Romania vs Ukraine
Romania vs Ukraine: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 2.28% of GDP in Romania and 39.56% of GDP in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 37.28 percentage points, or 17 times that in Romania.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 1995, when it overtook Romania.
- In 2025, Romania ranked 45 and Ukraine ranked 1 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Romania | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.28 | 39.56 |
| 2024 | 2.17 | 33.96 |
| 2023 | 1.62 | 36.03 |
| 2022 | 1.76 | 25.64 |
| 2021 | 1.86 | 3.43 |
| 2020 | 2.02 | 4.4 |
| 2019 | 1.84 | 4.07 |
| 2018 | 1.8 | 3.64 |
| 2017 | 1.73 | 3.24 |
| 2016 | 1.43 | 3.67 |
| 2015 | 1.45 | 3.85 |
| 2014 | 1.35 | 2.97 |
| 2013 | 1.29 | 2.39 |
| 2012 | 1.17 | 2.35 |
| 2011 | 1.24 | 2.26 |
| 2010 | 1.23 | 2.74 |
| 2009 | 1.28 | 2.84 |
| 2008 | 1.4 | 2.67 |
| 2007 | 1.49 | 2.87 |
| 2006 | 1.85 | 2.77 |
| 2005 | 2.01 | 2.79 |
| 2004 | 2.01 | 2.51 |
| 2003 | 2.09 | 2.75 |
| 2002 | 2.29 | 2.68 |
| 2001 | 2.42 | 2.77 |
| 2000 | 2.5 | 3.51 |
| 1999 | 2.64 | 2.88 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3.24 |
| 1997 | 3.02 | 3.99 |
| 1996 | 2.37 | 3.18 |
| 1995 | 2.61 | 2.74 |
| 1994 | 3.12 | 2.42 |
| 1993 | 2.74 | 0.43 |
| 1992 | 4.25 | – |
| 1991 | 4.77 | – |
| 1990 | 4.55 | – |
| 1989 | 4.8 | – |
| 1988 | 4.21 | – |
| 1987 | 3.91 | – |
| 1986 | 4.45 | – |
| 1985 | 4.3 | – |
| 1984 | 1.91 | – |
| 1983 | 1.99 | – |
| 1982 | 2.04 | – |
| 1981 | 2.2 | – |
| 1980 | 2.21 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Romania vs Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyRomania: 75.9 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRomania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRomania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterRomania: 82.1% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionRomania: 2.36% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateRomania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRomania: 19.1 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthRomania: -0.53% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRomania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRomania: 52.2% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageRomania: 42.6 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRomania: 19.8% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateRomania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsRomania: $8.81B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personRomania: $513 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRomania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelRomania: 128,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerRomania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRomania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRomania: 421 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsRomania: 132 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025