Estonia
Military spending in Estonia
Military spending in Estonia: 0.76% of GDP in 1993 and 3.37% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 3.37% of GDP
- Since 1993
- +2.61 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 16 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Estonia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.37 |
| 2024 | 3.3 |
| 2023 | 2.98 |
| 2022 | 2.14 |
| 2021 | 2.01 |
| 2020 | 2.26 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1.97 |
| 2017 | 1.97 |
| 2016 | 2.03 |
| 2015 | 1.99 |
| 2014 | 1.9 |
| 2013 | 1.88 |
| 2012 | 1.88 |
| 2011 | 1.67 |
| 2010 | 1.7 |
| 2009 | 1.8 |
| 2008 | 1.77 |
| 2007 | 1.66 |
| 2006 | 1.39 |
| 2005 | 1.45 |
| 2004 | 1.69 |
| 2003 | 1.74 |
| 2002 | 1.66 |
| 2001 | 1.5 |
| 2000 | 1.38 |
| 1999 | 1.28 |
| 1998 | 1.06 |
| 1997 | 1.03 |
| 1996 | 0.87 |
| 1995 | 0.93 |
| 1994 | 1.04 |
| 1993 | 0.76 |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending in US dollars$1.44B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,164 in 2025
- Military share of state spending7.5% of government spending 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