France vs Ukraine
France vs Ukraine: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $1,021 in France and $2,197 in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by $1,176, or 2.15 times that in France.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 2022, when it overtook France.
- In 2025, France ranked 22 and Ukraine ranked 7 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | France | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,021 | $2,197 |
| 2024 | $956 | $1,730 |
| 2023 | $897 | $1,717 |
| 2022 | $827 | $943 |
| 2021 | $890 | $154 |
| 2020 | $813 | $153 |
| 2019 | $769 | $139 |
| 2018 | $785 | $105 |
| 2017 | $736 | $80 |
| 2016 | $704 | $75 |
| 2015 | $704 | $76 |
| 2014 | $824 | $86 |
| 2013 | $810 | $95 |
| 2012 | $786 | $89 |
| 2011 | $852 | $79 |
| 2010 | $824 | $80 |
| 2009 | $900 | $74 |
| 2008 | $888 | $103 |
| 2007 | $815 | $87 |
| 2006 | $741 | $63 |
| 2005 | $724 | $50 |
| 2004 | $732 | $35 |
| 2003 | $639 | $29 |
| 2002 | $511 | $24 |
| 2001 | $469 | $22 |
| 2000 | $480 | $23 |
| 1999 | $555 | $19 |
| 1998 | $573 | $28 |
| 1997 | $593 | $41 |
| 1996 | $669 | $28 |
| 1995 | $691 | $20 |
| 1994 | $644 | $18 |
| 1993 | $620 | $3 |
| 1992 | $660 | – |
| 1991 | $628 | – |
| 1990 | $629 | – |
| 1989 | $525 | – |
| 1988 | $540 | – |
- 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
France vs Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyFrance: 83.3 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityFrance: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityFrance: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterFrance: 99.7% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionFrance: 4.25% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateFrance: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFrance: 66.4 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthFrance: 0.17% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFrance: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFrance: 78.8% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageFrance: 41.8 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFrance: 21.8% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateFrance: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFrance: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsFrance: $64.5B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingFrance: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelFrance: 304,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerFrance: 1.09% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFrance: 1% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsFrance: 236 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsFrance: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025