Belgium vs Greece
Belgium vs Greece: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 2.01% of GDP in Belgium and 2.99% of GDP in Greece, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 0.98 percentage points, or 1.49 times that in Belgium.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Greece has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1953.
- In 2025, Belgium ranked 61 and Greece ranked 28 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Belgium | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.01 | 2.99 |
| 2024 | 1.28 | 2.89 |
| 2023 | 1.17 | 2.89 |
| 2022 | 1.17 | 4.02 |
| 2021 | 1.04 | 3.8 |
| 2020 | 1.01 | 3.02 |
| 2019 | 0.89 | 2.6 |
| 2018 | 0.89 | 2.7 |
| 2017 | 0.89 | 2.56 |
| 2016 | 0.9 | 2.57 |
| 2015 | 0.91 | 2.48 |
| 2014 | 0.97 | 2.37 |
| 2013 | 1.01 | 2.39 |
| 2012 | 1.04 | 2.48 |
| 2011 | 1.05 | 2.52 |
| 2010 | 1.09 | 2.76 |
| 2009 | 1.16 | 3.27 |
| 2008 | 1.22 | 3.02 |
| 2007 | 1.1 | 2.72 |
| 2006 | 1.06 | 2.83 |
| 2005 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| 2004 | 1.16 | 2.67 |
| 2003 | 1.22 | 2.56 |
| 2002 | 1.22 | 3.17 |
| 2001 | 1.28 | 3.36 |
| 2000 | 1.35 | 3.6 |
| 1999 | 1.39 | 3.49 |
| 1998 | 1.42 | 3.46 |
| 1997 | 1.46 | 3.3 |
| 1996 | 1.52 | 3.24 |
| 1995 | 1.55 | 3.1 |
| 1994 | 1.68 | 3.58 |
| 1993 | 1.74 | 3.6 |
| 1992 | 1.83 | 3.63 |
| 1991 | 2.29 | 3.49 |
| 1990 | 2.36 | 3.8 |
| 1989 | 2.46 | 3.77 |
| 1988 | 2.63 | 4.2 |
| 1987 | 2.9 | 4.26 |
| 1986 | 2.95 | 4.13 |
| 1985 | 2.93 | 4.69 |
| 1984 | 3.01 | 4.84 |
| 1983 | 3.19 | 5.17 |
| 1982 | 3.27 | 5.63 |
| 1981 | 3.37 | 5.74 |
| 1980 | 3.25 | 4.66 |
| 1979 | 3.26 | 5.18 |
| 1978 | 3.26 | 5.58 |
| 1977 | 3.14 | 5.92 |
| 1976 | 3.09 | 5.83 |
| 1975 | 3.07 | 5.85 |
| 1974 | 2.76 | 4.82 |
| 1973 | 2.84 | 3.52 |
| 1972 | 2.88 | 3.96 |
| 1971 | 2.9 | 4.12 |
| 1970 | 2.92 | 4.2 |
| 1969 | 2.93 | 4.79 |
| 1968 | 3.12 | 4.69 |
| 1967 | 3.14 | 4.35 |
| 1966 | 3.11 | 3.59 |
| 1965 | 2.97 | 3.5 |
| 1964 | 3.21 | 3.57 |
| 1963 | 3.22 | 3.82 |
| 1962 | 3.29 | 4.05 |
| 1961 | 3.26 | 4.24 |
| 1960 | 3.4 | 4.86 |
| 1959 | 3.52 | 4.86 |
| 1958 | 3.57 | 4.77 |
| 1957 | 3.61 | 5 |
| 1956 | 3.56 | 5.94 |
| 1955 | 3.78 | 5.11 |
| 1954 | 4.88 | 5.49 |
| 1953 | 4.86 | 5.12 |
| 1952 | – | 6.43 |
| 1951 | – | 6.64 |
| 1950 | – | 6.01 |
| 1949 | – | 5.91 |
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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
Belgium vs Greece
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023Greece: 81.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Greece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Greece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelgium: 99.7% in 2022Greece: 98.9% in 2022
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017Greece: 4.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Greece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023Greece: 10.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023Greece: -2.08% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023Greece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025Greece: 79.2% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023Greece: 45.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023Greece: 23.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Greece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025Greece: $7.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025Greece: $842 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Greece: 6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020Greece: 147,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022Greece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Greece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025Greece: 574 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBelgium: 86 million TIV in 2025Greece: 2 million TIV in 2025