Austria vs Thailand
Austria vs Thailand: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $697 in Austria and $84 in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Austria, by $613, or 8.34 times that in Thailand.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Austria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Austria ranked 32 and Thailand ranked 81 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Austria | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $697 | $84 |
| 2024 | $580 | $77 |
| 2023 | $487 | $80 |
| 2022 | $402 | $84 |
| 2021 | $469 | $99 |
| 2020 | $431 | $102 |
| 2019 | $377 | $100 |
| 2018 | $384 | $93 |
| 2017 | $359 | $86 |
| 2016 | $332 | $79 |
| 2015 | $310 | $77 |
| 2014 | $388 | $80 |
| 2013 | $382 | $80 |
| 2012 | $379 | $78 |
| 2011 | $407 | $75 |
| 2010 | $385 | $76 |
| 2009 | $400 | $64 |
| 2008 | $451 | $54 |
| 2007 | $423 | $40 |
| 2006 | $320 | $32 |
| 2005 | $328 | $28 |
| 2004 | $329 | $30 |
| 2003 | $294 | $29 |
| 2002 | $233 | $28 |
| 2001 | $223 | $27 |
| 2000 | $241 | $30 |
| 1999 | $266 | $33 |
| 1998 | $271 | $35 |
| 1997 | $272 | $54 |
| 1996 | $309 | $66 |
| 1995 | $322 | $66 |
| 1994 | $281 | $62 |
| 1993 | $268 | $55 |
| 1992 | $274 | $53 |
| 1991 | $259 | $47 |
| 1990 | $258 | $41 |
| 1989 | $214 | $36 |
| 1988 | $226 | $34 |
- 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 Thailand
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024