Italy vs Spain
Italy vs Spain: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $813 in Italy and $839 in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by $27, or 1.03 times that in Italy.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Italy.
- In 2025, Italy ranked 30 and Spain ranked 29 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Italy | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $813 | $839 |
| 2024 | $637 | $526 |
| 2023 | $596 | $518 |
| 2022 | $564 | $434 |
| 2021 | $586 | $419 |
| 2020 | $527 | $366 |
| 2019 | $419 | $364 |
| 2018 | $459 | $380 |
| 2017 | $416 | $343 |
| 2016 | $404 | $300 |
| 2015 | $359 | $325 |
| 2014 | $447 | $367 |
| 2013 | $494 | $367 |
| 2012 | $493 | $401 |
| 2011 | $561 | $420 |
| 2010 | $533 | $422 |
| 2009 | $570 | $434 |
| 2008 | $621 | $484 |
| 2007 | $543 | $445 |
| 2006 | $505 | $389 |
| 2005 | $509 | $367 |
| 2004 | $522 | $356 |
| 2003 | $466 | $306 |
| 2002 | $377 | $248 |
| 2001 | $341 | $249 |
| 2000 | $347 | $251 |
| 1999 | $367 | $273 |
| 1998 | $364 | $255 |
| 1997 | $353 | $245 |
| 1996 | $364 | $281 |
| 1995 | $298 | $286 |
| 1994 | $316 | $254 |
| 1993 | $319 | $254 |
| 1992 | $389 | $312 |
| 1991 | $378 | $299 |
| 1990 | $364 | $299 |
| 1989 | $310 | $239 |
| 1988 | $306 | $229 |
- 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
Italy vs Spain
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025