Italy vs Spain

Italy vs Spain: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.89% of GDP in Italy and 2.13% of GDP in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 0.24 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Italy.

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Change since 1954, percentage points · SIPRI

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Italy vs Spain: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 1.89% of GDP in Italy and 2.13% of GDP in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 0.24 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Italy.
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Latest figures

% of GDP · SIPRI

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2025
Italy1.89 20251.1868 of 151
Spain2.13 20251.2651 of 151

What the numbers say

  • Spain has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Italy.
  • In 2025, Italy ranked 68 and Spain ranked 51 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearItalySpain
20251.892.13
20241.591.46
20231.531.54
20221.61.43
20211.611.37
20201.661.36
20191.251.23
20181.321.25
20171.291.22
20161.31.13
20151.181.26
20141.251.25
20131.391.27
20121.421.42
20111.471.33
20101.491.38
20091.551.36
20081.531.37
20071.441.36
20061.511.37
20051.61.39
20041.671.43
20031.71.42
20021.691.46
20011.671.63
20001.731.73
19991.681.76
19981.641.76
19971.621.72
19961.581.81
19951.461.92
19941.712
19931.792.01
19921.752.04
19911.862.13
19901.882.29
19892.032.36
19882.072.49
19872.062.62
19861.982.63
19851.942.96
19842.012.97
19832.022.94
19822.012.66
19811.822.58
19801.762.49
19791.872.5
19781.882.36
19771.892.31
19761.832.32
19751.982
19742.072.21
19732.22.11
19722.392.32
19712.242.11
19702.062.29
19692.422.43
19682.652.3
19672.771.85
19662.992.08
19652.751.89
19642.731.93
19632.751.97
19622.632.27
19612.572.03
19602.712.25
19592.951.91
19583.041.93
19573.092.24
19563.172.26
19553.252.31
19543.532.29
19533.33–
19523.99–
19513.78–
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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.

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