Croatia
Military spending in Croatia
Military spending in Croatia: 7.61% of GDP in 1992 and 2.02% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2.02% of GDP
- Since 1992
- −5.59 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 60 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 11.15% of GDP in 1994, the lowest 1.54% of GDP in 2018.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Croatia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.02 |
| 2024 | 1.86 |
| 2023 | 1.65 |
| 2022 | 1.8 |
| 2021 | 1.97 |
| 2020 | 1.7 |
| 2019 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 1.54 |
| 2017 | 1.63 |
| 2016 | 1.59 |
| 2015 | 1.75 |
| 2014 | 1.81 |
| 2013 | 1.61 |
| 2012 | 1.66 |
| 2011 | 1.74 |
| 2010 | 1.67 |
| 2009 | 1.77 |
| 2008 | 1.82 |
| 2007 | 1.61 |
| 2006 | 1.67 |
| 2005 | 1.74 |
| 2004 | 1.74 |
| 2003 | 2.03 |
| 2002 | 2.71 |
| 2001 | 2.71 |
| 2000 | 3.03 |
| 1999 | 4.38 |
| 1998 | 5.55 |
| 1997 | 7.48 |
| 1996 | 8.08 |
| 1995 | 9.1 |
| 1994 | 11.15 |
| 1993 | 10.73 |
| 1992 | 7.61 |
- Estimate
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.
- 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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- Military spending in US dollars$1.93B in 2025
- Military spending per person$544 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel20,000 people in 2020
- National power0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.17% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports141 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports53 million TIV in 2024
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