Hungary vs Slovakia
Hungary vs Slovakia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 2.04% of GDP in Hungary and 2.03% of GDP in Slovakia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Hungary, by 0 percentage points, or 1 times that in Slovakia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Hungary has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Slovakia.
- In 2025, Hungary ranked 55 and Slovakia ranked 57 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Hungary | Slovakia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.04 | 2.03 |
| 2024 | 2.13 | 1.98 |
| 2023 | 2.04 | 1.74 |
| 2022 | 1.84 | 1.79 |
| 2021 | 1.32 | 1.65 |
| 2020 | 1.75 | 1.83 |
| 2019 | 1.33 | 1.7 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1.21 |
| 2017 | 1.19 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1.11 |
| 2015 | 0.9 | 1.11 |
| 2014 | 0.86 | 0.98 |
| 2013 | 0.94 | 0.98 |
| 2012 | 1.03 | 1.08 |
| 2011 | 1.04 | 1.07 |
| 2010 | 1.02 | 1.25 |
| 2009 | 1.13 | 1.52 |
| 2008 | 1.18 | 1.46 |
| 2007 | 1.27 | 1.48 |
| 2006 | 1.22 | 1.59 |
| 2005 | 1.41 | 1.69 |
| 2004 | 1.47 | 1.66 |
| 2003 | 1.65 | 1.85 |
| 2002 | 1.6 | 1.78 |
| 2001 | 1.57 | 1.84 |
| 2000 | 1.51 | 1.65 |
| 1999 | 1.43 | 1.57 |
| 1998 | 1.27 | 1.74 |
| 1997 | 1.47 | 2.27 |
| 1996 | 1.25 | 2.93 |
| 1995 | 1.31 | 3.1 |
| 1994 | 1.82 | 1.94 |
| 1993 | 1.91 | 2 |
| 1992 | 2.18 | – |
| 1991 | 2.16 | – |
| 1990 | 2.56 | – |
| 1989 | 2.79 | – |
| 1988 | 3.6 | – |
| 1987 | 3.16 | – |
| 1986 | 3.22 | – |
| 1985 | 4.97 | – |
| 1984 | 3.15 | – |
| 1983 | 3.34 | – |
| 1982 | 3.24 | – |
| 1981 | 3.33 | – |
| 1980 | 3.34 | – |
| 1979 | 3.24 | – |
| 1978 | 3.24 | – |
| 1977 | 2.96 | – |
| 1976 | 3.01 | – |
| 1975 | 3.34 | – |
| 1974 | 3.21 | – |
| 1973 | 3.01 | – |
| 1972 | 3.27 | – |
| 1971 | 3.74 | – |
| 1970 | 4.03 | – |
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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
Hungary vs Slovakia
Health
- Life expectancyHungary: 77 years in 2023Slovakia: 78.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHungary: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Slovakia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHungary: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Slovakia: 4.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHungary: 100% in 2022Slovakia: 99.2% in 2022
- DepressionHungary: 2.77% in 2017Slovakia: 2.4% in 2017
- Suicide rateHungary: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Slovakia: 9.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHungary: 9.69 million people in 2023Slovakia: 5.52 million people in 2023
- Population growthHungary: 0.07% a year in 2023Slovakia: 0.06% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHungary: 1.49 births per woman in 2023Slovakia: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHungary: 70.7% in 2025Slovakia: 53.2% in 2025
- Median ageHungary: 43.3 years in 2023Slovakia: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHungary: 20.8% in 2023Slovakia: 18.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateHungary: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Slovakia: 0.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsHungary: $4.62B in 2025Slovakia: $2.87B in 2025
- Military spending per personHungary: $518 in 2025Slovakia: $568 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHungary: 4.3% of government spending in 2025Slovakia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHungary: 46,000 people in 2020Slovakia: 18,000 people in 2020
- National powerHungary: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Slovakia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHungary: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020Slovakia: 0.67% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHungary: 402 million TIV in 2025Slovakia: 445 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsHungary: 11 million TIV in 2024Slovakia: 9 million TIV in 2025