Romania vs Serbia
Romania vs Serbia: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 5.6% of government spending in Romania and 6.4% of government spending in Serbia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Serbia, by 0.8 percentage points, or 1.14 times that in Romania.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Serbia has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Romania.
- In 2025, Romania ranked 67 and Serbia ranked 52 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Romania | Serbia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.6 | 6.4 |
| 2024 | 5.4 | 6.3 |
| 2023 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| 2022 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| 2021 | 5 | 6.1 |
| 2020 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 2018 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 2017 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
| 2016 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 2015 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 2012 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 2011 | 3.5 | 4.8 |
| 2010 | 3.3 | 4.9 |
| 2009 | 3.5 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 2007 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| 2006 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 2005 | 6.2 | – |
| 2004 | 6.1 | – |
| 2003 | 6.8 | – |
| 2002 | 7.1 | – |
| 2001 | 7.4 | – |
| 2000 | 7.2 | – |
| 1999 | 7.6 | – |
| 1998 | 8.5 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | – |
| 1996 | 7.3 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | – |
| 1994 | 9.3 | – |
| 1993 | 8.1 | – |
| 1992 | 10.1 | – |
| 1991 | 12.4 | – |
| 1990 | 11.8 | – |
- 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
Romania vs Serbia
Health
- Life expectancyRomania: 75.9 years in 2023Serbia: 76.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRomania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Serbia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRomania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Serbia: 4.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterRomania: 82.1% in 2022Serbia: 75.1% in 2022
- DepressionRomania: 2.36% in 2017Serbia: 2.57% in 2017
- Suicide rateRomania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Serbia: 12.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRomania: 19.1 million people in 2023Serbia: 6.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthRomania: -0.53% a year in 2023Serbia: -0.44% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRomania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023Serbia: 1.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRomania: 52.2% in 2025Serbia: 62.6% in 2025
- Median ageRomania: 42.6 years in 2023Serbia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRomania: 19.8% in 2023Serbia: 22.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateRomania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Serbia: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRomania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025Serbia: 2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsRomania: $8.81B in 2025Serbia: $2.55B in 2025
- Military spending per personRomania: $513 in 2025Serbia: $414 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelRomania: 128,000 people in 2020Serbia: 32,000 people in 2020
- National powerRomania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Serbia: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRomania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020Serbia: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRomania: 421 million TIV in 2025Serbia: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsRomania: 132 million TIV in 2025Serbia: 39 million TIV in 2025