Bulgaria

Military share of state spending in Bulgaria

Military share of state spending in Bulgaria: 7% of government spending in 1998 and 5.2% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
5.2% of government spending
Since 1998
−1.8 percentage points
Rank, 2025
71 of 150
counting from the highest

% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in BulgariaMilitary share of state spending in Bulgaria: 7% of government spending in 1998 and 5.2% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 8.7% of government spending in 2019, the lowest 3.3% of government spending in 2015.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 8.7% of government spending in 2019, the lowest 3.3% of government spending in 2015.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearBulgaria
20255.2
20245.3
20235.2
20224.2
20213.9
20204.2
20198.7
20184.2
20173.8
20163.8
20153.3
20143.5
20134.1
20124.1
20114.1
20104.8
20095.2
20086.4
20076.7
20066.4
20056.6
20046.9
20037.5
20027.9
20017.8
20007.1
19997.2
19987
  • Estimate

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.
  • 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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