Albania
Military spending in Albania
Military spending in Albania: 6.05% of GDP in 1980 and 2.03% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2.03% of GDP
- Since 1980
- −4.02 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 56 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 6.12% of GDP in 1984, the lowest 1.09% of GDP in 2017.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Albania |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.03 |
| 2024 | 1.98 |
| 2023 | 1.7 |
| 2022 | 1.2 |
| 2021 | 1.24 |
| 2020 | 1.29 |
| 2019 | 1.27 |
| 2018 | 1.14 |
| 2017 | 1.09 |
| 2016 | 1.09 |
| 2015 | 1.15 |
| 2014 | 1.34 |
| 2013 | 1.41 |
| 2012 | 1.5 |
| 2011 | 1.52 |
| 2010 | 1.54 |
| 2009 | 1.48 |
| 2008 | 1.93 |
| 2007 | 1.75 |
| 2006 | 1.54 |
| 2005 | 1.33 |
| 2004 | 1.36 |
| 2003 | 1.32 |
| 2002 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 1.31 |
| 2000 | 1.26 |
| 1999 | 1.3 |
| 1998 | 1.29 |
| 1997 | 1.32 |
| 1996 | 1.41 |
| 1995 | 1.75 |
| 1994 | 2.55 |
| 1993 | 3.2 |
| 1992 | 4.67 |
| 1991 | 5.79 |
| 1990 | 5.89 |
| 1989 | 5.17 |
| 1988 | 5.62 |
| 1987 | 5.86 |
| 1986 | 5.63 |
| 1985 | 5.65 |
| 1984 | 6.12 |
| 1983 | 5.44 |
| 1982 | 5.65 |
| 1981 | 5.85 |
| 1980 | 6.05 |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending in US dollars$568M in 2025
- Military spending per person$224 in 2025
- Military share of state spending6.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel8,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.65% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports23 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2011
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