Armenia
Military share of state spending in Armenia
Military share of state spending in Armenia: 14.5% of government spending in 2005 and 19.9% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 19.9% of government spending
- Since 2005
- +5.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 6 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 20.4% of government spending in 2023, the lowest 13.6% of government spending in 2007.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Armenia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 19.9 |
| 2024 | 18.9 |
| 2023 | 20.4 |
| 2022 | 15.5 |
| 2021 | 15.6 |
| 2020 | 16.3 |
| 2019 | 19.2 |
| 2018 | 17.1 |
| 2017 | 14.8 |
| 2016 | 15.1 |
| 2015 | 16.1 |
| 2014 | 16.4 |
| 2013 | 16.8 |
| 2012 | 16 |
| 2011 | 15.4 |
| 2010 | 16.3 |
| 2009 | 14.6 |
| 2008 | 15.3 |
| 2007 | 13.6 |
| 2006 | 14.7 |
| 2005 | 14.5 |
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.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending6.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.65B in 2025
- Military spending per person$582 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel47,000 people in 2020
- National power0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers3.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2006