Bulgaria

Military spending per person in Bulgaria

Military spending per person in Bulgaria: $230 in 1989 and $384 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$384
Since 1989
+$154
Rank, 2025
48 of 151
counting from the highest

US dollars per person · SIPRI

Military spending per person in BulgariaMilitary spending per person in Bulgaria: $230 in 1989 and $384 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $384 in 2025, the lowest $26 in 1996.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $384 in 2025, the lowest $26 in 1996.

Every year

US dollars per person · SIPRI

YearBulgaria
2025$384
2024$324
2023$292
2022$210
2021$184
2020$161
2019$308
2018$136
2017$101
2016$94
2015$88
2014$103
2013$111
2012$98
2011$102
2010$112
2009$121
2008$154
2007$130
2006$93
2005$86
2004$80
2003$73
2002$58
2001$51
2000$44
1999$44
1998$39
1997$30
1996$26
1995$37
1994$29
1993$33
1992$30
1991$27
1990$89
1989$230
  • Estimate

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.

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