Greece
Military spending in US dollars in Greece
Military spending in US dollars in Greece: $884M in 1949 and $7.81B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $7.81B
- Since 1949
- +$6.92B
- Rank, 2025
- 35 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $10.3B in 2009, the lowest $884M in 1949.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Greece |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $7.81B |
| 2024 | $7.39B |
| 2023 | $7.22B |
| 2022 | $9.57B |
| 2021 | $8.85B |
| 2020 | $6.47B |
| 2019 | $6.06B |
| 2018 | $6.17B |
| 2017 | $5.77B |
| 2016 | $5.77B |
| 2015 | $5.54B |
| 2014 | $5.23B |
| 2013 | $5.27B |
| 2012 | $5.64B |
| 2011 | $6.38B |
| 2010 | $7.93B |
| 2009 | $10.3B |
| 2008 | $9.84B |
| 2007 | $8.85B |
| 2006 | $8.86B |
| 2005 | $8.52B |
| 2004 | $7.88B |
| 2003 | $7.16B |
| 2002 | $8.36B |
| 2001 | $8.52B |
| 2000 | $8.72B |
| 1999 | $8.26B |
| 1998 | $7.89B |
| 1997 | $7.24B |
| 1996 | $6.79B |
| 1995 | $6.41B |
| 1994 | $6.27B |
| 1993 | $6.17B |
| 1992 | $6.32B |
| 1991 | $6.08B |
| 1990 | $6.41B |
| 1989 | $6.34B |
| 1988 | $6.76B |
| 1987 | $6.4B |
| 1986 | $6.41B |
| 1985 | $7.5B |
| 1984 | $7.56B |
| 1983 | $7.7B |
| 1982 | $8.44B |
| 1981 | $8.27B |
| 1980 | $6.99B |
| 1979 | $8.08B |
| 1978 | $8.34B |
| 1977 | $8.17B |
| 1976 | $7.7B |
| 1975 | $7.04B |
| 1974 | $5.47B |
| 1973 | $4.41B |
| 1972 | $4.38B |
| 1971 | $4.11B |
| 1970 | $3.89B |
| 1969 | $3.6B |
| 1968 | $3.18B |
| 1967 | $2.73B |
| 1966 | $2.12B |
| 1965 | $1.95B |
| 1964 | $1.8B |
| 1963 | $1.74B |
| 1962 | $1.69B |
| 1961 | $1.66B |
| 1960 | $1.72B |
| 1959 | $1.62B |
| 1958 | $1.56B |
| 1957 | $1.59B |
| 1956 | $1.53B |
| 1955 | $1.18B |
| 1954 | $1.16B |
| 1953 | $1.08B |
| 1952 | $1.13B |
| 1951 | $1.17B |
| 1950 | $991M |
| 1949 | $884M |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 spending2.99% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$842 in 2025
- Military share of state spending6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel147,000 people in 2020
- National power0.26% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers3.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports574 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 2025
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