Bulgaria vs Greece
Bulgaria vs Greece: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $384 in Bulgaria and $842 in Greece, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by $458, or 2.19 times that in Bulgaria.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Greece has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1989.
- In 2025, Bulgaria ranked 48 and Greece ranked 28 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Bulgaria | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $384 | $842 |
| 2024 | $324 | $729 |
| 2023 | $292 | $678 |
| 2022 | $210 | $836 |
| 2021 | $184 | $777 |
| 2020 | $161 | $540 |
| 2019 | $308 | $502 |
| 2018 | $136 | $536 |
| 2017 | $101 | $476 |
| 2016 | $94 | $461 |
| 2015 | $88 | $444 |
| 2014 | $103 | $507 |
| 2013 | $111 | $514 |
| 2012 | $98 | $533 |
| 2011 | $102 | $641 |
| 2010 | $112 | $735 |
| 2009 | $121 | $963 |
| 2008 | $154 | $960 |
| 2007 | $130 | $775 |
| 2006 | $93 | $692 |
| 2005 | $86 | $641 |
| 2004 | $80 | $574 |
| 2003 | $73 | $463 |
| 2002 | $58 | $437 |
| 2001 | $51 | $410 |
| 2000 | $44 | $424 |
| 1999 | $44 | $468 |
| 1998 | $39 | $453 |
| 1997 | $30 | $432 |
| 1996 | $26 | $438 |
| 1995 | $37 | $398 |
| 1994 | $29 | $344 |
| 1993 | $33 | $324 |
| 1992 | $30 | $351 |
| 1991 | $27 | $306 |
| 1990 | $89 | $312 |
| 1989 | $230 | $251 |
| 1988 | – | $271 |
- 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
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 in US dollarsBulgaria: $2.4B in 2025Greece: $7.81B 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