Germany vs Greece

Germany vs Greece: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 2.27% of GDP in Germany and 2.99% of GDP in Greece, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 0.72 percentage points, or 1.32 times that in Germany.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Germany vs Greece: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 2.27% of GDP in Germany and 2.99% of GDP in Greece, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 0.72 percentage points, or 1.32 times that in Germany.
GermanyGreeceSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Greece has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1991.
  • In 2025, Germany ranked 46 and Greece ranked 28 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearGermanyGreece
20252.272.99
20241.842.89
20231.52.89
20221.344.02
20211.33.8
20201.363.02
20191.242.6
20181.152.7
20171.132.56
20161.132.57
20151.122.48
20141.132.37
20131.162.39
20121.222.48
20111.182.52
20101.242.76
20091.293.27
20081.193.02
20071.152.72
20061.182.83
20051.232.9
20041.252.67
20031.32.56
20021.313.17
20011.313.36
20001.343.6
19991.383.49
19981.383.46
19971.43.3
19961.463.24
19951.493.1
19941.543.58
19931.683.6
19921.843.63
19911.973.49
1990–3.8
1989–3.77
1988–4.2
1987–4.26
1986–4.13
1985–4.69
1984–4.84
1983–5.17
1982–5.63
1981–5.74
1980–4.66
1979–5.18
1978–5.58
1977–5.92
1976–5.83
1975–5.85
1974–4.82
1973–3.52
1972–3.96
1971–4.12
1970–4.2
1969–4.79
1968–4.69
1967–4.35
1966–3.59
1965–3.5
1964–3.57
1963–3.82
1962–4.05
1961–4.24
1960–4.86
1959–4.86
1958–4.77
1957–5
1956–5.94
1955–5.11
1954–5.49
1953–5.12
1952–6.43
1951–6.64
1950–6.01
1949–5.91
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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.

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