Kosovo vs Montenegro

Kosovo vs Montenegro: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.85% of GDP in Kosovo and 1.89% of GDP in Montenegro, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Montenegro, by 0.04 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Kosovo.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Kosovo vs Montenegro: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 1.85% of GDP in Kosovo and 1.89% of GDP in Montenegro, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Montenegro, by 0.04 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Kosovo.
KosovoMontenegroSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Montenegro has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2008.
  • In 2025, Kosovo ranked 71 and Montenegro ranked 67 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearKosovoMontenegro
20251.851.89
20241.481.81
20231.271.5
20221.151.57
20210.851.57
20201.021.76
20190.831.35
20180.81.39
20170.81.38
20160.781.42
20150.791.42
20140.761.48
20130.721.47
20120.71.66
20110.81.76
20100.721.82
20090.481.84
20080.021.87
2007–1.74
2006–2.29
2005–2.69
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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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