Greece vs Poland
Greece vs Poland: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $842 in Greece and $1,219 in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by $377, or 1.45 times that in Greece.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Greece.
- In 2025, Greece ranked 28 and Poland ranked 18 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Greece | Poland |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $842 | $1,219 |
| 2024 | $729 | $890 |
| 2023 | $678 | $682 |
| 2022 | $836 | $404 |
| 2021 | $777 | $401 |
| 2020 | $540 | $359 |
| 2019 | $502 | $308 |
| 2018 | $536 | $315 |
| 2017 | $476 | $261 |
| 2016 | $461 | $239 |
| 2015 | $444 | $267 |
| 2014 | $507 | $270 |
| 2013 | $514 | $243 |
| 2012 | $533 | $235 |
| 2011 | $641 | $248 |
| 2010 | $735 | $231 |
| 2009 | $963 | $208 |
| 2008 | $960 | $246 |
| 2007 | $775 | $226 |
| 2006 | $692 | $174 |
| 2005 | $641 | $155 |
| 2004 | $574 | $125 |
| 2003 | $463 | $109 |
| 2002 | $437 | $99 |
| 2001 | $410 | $95 |
| 2000 | $424 | $82 |
| 1999 | $468 | $84 |
| 1998 | $453 | $91 |
| 1997 | $432 | $83 |
| 1996 | $438 | $80 |
| 1995 | $398 | $71 |
| 1994 | $344 | $59 |
| 1993 | $324 | $55 |
| 1992 | $351 | $49 |
| 1991 | $306 | $45 |
| 1990 | $312 | $41 |
| 1989 | $251 | $39 |
| 1988 | $271 | $47 |
- 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
Greece vs Poland
Health
- Life expectancyGreece: 81.9 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGreece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGreece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGreece: 98.9% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionGreece: 4.19% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateGreece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGreece: 10.2 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthGreece: -2.08% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGreece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGreece: 79.2% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageGreece: 45.8 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGreece: 23.5% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGreece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGreece: 2.99% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGreece: $7.81B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGreece: 6% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGreece: 147,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerGreece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGreece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGreece: 574 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsGreece: 2 million TIV in 2025Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025