Canada vs France
Canada vs France: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.63% of GDP in Canada and 2.03% of GDP in France, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 0.4 percentage points, or 1.25 times that in Canada.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France has been higher since 1956, when it overtook Canada.
- In 2025, Canada ranked 78 and France ranked 59 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Canada | France |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.63 | 2.03 |
| 2024 | 1.35 | 2.01 |
| 2023 | 1.32 | 1.95 |
| 2022 | 1.14 | 1.96 |
| 2021 | 1.22 | 1.98 |
| 2020 | 1.42 | 2.02 |
| 2019 | 1.22 | 1.85 |
| 2018 | 1.25 | 1.85 |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 1.85 |
| 2016 | 1.14 | 1.85 |
| 2015 | 1.17 | 1.87 |
| 2014 | 1.09 | 1.86 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1.85 |
| 2012 | 1.12 | 1.87 |
| 2011 | 1.19 | 1.89 |
| 2010 | 1.19 | 1.97 |
| 2009 | 1.38 | 2.1 |
| 2008 | 1.25 | 1.9 |
| 2007 | 1.19 | 1.91 |
| 2006 | 1.12 | 1.98 |
| 2005 | 1.11 | 2.03 |
| 2004 | 1.1 | 2.11 |
| 2003 | 1.11 | 2.11 |
| 2002 | 1.12 | 2.06 |
| 2001 | 1.13 | 2.04 |
| 2000 | 1.11 | 2.09 |
| 1999 | 1.24 | 2.2 |
| 1998 | 1.26 | 2.25 |
| 1997 | 1.25 | 2.39 |
| 1996 | 1.4 | 2.44 |
| 1995 | 1.55 | 2.52 |
| 1994 | 1.7 | 2.69 |
| 1993 | 1.82 | 2.72 |
| 1992 | 1.86 | 2.73 |
| 1991 | 1.9 | 2.85 |
| 1990 | 1.96 | 2.85 |
| 1989 | 1.94 | 2.92 |
| 1988 | 1.99 | 3 |
| 1987 | 2.06 | 3.12 |
| 1986 | 2.11 | 3.09 |
| 1985 | 2.1 | 3.14 |
| 1984 | 2.12 | 3.19 |
| 1983 | 2.08 | 3.24 |
| 1982 | 1.95 | 3.22 |
| 1981 | 1.71 | 3.25 |
| 1980 | 1.76 | 3.16 |
| 1979 | 1.71 | 3.14 |
| 1978 | 1.85 | 3.15 |
| 1977 | 1.81 | 3.23 |
| 1976 | 1.77 | 3.16 |
| 1975 | 1.86 | 3.2 |
| 1974 | 1.78 | 3.09 |
| 1973 | 1.83 | 3.14 |
| 1972 | 2.01 | 3.23 |
| 1971 | 2.13 | 3.32 |
| 1970 | 2.19 | 3.46 |
| 1969 | 2.27 | 3.68 |
| 1968 | 2.54 | 4.14 |
| 1967 | 2.75 | 4.3 |
| 1966 | 2.68 | 4.29 |
| 1965 | 2.93 | 4.4 |
| 1964 | 3.4 | 4.54 |
| 1963 | 3.62 | 4.74 |
| 1962 | 4 | 5.16 |
| 1961 | 4.13 | 5.3 |
| 1960 | 4.19 | 5.43 |
| 1959 | 4.4 | 5.64 |
| 1958 | 4.94 | 5.69 |
| 1957 | 5.35 | 6.16 |
| 1956 | 5.69 | 6.46 |
| 1955 | 6.18 | 5.39 |
| 1954 | 6.86 | 6.12 |
| 1953 | 7.37 | 7.57 |
| 1952 | 6.8 | 7.23 |
| 1951 | 4.66 | 5.99 |
| 1950 | 2.43 | 4.65 |
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.
- 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
Canada vs France
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023France: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024France: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023France: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022France: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017France: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017France: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023France: 66.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023France: 0.17% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023France: 1.64 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025France: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023France: 41.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023France: 21.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023France: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025France: $64.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025France: $1,021 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025France: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020France: 304,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022France: 1.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020France: 1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025France: 236 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025France: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025