Italy vs Spain: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $45.4B in Italy and $37.7B in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by $7.75B, or 1.21 times that in Spain.
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Latest figures
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | $45.4B 2025 | $25.7B | 12 of 151 |
| Spain | $37.7B 2025 | $18.3B | 15 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1949.
- In 2025, Italy ranked 12 and Spain ranked 15 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Italy | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $45.4B | $37.7B |
| 2024 | $37.9B | $25.2B |
| 2023 | $35.9B | $25.6B |
| 2022 | $37B | $22.7B |
| 2021 | $37B | $21.1B |
| 2020 | $35.3B | $19.7B |
| 2019 | $28.6B | $19.7B |
| 2018 | $30B | $19.5B |
| 2017 | $29B | $18.8B |
| 2016 | $28.9B | $17B |
| 2015 | $25.7B | $18.3B |
| 2014 | $26.8B | $17.2B |
| 2013 | $29.6B | $17.2B |
| 2012 | $30.8B | $19.8B |
| 2011 | $33.3B | $19.5B |
| 2010 | $34B | $21.2B |
| 2009 | $35B | $21.1B |
| 2008 | $36.2B | $21.9B |
| 2007 | $34.7B | $22.1B |
| 2006 | $35.8B | $21.3B |
| 2005 | $37B | $20.6B |
| 2004 | $38.4B | $20.3B |
| 2003 | $38.3B | $19.5B |
| 2002 | $38B | $19.2B |
| 2001 | $37B | $20.7B |
| 2000 | $37.6B | $20.9B |
| 1999 | $35.2B | $20.2B |
| 1998 | $33.9B | $18.4B |
| 1997 | $32.8B | $17.5B |
| 1996 | $31.3B | $17.7B |
| 1995 | $28.4B | $18.3B |
| 1994 | $31.1B | $18.2B |
| 1993 | $31.9B | $18B |
| 1992 | $31.7B | $18.4B |
| 1991 | $32.7B | $18.9B |
| 1990 | $32.2B | $19.7B |
| 1989 | $33.5B | $19.4B |
| 1988 | $33.2B | $19.5B |
| 1987 | $31.3B | $19.3B |
| 1986 | $28.7B | $18.2B |
| 1985 | $26.9B | $19.5B |
| 1984 | $27.2B | $19.2B |
| 1983 | $26.4B | $18.7B |
| 1982 | $25.9B | $16.7B |
| 1981 | $23.2B | $16.1B |
| 1980 | $22B | $15.9B |
| 1979 | $22.6B | $15.3B |
| 1978 | $21.2B | $14.3B |
| 1977 | $20.4B | $13.7B |
| 1976 | $19B | $13.5B |
| 1975 | $19.1B | $11.4B |
| 1974 | $20.5B | $12.5B |
| 1973 | $20.5B | $11.3B |
| 1972 | $20.6B | $11.5B |
| 1971 | $18.5B | $9.62B |
| 1970 | $16.5B | $10B |
| 1969 | $15.6B | $9.93B |
| 1968 | $15.8B | $8.41B |
| 1967 | $15.6B | $6.35B |
| 1966 | $15.9B | $6.76B |
| 1965 | $14.8B | $5.62B |
| 1964 | $14.3B | $5.6B |
| 1963 | $14B | $4.9B |
| 1962 | $12.5B | $5.2B |
| 1961 | $11.3B | $4.26B |
| 1960 | $11B | $4.23B |
| 1959 | $10.5B | $3.52B |
| 1958 | $10.2B | $3.7B |
| 1957 | $9.9B | $4.21B |
| 1956 | $9.59B | $4.03B |
| 1955 | $9.32B | $3.8B |
| 1954 | $9.46B | $3.51B |
| 1953 | $8.63B | $3.49B |
| 1952 | $9.49B | $3.56B |
| 1951 | $8.48B | $2.81B |
| 1950 | $7.49B | $2.97B |
| 1949 | $6.34B | $3.17B |
- 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.
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