Montenegro vs Serbia

Montenegro vs Serbia: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.89% of GDP in Montenegro and 2.76% of GDP in Serbia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Serbia, by 0.87 percentage points, or 1.46 times that in Montenegro.

Watch it change on the map

% of GDP · SIPRI

Montenegro vs Serbia: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 1.89% of GDP in Montenegro and 2.76% of GDP in Serbia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Serbia, by 0.87 percentage points, or 1.46 times that in Montenegro.
MontenegroSerbiaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Serbia has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Montenegro.
  • In 2025, Montenegro ranked 67 and Serbia ranked 32 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearMontenegroSerbia
20251.892.76
20241.812.67
20231.52.21
20221.572.17
20211.572.73
20201.762.3
20191.352.18
20181.392.02
20171.381.75
20161.421.86
20151.421.7
20141.481.87
20131.471.85
20121.661.92
20111.761.93
20101.822
20091.842.08
20081.872.05
20071.742.16
20062.292.12
20052.69–
  • Estimate

Each country on its own

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Montenegro vs Serbia

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment