Czechia vs Romania
Czechia vs Romania: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.84% of GDP in Czechia and 2.28% of GDP in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 0.45 percentage points, or 1.24 times that in Czechia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Romania has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Czechia.
- In 2025, Czechia ranked 72 and Romania ranked 45 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Czechia | Romania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.84 | 2.28 |
| 2024 | 1.88 | 2.17 |
| 2023 | 1.32 | 1.62 |
| 2022 | 1.29 | 1.76 |
| 2021 | 1.35 | 1.86 |
| 2020 | 1.28 | 2.02 |
| 2019 | 1.16 | 1.84 |
| 2018 | 1.09 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | 0.94 | 1.73 |
| 2016 | 0.99 | 1.43 |
| 2015 | 0.94 | 1.45 |
| 2014 | 0.96 | 1.35 |
| 2013 | 1.01 | 1.29 |
| 2012 | 1.06 | 1.17 |
| 2011 | 1.07 | 1.24 |
| 2010 | 1.18 | 1.23 |
| 2009 | 1.31 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 1.23 | 1.4 |
| 2007 | 1.43 | 1.49 |
| 2006 | 1.57 | 1.85 |
| 2005 | 1.78 | 2.01 |
| 2004 | 1.7 | 2.01 |
| 2003 | 1.88 | 2.09 |
| 2002 | 1.81 | 2.29 |
| 2001 | 1.74 | 2.42 |
| 2000 | 1.86 | 2.5 |
| 1999 | 1.84 | 2.64 |
| 1998 | 1.74 | 3 |
| 1997 | 1.58 | 3.02 |
| 1996 | 1.66 | 2.37 |
| 1995 | 1.76 | 2.61 |
| 1994 | 2.28 | 3.12 |
| 1993 | 2.33 | 2.74 |
| 1992 | – | 4.25 |
| 1991 | – | 4.77 |
| 1990 | – | 4.55 |
| 1989 | – | 4.8 |
| 1988 | – | 4.21 |
| 1987 | – | 3.91 |
| 1986 | – | 4.45 |
| 1985 | – | 4.3 |
| 1984 | – | 1.91 |
| 1983 | – | 1.99 |
| 1982 | – | 2.04 |
| 1981 | – | 2.2 |
| 1980 | – | 2.21 |
- Estimate
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.
- 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
Czechia vs Romania
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023Romania: 75.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Romania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Romania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022Romania: 82.1% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017Romania: 2.36% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Romania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023Romania: 19.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023Romania: -0.53% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Romania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025Romania: 52.2% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023Romania: 42.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023Romania: 19.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Romania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025Romania: $8.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025Romania: $513 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Romania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCzechia: 27,000 people in 2020Romania: 128,000 people in 2020
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Romania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020Romania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCzechia: 19 million TIV in 2025Romania: 421 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCzechia: 137 million TIV in 2025Romania: 132 million TIV in 2025