Greece vs Ukraine
Greece vs Ukraine: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $842 in Greece and $2,197 in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by $1,355, or 2.61 times that in Greece.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Greece.
- In 2025, Greece ranked 28 and Ukraine ranked 7 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Greece | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $842 | $2,197 |
| 2024 | $729 | $1,730 |
| 2023 | $678 | $1,717 |
| 2022 | $836 | $943 |
| 2021 | $777 | $154 |
| 2020 | $540 | $153 |
| 2019 | $502 | $139 |
| 2018 | $536 | $105 |
| 2017 | $476 | $80 |
| 2016 | $461 | $75 |
| 2015 | $444 | $76 |
| 2014 | $507 | $86 |
| 2013 | $514 | $95 |
| 2012 | $533 | $89 |
| 2011 | $641 | $79 |
| 2010 | $735 | $80 |
| 2009 | $963 | $74 |
| 2008 | $960 | $103 |
| 2007 | $775 | $87 |
| 2006 | $692 | $63 |
| 2005 | $641 | $50 |
| 2004 | $574 | $35 |
| 2003 | $463 | $29 |
| 2002 | $437 | $24 |
| 2001 | $410 | $22 |
| 2000 | $424 | $23 |
| 1999 | $468 | $19 |
| 1998 | $453 | $28 |
| 1997 | $432 | $41 |
| 1996 | $438 | $28 |
| 1995 | $398 | $20 |
| 1994 | $344 | $18 |
| 1993 | $324 | $3 |
| 1992 | $351 | – |
| 1991 | $306 | – |
| 1990 | $312 | – |
| 1989 | $251 | – |
| 1988 | $271 | – |
- 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 Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyGreece: 81.9 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGreece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGreece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGreece: 98.9% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionGreece: 4.19% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateGreece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGreece: 10.2 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthGreece: -2.08% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGreece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGreece: 79.2% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageGreece: 45.8 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGreece: 23.5% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGreece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGreece: 2.99% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGreece: $7.81B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGreece: 6% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGreece: 147,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerGreece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGreece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGreece: 574 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsGreece: 2 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025