Bulgaria vs Greece
Bulgaria vs Greece: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 2.01% of GDP in Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Greece has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Bulgaria.
- In 2025, Bulgaria ranked 62 and Greece ranked 28 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Bulgaria | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.01 | 2.99 |
| 2024 | 1.94 | 2.89 |
| 2023 | 1.95 | 2.89 |
| 2022 | 1.59 | 4.02 |
| 2021 | 1.51 | 3.8 |
| 2020 | 1.59 | 3.02 |
| 2019 | 3.15 | 2.6 |
| 2018 | 1.45 | 2.7 |
| 2017 | 1.22 | 2.56 |
| 2016 | 1.24 | 2.57 |
| 2015 | 1.25 | 2.48 |
| 2014 | 1.31 | 2.37 |
| 2013 | 1.45 | 2.39 |
| 2012 | 1.33 | 2.48 |
| 2011 | 1.31 | 2.52 |
| 2010 | 1.64 | 2.76 |
| 2009 | 1.74 | 3.27 |
| 2008 | 2.13 | 3.02 |
| 2007 | 2.23 | 2.72 |
| 2006 | 2.08 | 2.83 |
| 2005 | 2.24 | 2.9 |
| 2004 | 2.37 | 2.67 |
| 2003 | 2.69 | 2.56 |
| 2002 | 2.78 | 3.17 |
| 2001 | 2.86 | 3.36 |
| 2000 | 2.65 | 3.6 |
| 1999 | 2.62 | 3.49 |
| 1998 | 2.13 | 3.46 |
| 1997 | 2.16 | 3.3 |
| 1996 | 1.74 | 3.24 |
| 1995 | 1.64 | 3.1 |
| 1994 | 2.49 | 3.58 |
| 1993 | 2.61 | 3.6 |
| 1992 | 2.97 | 3.63 |
| 1991 | 3.04 | 3.49 |
| 1990 | 3.83 | 3.8 |
| 1989 | 4.4 | 3.77 |
| 1988 | – | 4.2 |
| 1987 | – | 4.26 |
| 1986 | – | 4.13 |
| 1985 | – | 4.69 |
| 1984 | – | 4.84 |
| 1983 | – | 5.17 |
| 1982 | – | 5.63 |
| 1981 | – | 5.74 |
| 1980 | – | 4.66 |
| 1979 | – | 5.18 |
| 1978 | – | 5.58 |
| 1977 | – | 5.92 |
| 1976 | – | 5.83 |
| 1975 | – | 5.85 |
| 1974 | – | 4.82 |
| 1973 | – | 3.52 |
| 1972 | – | 3.96 |
| 1971 | – | 4.12 |
| 1970 | – | 4.2 |
| 1969 | – | 4.79 |
| 1968 | – | 4.69 |
| 1967 | – | 4.35 |
| 1966 | – | 3.59 |
| 1965 | – | 3.5 |
| 1964 | – | 3.57 |
| 1963 | – | 3.82 |
| 1962 | – | 4.05 |
| 1961 | – | 4.24 |
| 1960 | – | 4.86 |
| 1959 | – | 4.86 |
| 1958 | – | 4.77 |
| 1957 | – | 5 |
| 1956 | – | 5.94 |
| 1955 | – | 5.11 |
| 1954 | – | 5.49 |
| 1953 | – | 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
Bulgaria vs Greece
Health
- Life expectancyBulgaria: 75.6 years in 2023Greece: 81.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBulgaria: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Greece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBulgaria: 4.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Greece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBulgaria: 95.7% in 2022Greece: 98.9% in 2022
- DepressionBulgaria: 2.54% in 2017Greece: 4.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateBulgaria: 9.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Greece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBulgaria: 6.8 million people in 2023Greece: 10.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthBulgaria: -0.52% a year in 2023Greece: -2.08% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBulgaria: 1.75 births per woman in 2023Greece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBulgaria: 74.2% in 2025Greece: 79.2% in 2025
- Median ageBulgaria: 44.3 years in 2023Greece: 45.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBulgaria: 21.8% in 2023Greece: 23.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateBulgaria: 0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Greece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsBulgaria: $2.4B in 2025Greece: $7.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personBulgaria: $384 in 2025Greece: $842 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBulgaria: 5.2% of government spending in 2025Greece: 6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBulgaria: 37,000 people in 2020Greece: 147,000 people in 2020
- National powerBulgaria: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Greece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBulgaria: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020Greece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBulgaria: 540 million TIV in 2025Greece: 574 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBulgaria: 33 million TIV in 2024Greece: 2 million TIV in 2025