Bulgaria vs Serbia
Bulgaria vs Serbia: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $384 in Bulgaria and $414 in Serbia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Serbia, by $30, or 1.08 times that in Bulgaria.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Serbia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Bulgaria.
- In 2025, Bulgaria ranked 48 and Serbia ranked 47 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Bulgaria | Serbia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $384 | $414 |
| 2024 | $324 | $356 |
| 2023 | $292 | $265 |
| 2022 | $210 | $214 |
| 2021 | $184 | $263 |
| 2020 | $161 | $185 |
| 2019 | $308 | $168 |
| 2018 | $136 | $151 |
| 2017 | $101 | $114 |
| 2016 | $94 | $110 |
| 2015 | $88 | $97 |
| 2014 | $103 | $127 |
| 2013 | $111 | $128 |
| 2012 | $98 | $118 |
| 2011 | $102 | $134 |
| 2010 | $112 | $118 |
| 2009 | $121 | $131 |
| 2008 | $154 | $149 |
| 2007 | $130 | $130 |
| 2006 | $93 | $94 |
| 2005 | $86 | – |
| 2004 | $80 | – |
| 2003 | $73 | – |
| 2002 | $58 | – |
| 2001 | $51 | – |
| 2000 | $44 | – |
| 1999 | $44 | – |
| 1998 | $39 | – |
| 1997 | $30 | – |
| 1996 | $26 | – |
| 1995 | $37 | – |
| 1994 | $29 | – |
| 1993 | $33 | – |
| 1992 | $30 | – |
| 1991 | $27 | – |
| 1990 | $89 | – |
| 1989 | $230 | – |
- 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 Serbia
Health
- Life expectancyBulgaria: 75.6 years in 2023Serbia: 76.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBulgaria: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Serbia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBulgaria: 4.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Serbia: 4.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBulgaria: 95.7% in 2022Serbia: 75.1% in 2022
- DepressionBulgaria: 2.54% in 2017Serbia: 2.57% in 2017
- Suicide rateBulgaria: 9.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Serbia: 12.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBulgaria: 6.8 million people in 2023Serbia: 6.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthBulgaria: -0.52% a year in 2023Serbia: -0.44% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBulgaria: 1.75 births per woman in 2023Serbia: 1.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBulgaria: 74.2% in 2025Serbia: 62.6% in 2025
- Median ageBulgaria: 44.3 years in 2023Serbia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBulgaria: 21.8% in 2023Serbia: 22.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBulgaria: 0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Serbia: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBulgaria: 2.01% of GDP in 2025Serbia: 2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBulgaria: $2.4B in 2025Serbia: $2.55B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBulgaria: 5.2% of government spending in 2025Serbia: 6.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBulgaria: 37,000 people in 2020Serbia: 32,000 people in 2020
- National powerBulgaria: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Serbia: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBulgaria: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020Serbia: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBulgaria: 540 million TIV in 2025Serbia: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBulgaria: 33 million TIV in 2024Serbia: 39 million TIV in 2025