Italy vs Thailand
Italy vs Thailand: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $813 in Italy and $84 in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by $729, or 9.73 times that in Thailand.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Italy ranked 30 and Thailand ranked 81 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Italy | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $813 | $84 |
| 2024 | $637 | $77 |
| 2023 | $596 | $80 |
| 2022 | $564 | $84 |
| 2021 | $586 | $99 |
| 2020 | $527 | $102 |
| 2019 | $419 | $100 |
| 2018 | $459 | $93 |
| 2017 | $416 | $86 |
| 2016 | $404 | $79 |
| 2015 | $359 | $77 |
| 2014 | $447 | $80 |
| 2013 | $494 | $80 |
| 2012 | $493 | $78 |
| 2011 | $561 | $75 |
| 2010 | $533 | $76 |
| 2009 | $570 | $64 |
| 2008 | $621 | $54 |
| 2007 | $543 | $40 |
| 2006 | $505 | $32 |
| 2005 | $509 | $28 |
| 2004 | $522 | $30 |
| 2003 | $466 | $29 |
| 2002 | $377 | $28 |
| 2001 | $341 | $27 |
| 2000 | $347 | $30 |
| 1999 | $367 | $33 |
| 1998 | $364 | $35 |
| 1997 | $353 | $54 |
| 1996 | $364 | $66 |
| 1995 | $298 | $66 |
| 1994 | $316 | $62 |
| 1993 | $319 | $55 |
| 1992 | $389 | $53 |
| 1991 | $378 | $47 |
| 1990 | $364 | $41 |
| 1989 | $310 | $36 |
| 1988 | $306 | $34 |
- 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 Thailand
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024