France vs Germany
France vs Germany: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $1,021 in France and $1,346 in Germany, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by $325, or 1.32 times that in France.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Germany has been higher since 2024, when it overtook France.
- In 2025, France ranked 22 and Germany ranked 12 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | France | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,021 | $1,346 |
| 2024 | $956 | $1,017 |
| 2023 | $897 | $813 |
| 2022 | $827 | $670 |
| 2021 | $890 | $676 |
| 2020 | $813 | $639 |
| 2019 | $769 | $588 |
| 2018 | $785 | $559 |
| 2017 | $736 | $513 |
| 2016 | $704 | $484 |
| 2015 | $704 | $468 |
| 2014 | $824 | $551 |
| 2013 | $810 | $547 |
| 2012 | $786 | $541 |
| 2011 | $852 | $560 |
| 2010 | $824 | $533 |
| 2009 | $900 | $552 |
| 2008 | $888 | $558 |
| 2007 | $815 | $494 |
| 2006 | $741 | $438 |
| 2005 | $724 | $435 |
| 2004 | $732 | $435 |
| 2003 | $639 | $401 |
| 2002 | $511 | $337 |
| 2001 | $469 | $314 |
| 2000 | $480 | $323 |
| 1999 | $555 | $375 |
| 1998 | $573 | $377 |
| 1997 | $593 | $378 |
| 1996 | $669 | $445 |
| 1995 | $691 | $471 |
| 1994 | $644 | $417 |
| 1993 | $620 | $429 |
| 1992 | $660 | $488 |
| 1991 | $628 | $463 |
| 1990 | $629 | – |
| 1989 | $525 | – |
| 1988 | $540 | – |
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.
- 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
France vs Germany
Health
- Life expectancyFrance: 83.3 years in 2023Germany: 81.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityFrance: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Germany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityFrance: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Germany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterFrance: 99.7% in 2022Germany: 99.9% in 2022
- DepressionFrance: 4.25% in 2017Germany: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateFrance: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Germany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFrance: 66.4 million people in 2023Germany: 84.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthFrance: 0.17% a year in 2023Germany: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFrance: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Germany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFrance: 78.8% in 2025Germany: 82.1% in 2025
- Median ageFrance: 41.8 years in 2023Germany: 45.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFrance: 21.8% in 2023Germany: 22.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateFrance: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Germany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFrance: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Germany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsFrance: $64.5B in 2025Germany: $107B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingFrance: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Germany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelFrance: 304,000 people in 2020Germany: 183,000 people in 2020
- National powerFrance: 1.09% of world capability in 2022Germany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFrance: 1% of the labour force in 2020Germany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsFrance: 236 million TIV in 2025Germany: 1.63 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsFrance: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025Germany: 1.7 billion TIV in 2025