Slovakia vs Ukraine
Slovakia vs Ukraine: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $568 in Slovakia and $2,197 in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by $1,629, or 3.87 times that in Slovakia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Slovakia.
- In 2025, Slovakia ranked 37 and Ukraine ranked 7 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Slovakia | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $568 | $2,197 |
| 2024 | $505 | $1,730 |
| 2023 | $418 | $1,717 |
| 2022 | $381 | $943 |
| 2021 | $364 | $154 |
| 2020 | $361 | $153 |
| 2019 | $330 | $139 |
| 2018 | $236 | $105 |
| 2017 | $193 | $80 |
| 2016 | $185 | $75 |
| 2015 | $182 | $76 |
| 2014 | $184 | $86 |
| 2013 | $179 | $95 |
| 2012 | $189 | $89 |
| 2011 | $197 | $79 |
| 2010 | $211 | $80 |
| 2009 | $251 | $74 |
| 2008 | $263 | $103 |
| 2007 | $212 | $87 |
| 2006 | $170 | $63 |
| 2005 | $153 | $50 |
| 2004 | $132 | $35 |
| 2003 | $116 | $29 |
| 2002 | $82 | $24 |
| 2001 | $73 | $22 |
| 2000 | $64 | $23 |
| 1999 | $61 | $19 |
| 1998 | $74 | $28 |
| 1997 | $93 | $41 |
| 1996 | $120 | $28 |
| 1995 | $118 | $20 |
| 1994 | $56 | $18 |
| 1993 | $50 | $3 |
- 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
Slovakia vs Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancySlovakia: 78.3 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySlovakia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySlovakia: 4.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSlovakia: 99.2% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionSlovakia: 2.4% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateSlovakia: 9.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSlovakia: 5.52 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSlovakia: 0.06% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSlovakia: 1.56 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSlovakia: 53.2% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageSlovakia: 41.3 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSlovakia: 18.1% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSlovakia: 0.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSlovakia: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSlovakia: $2.87B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSlovakia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSlovakia: 18,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerSlovakia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSlovakia: 0.67% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSlovakia: 445 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSlovakia: 9 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025