Pakistan vs Spain

Pakistan vs Spain: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 2.91% of GDP in Pakistan and 2.13% of GDP in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 0.79 percentage points, or 1.37 times that in Spain.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Pakistan vs Spain: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 2.91% of GDP in Pakistan and 2.13% of GDP in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 0.79 percentage points, or 1.37 times that in Spain.
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What the numbers say

  • Pakistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1954.
  • In 2025, Pakistan ranked 30 and Spain ranked 51 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearPakistanSpain
20252.912.13
20242.731.46
20232.891.54
20223.181.43
20213.391.37
20203.491.36
20193.511.23
20183.591.25
20173.361.22
20163.21.13
20153.161.26
20143.11.25
20133.091.27
20123.11.42
20112.921.33
20103.041.38
20093.271.36
20083.461.37
20073.511.36
20063.651.37
20053.91.39
20043.961.43
20034.091.42
20024.071.46
20013.881.63
20004.171.73
19995.191.76
19985.421.76
19975.621.72
19966.041.81
19955.821.92
19945.922
19936.432.01
19926.72.04
19916.572.13
19906.522.29
19896.532.36
19886.792.49
19876.972.62
19866.992.63
19856.922.96
19846.662.97
19836.642.94
19826.382.66
19815.712.58
19805.522.49
19795.452.5
19785.52.36
19775.552.31
19765.892.32
19756.322
19746.092.21
19736.212.11
19726.872.32
19716.742.11
19706.162.29
19695.512.43
19685.12.3
19675.411.85
19666.732.08
19655.911.89
19643.871.93
19633.651.97
19623.662.27
19614.12.03
19604.312.25
19594.341.91
19584.251.93
19574.172.24
19565.032.26
19555.572.31
19545.352.29
19536.32–
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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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