Portugal vs Ukraine
Portugal vs Ukraine: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $563 in Portugal and $2,197 in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by $1,635, or 3.91 times that in Portugal.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Portugal.
- In 2025, Portugal ranked 38 and Ukraine ranked 7 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Portugal | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $563 | $2,197 |
| 2024 | $434 | $1,730 |
| 2023 | $338 | $1,717 |
| 2022 | $335 | $943 |
| 2021 | $374 | $154 |
| 2020 | $318 | $153 |
| 2019 | $320 | $139 |
| 2018 | $326 | $105 |
| 2017 | $310 | $80 |
| 2016 | $312 | $75 |
| 2015 | $302 | $76 |
| 2014 | $329 | $86 |
| 2013 | $363 | $95 |
| 2012 | $375 | $89 |
| 2011 | $363 | $79 |
| 2010 | $360 | $80 |
| 2009 | $357 | $74 |
| 2008 | $352 | $103 |
| 2007 | $314 | $87 |
| 2006 | $300 | $63 |
| 2005 | $300 | $50 |
| 2004 | $272 | $35 |
| 2003 | $226 | $29 |
| 2002 | $189 | $24 |
| 2001 | $170 | $22 |
| 2000 | $163 | $23 |
| 1999 | $178 | $19 |
| 1998 | $174 | $28 |
| 1997 | $179 | $41 |
| 1996 | $196 | $28 |
| 1995 | $201 | $20 |
| 1994 | $165 | $18 |
| 1993 | $166 | $3 |
| 1992 | $192 | – |
| 1991 | $160 | – |
| 1990 | $142 | – |
| 1989 | $110 | – |
| 1988 | $102 | – |
- 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
Portugal vs Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyPortugal: 82.4 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPortugal: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPortugal: 2.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPortugal: 95.2% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionPortugal: 4.42% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide ratePortugal: 7.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPortugal: 10.4 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthPortugal: -0% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePortugal: 1.51 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPortugal: 61.5% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median agePortugal: 46.2 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPortugal: 24.1% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration ratePortugal: 2.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPortugal: 1.71% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPortugal: $5.51B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPortugal: 4% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPortugal: 52,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerPortugal: 0.12% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPortugal: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPortugal: 90 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPortugal: 1 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025