Greece vs North Macedonia
Greece vs North Macedonia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 2.99% of GDP in Greece and 1.97% of GDP in North Macedonia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 1.02 percentage points, or 1.52 times that in North Macedonia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Greece has been higher since 2002, when it overtook North Macedonia.
- In 2025, Greece ranked 28 and North Macedonia ranked 63 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Greece | North Macedonia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.99 | 1.97 |
| 2024 | 2.89 | 1.77 |
| 2023 | 2.89 | 1.77 |
| 2022 | 4.02 | 1.49 |
| 2021 | 3.8 | 1.4 |
| 2020 | 3.02 | 1.19 |
| 2019 | 2.6 | 1.2 |
| 2018 | 2.7 | 0.93 |
| 2017 | 2.56 | 0.9 |
| 2016 | 2.57 | 0.95 |
| 2015 | 2.48 | 0.99 |
| 2014 | 2.37 | 1.09 |
| 2013 | 2.39 | 1.17 |
| 2012 | 2.48 | 1.23 |
| 2011 | 2.52 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 2.76 | 1.38 |
| 2009 | 3.27 | 1.69 |
| 2008 | 3.02 | 1.74 |
| 2007 | 2.72 | 1.95 |
| 2006 | 2.83 | 1.84 |
| 2005 | 2.9 | 2.03 |
| 2004 | 2.67 | 2.38 |
| 2003 | 2.56 | 2.34 |
| 2002 | 3.17 | 2.65 |
| 2001 | 3.36 | 6.1 |
| 2000 | 3.6 | 1.85 |
| 1999 | 3.49 | 1.71 |
| 1998 | 3.46 | 2.1 |
| 1997 | 3.3 | 2.13 |
| 1996 | 3.24 | 2.81 |
| 1995 | 3.1 | – |
| 1994 | 3.58 | – |
| 1993 | 3.6 | – |
| 1992 | 3.63 | – |
| 1991 | 3.49 | – |
| 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 | – |
- 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
Greece vs North Macedonia
Health
- Life expectancyGreece: 81.9 years in 2023North Macedonia: 77.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGreece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024North Macedonia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGreece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023North Macedonia: 4.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGreece: 98.9% in 2022North Macedonia: 80.5% in 2022
- DepressionGreece: 4.19% in 2017North Macedonia: 2.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateGreece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017North Macedonia: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGreece: 10.2 million people in 2023North Macedonia: 1.83 million people in 2023
- Population growthGreece: -2.08% a year in 2023North Macedonia: -0.47% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGreece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023North Macedonia: 1.47 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGreece: 79.2% in 2025North Macedonia: 62.9% in 2025
- Median ageGreece: 45.8 years in 2023North Macedonia: 40.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGreece: 23.5% in 2023North Macedonia: 17.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateGreece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023North Macedonia: -3.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsGreece: $7.81B in 2025North Macedonia: $346M in 2025
- Military spending per personGreece: $842 in 2025North Macedonia: $206 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGreece: 6% of government spending in 2025North Macedonia: 5.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGreece: 147,000 people in 2020North Macedonia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerGreece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022North Macedonia: 0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGreece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020North Macedonia: 2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGreece: 574 million TIV in 2025North Macedonia: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsGreece: 2 million TIV in 2025North Macedonia: 59 million TIV in 2023