Estonia
Military share of state spending in Estonia
Military share of state spending in Estonia: 2.4% of government spending in 1995 and 7.5% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 7.5% of government spending
- Since 1995
- +5.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 41 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 7.6% of government spending in 2024, the lowest 2.2% of government spending in 1996.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Estonia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 7.6 |
| 2023 | 6.9 |
| 2022 | 5.3 |
| 2021 | 4.8 |
| 2020 | 5.1 |
| 2019 | 5.2 |
| 2018 | 5.1 |
| 2017 | 5.1 |
| 2016 | 5.3 |
| 2015 | 5.1 |
| 2014 | 5.1 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4.8 |
| 2011 | 4.5 |
| 2010 | 4.2 |
| 2009 | 3.9 |
| 2008 | 4.5 |
| 2007 | 4.9 |
| 2006 | 4.2 |
| 2005 | 4.3 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 |
| 2002 | 4.6 |
| 2001 | 4.3 |
| 2000 | 3.8 |
| 1999 | 3.2 |
| 1998 | 2.7 |
| 1997 | 2.9 |
| 1996 | 2.2 |
| 1995 | 2.4 |
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 spending3.37% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.44B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,164 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel7,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports204 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 2024