B | $1.87B |
| 1977 | $3.25B | $1.76B |
| 1976 | $3.15B | $1.77B |
| 1975 | $3.08B | $1.75B |
| 1974 | $2.77B | $1.67B |
| 1973 | $2.48B | $1.68B |
| 1972 | $2.38B | $1.8B |
| 1971 | $2.3B | $1.6B |
| 1970 | $2.39B | $1.44B |
| 1969 | $2.41B | $1.32B |
| 1968 | $2.35B | $1.21B |
| 1967 | $2.34B | $1.18B |
| 1966 | $2.31B | $1.45B |
| 1965 | $2.01B | $1.24B |
| 1964 | $2.43B | $770M |
| 1963 | $1.93B | $683M |
| 1962 | $1.58B | $632M |
| 1961 | $1.5B | $660M |
| 1960 | $1.56B | $666M |
| 1959 | $1.66B | $640M |
| 1958 | $1.68B | $543M |
| 1957 | $1.48B | $523M |
| 1956 | – | $630M |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAustria: 98.9% in 2022Pakistan: 50.6% in 2022
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Pakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025