Portugal vs Spain
Portugal vs Spain: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 4% of government spending in Portugal and 4.7% of government spending in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 0.8 percentage points, or 1.19 times that in Portugal.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Portugal.
- In 2025, Portugal ranked 106 and Spain ranked 81 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Portugal | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 2022 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 2021 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 2020 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 2019 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 2018 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
| 2015 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 2014 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 2013 | 3.4 | 2.7 |
| 2012 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
| 2011 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 2010 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 2008 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| 2007 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 2006 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 2005 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 2004 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 2003 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 2002 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 2001 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 2000 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| 1998 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| 1997 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 1996 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 1995 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 1994 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 1993 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 1992 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 1991 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| 1990 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 1989 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
| 1988 | 4.4 | 6.1 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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
Portugal vs Spain
Health
- Life expectancyPortugal: 82.4 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPortugal: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPortugal: 2.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPortugal: 95.2% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionPortugal: 4.42% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide ratePortugal: 7.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPortugal: 10.4 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthPortugal: -0% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePortugal: 1.51 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPortugal: 61.5% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median agePortugal: 46.2 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPortugal: 24.1% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration ratePortugal: 2.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPortugal: 1.71% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPortugal: $5.51B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personPortugal: $563 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPortugal: 52,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerPortugal: 0.12% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPortugal: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPortugal: 90 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPortugal: 1 million TIV in 2025Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025