Croatia vs Serbia
Croatia vs Serbia: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $544 in Croatia and $414 in Serbia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Croatia, by $130, or 1.31 times that in Serbia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Croatia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2006.
- In 2025, Croatia ranked 40 and Serbia ranked 47 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Croatia | Serbia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $544 | $414 |
| 2024 | $445 | $356 |
| 2023 | $361 | $265 |
| 2022 | $328 | $214 |
| 2021 | $346 | $263 |
| 2020 | $247 | $185 |
| 2019 | $246 | $168 |
| 2018 | $235 | $151 |
| 2017 | $222 | $114 |
| 2016 | $201 | $110 |
| 2015 | $212 | $97 |
| 2014 | $254 | $127 |
| 2013 | $226 | $128 |
| 2012 | $223 | $118 |
| 2011 | $254 | $134 |
| 2010 | $228 | $118 |
| 2009 | $255 | $131 |
| 2008 | $288 | $149 |
| 2007 | $221 | $130 |
| 2006 | $191 | $94 |
| 2005 | $182 | – |
| 2004 | $169 | – |
| 2003 | $166 | – |
| 2002 | $168 | – |
| 2001 | $145 | – |
| 2000 | $153 | – |
| 1999 | $236 | – |
| 1998 | $300 | – |
| 1997 | $371 | – |
| 1996 | $394 | – |
| 1995 | $419 | – |
| 1994 | $313 | – |
| 1993 | $122 | – |
| 1992 | $8 | – |
- 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
Croatia vs Serbia
Health
- Life expectancyCroatia: 78.6 years in 2023Serbia: 76.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCroatia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Serbia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCroatia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Serbia: 4.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCroatia: 85.4% in 2007Serbia: 75.1% in 2022
- DepressionCroatia: 2.78% in 2017Serbia: 2.57% in 2017
- Suicide rateCroatia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Serbia: 12.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCroatia: 3.9 million people in 2023Serbia: 6.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthCroatia: -0.34% a year in 2023Serbia: -0.44% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCroatia: 1.47 births per woman in 2023Serbia: 1.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCroatia: 57.8% in 2025Serbia: 62.6% in 2025
- Median ageCroatia: 44.8 years in 2023Serbia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCroatia: 22.8% in 2023Serbia: 22.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCroatia: 2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Serbia: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCroatia: 2.02% of GDP in 2025Serbia: 2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCroatia: $1.93B in 2025Serbia: $2.55B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCroatia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Serbia: 6.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCroatia: 20,000 people in 2020Serbia: 32,000 people in 2020
- National powerCroatia: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Serbia: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCroatia: 1.17% of the labour force in 2020Serbia: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCroatia: 141 million TIV in 2025Serbia: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCroatia: 53 million TIV in 2024Serbia: 39 million TIV in 2025