Czechia vs Slovakia
Czechia vs Slovakia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.84% of GDP in Czechia and 2.03% of GDP in Slovakia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Slovakia, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1.11 times that in Czechia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Slovakia has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Czechia.
- In 2025, Czechia ranked 72 and Slovakia ranked 57 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Czechia | Slovakia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.84 | 2.03 |
| 2024 | 1.88 | 1.98 |
| 2023 | 1.32 | 1.74 |
| 2022 | 1.29 | 1.79 |
| 2021 | 1.35 | 1.65 |
| 2020 | 1.28 | 1.83 |
| 2019 | 1.16 | 1.7 |
| 2018 | 1.09 | 1.21 |
| 2017 | 0.94 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 0.99 | 1.11 |
| 2015 | 0.94 | 1.11 |
| 2014 | 0.96 | 0.98 |
| 2013 | 1.01 | 0.98 |
| 2012 | 1.06 | 1.08 |
| 2011 | 1.07 | 1.07 |
| 2010 | 1.18 | 1.25 |
| 2009 | 1.31 | 1.52 |
| 2008 | 1.23 | 1.46 |
| 2007 | 1.43 | 1.48 |
| 2006 | 1.57 | 1.59 |
| 2005 | 1.78 | 1.69 |
| 2004 | 1.7 | 1.66 |
| 2003 | 1.88 | 1.85 |
| 2002 | 1.81 | 1.78 |
| 2001 | 1.74 | 1.84 |
| 2000 | 1.86 | 1.65 |
| 1999 | 1.84 | 1.57 |
| 1998 | 1.74 | 1.74 |
| 1997 | 1.58 | 2.27 |
| 1996 | 1.66 | 2.93 |
| 1995 | 1.76 | 3.1 |
| 1994 | 2.28 | 1.94 |
| 1993 | 2.33 | 2 |
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
Czechia vs Slovakia
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023Slovakia: 78.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Slovakia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Slovakia: 4.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022Slovakia: 99.2% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017Slovakia: 2.4% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Slovakia: 9.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023Slovakia: 5.52 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023Slovakia: 0.06% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Slovakia: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025Slovakia: 53.2% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023Slovakia: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023Slovakia: 18.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Slovakia: 0.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
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Military
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025Slovakia: $2.87B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025Slovakia: $568 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Slovakia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCzechia: 27,000 people in 2020Slovakia: 18,000 people in 2020
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Slovakia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020Slovakia: 0.67% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCzechia: 19 million TIV in 2025Slovakia: 445 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCzechia: 137 million TIV in 2025Slovakia: 9 million TIV in 2025