Hungary vs Ukraine
Hungary vs Ukraine: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $4.62B in Hungary and $77.6B in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by $72.9B, or 17 times that in Hungary.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Hungary.
- In 2025, Hungary ranked 49 and Ukraine ranked 8 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Hungary | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.62B | $77.6B |
| 2024 | $4.73B | $64.8B |
| 2023 | $4.36B | $63.3B |
| 2022 | $4.03B | $40.2B |
| 2021 | $2.78B | $6.72B |
| 2020 | $3.41B | $7.26B |
| 2019 | $2.63B | $6.54B |
| 2018 | $1.87B | $5.64B |
| 2017 | $2.06B | $4.68B |
| 2016 | $1.63B | $4.85B |
| 2015 | $1.43B | $4.83B |
| 2014 | $1.27B | $4.42B |
| 2013 | $1.29B | $3.69B |
| 2012 | $1.36B | $3.47B |
| 2011 | $1.43B | $3.1B |
| 2010 | $1.41B | $3.37B |
| 2009 | $1.58B | $3.35B |
| 2008 | $1.77B | $3.66B |
| 2007 | $1.9B | $3.74B |
| 2006 | $1.87B | $3.08B |
| 2005 | $2.08B | $2.74B |
| 2004 | $2.1B | $2.26B |
| 2003 | $2.27B | $2.1B |
| 2002 | $2.11B | $1.82B |
| 2001 | $1.93B | $1.71B |
| 2000 | $1.76B | $2.02B |
| 1999 | $1.59B | $1.63B |
| 1998 | $1.39B | $1.77B |
| 1997 | $1.56B | $2.19B |
| 1996 | $1.27B | $1.77B |
| 1995 | $1.35B | $1.83B |
| 1994 | $1.79B | $1.71B |
| 1993 | $1.81B | $387M |
| 1992 | $2.1B | – |
| 1991 | $2.17B | – |
| 1990 | $2.89B | – |
| 1989 | $3.34B | – |
| 1988 | $4.21B | – |
| 1987 | $3.65B | – |
| 1986 | $3.59B | – |
| 1985 | $5.54B | – |
| 1984 | $3.55B | – |
| 1983 | $3.75B | – |
| 1982 | $3.67B | – |
| 1981 | $3.71B | – |
| 1980 | $3.59B | – |
| 1979 | $3.6B | – |
| 1978 | $3.62B | – |
| 1977 | $3.2B | – |
| 1976 | $3.07B | – |
| 1975 | $3.27B | – |
| 1974 | $3.04B | – |
| 1973 | $2.77B | – |
| 1972 | $2.84B | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyHungary: 77 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHungary: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHungary: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHungary: 100% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionHungary: 2.77% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateHungary: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHungary: 9.69 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthHungary: 0.07% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHungary: 1.49 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHungary: 70.7% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageHungary: 43.3 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHungary: 20.8% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateHungary: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHungary: 2.04% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personHungary: $518 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHungary: 4.3% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHungary: 46,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerHungary: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHungary: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHungary: 402 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsHungary: 11 million TIV in 2024Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025