Romania vs Serbia
Romania vs Serbia: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $513 in Romania and $414 in Serbia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by $99, or 1.24 times that in Serbia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Romania has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Serbia.
- In 2025, Romania ranked 43 and Serbia ranked 47 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Romania | Serbia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $513 | $414 |
| 2024 | $436 | $356 |
| 2023 | $293 | $265 |
| 2022 | $271 | $214 |
| 2021 | $274 | $263 |
| 2020 | $260 | $185 |
| 2019 | $236 | $168 |
| 2018 | $222 | $151 |
| 2017 | $185 | $114 |
| 2016 | $134 | $110 |
| 2015 | $130 | $97 |
| 2014 | $135 | $127 |
| 2013 | $122 | $128 |
| 2012 | $104 | $118 |
| 2011 | $117 | $134 |
| 2010 | $102 | $118 |
| 2009 | $108 | $131 |
| 2008 | $144 | $149 |
| 2007 | $125 | $130 |
| 2006 | $107 | $94 |
| 2005 | $93 | – |
| 2004 | $71 | – |
| 2003 | $58 | – |
| 2002 | $48 | – |
| 2001 | $45 | – |
| 2000 | $42 | – |
| 1999 | $43 | – |
| 1998 | $56 | – |
| 1997 | $48 | – |
| 1996 | $39 | – |
| 1995 | $43 | – |
| 1994 | $41 | – |
| 1993 | $32 | – |
| 1992 | $36 | – |
| 1991 | $60 | – |
| 1990 | $76 | – |
| 1989 | $113 | – |
| 1988 | $111 | – |
- 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
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 share of state spendingRomania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025Serbia: 6.4% of government spending 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