Bulgaria vs Greece
Bulgaria vs Greece: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $2.4B in Bulgaria and $7.81B in Greece, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by $5.41B, or 3.26 times that in Bulgaria.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Greece has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1989.
- In 2025, Bulgaria ranked 61 and Greece ranked 35 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Bulgaria | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.4B | $7.81B |
| 2024 | $2.19B | $7.39B |
| 2023 | $2.04B | $7.22B |
| 2022 | $1.66B | $9.57B |
| 2021 | $1.51B | $8.85B |
| 2020 | $1.42B | $6.47B |
| 2019 | $2.83B | $6.06B |
| 2018 | $1.23B | $6.17B |
| 2017 | $999M | $5.77B |
| 2016 | $964M | $5.77B |
| 2015 | $900M | $5.54B |
| 2014 | $888M | $5.23B |
| 2013 | $950M | $5.27B |
| 2012 | $880M | $5.64B |
| 2011 | $879M | $6.38B |
| 2010 | $1.06B | $7.93B |
| 2009 | $1.12B | $10.3B |
| 2008 | $1.41B | $9.84B |
| 2007 | $1.44B | $8.85B |
| 2006 | $1.23B | $8.86B |
| 2005 | $1.24B | $8.52B |
| 2004 | $1.21B | $7.88B |
| 2003 | $1.3B | $7.16B |
| 2002 | $1.28B | $8.36B |
| 2001 | $1.27B | $8.52B |
| 2000 | $1.14B | $8.72B |
| 1999 | $1.11B | $8.26B |
| 1998 | $978M | $7.89B |
| 1997 | $846M | $7.24B |
| 1996 | $906M | $6.79B |
| 1995 | $1.1B | $6.41B |
| 1994 | $1.12B | $6.27B |
| 1993 | $1.31B | $6.17B |
| 1992 | $1.73B | $6.32B |
| 1991 | $2.29B | $6.08B |
| 1990 | $4.23B | $6.41B |
| 1989 | $5.24B | $6.34B |
| 1988 | – | $6.76B |
| 1987 | – | $6.4B |
| 1986 | – | $6.41B |
| 1985 | – | $7.5B |
| 1984 | – | $7.56B |
| 1983 | – | $7.7B |
| 1982 | – | $8.44B |
| 1981 | – | $8.27B |
| 1980 | – | $6.99B |
| 1979 | – | $8.08B |
| 1978 | – | $8.34B |
| 1977 | – | $8.17B |
| 1976 | – | $7.7B |
| 1975 | – | $7.04B |
| 1974 | – | $5.47B |
| 1973 | – | $4.41B |
| 1972 | – | $4.38B |
| 1971 | – | $4.11B |
| 1970 | – | $3.89B |
| 1969 | – | $3.6B |
| 1968 | – | $3.18B |
| 1967 | – | $2.73B |
| 1966 | – | $2.12B |
| 1965 | – | $1.95B |
| 1964 | – | $1.8B |
| 1963 | – | $1.74B |
| 1962 | – | $1.69B |
| 1961 | – | $1.66B |
| 1960 | – | $1.72B |
| 1959 | – | $1.62B |
| 1958 | – | $1.56B |
| 1957 | – | $1.59B |
| 1956 | – | $1.53B |
| 1955 | – | $1.18B |
| 1954 | – | $1.16B |
| 1953 | – | $1.08B |
| 1952 | – | $1.13B |
| 1951 | – | $1.17B |
| 1950 | – | $991M |
| 1949 | – | $884M |
- Estimate
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
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 spendingBulgaria: 2.01% of GDP in 2025Greece: 2.99% of GDP 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