Hungary
Military spending in Hungary
Military spending in Hungary: 4.03% of GDP in 1970 and 2.04% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2.04% of GDP
- Since 1970
- −1.99 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 55 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 4.97% of GDP in 1985, the lowest 0.86% of GDP in 2014.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Hungary |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.04 |
| 2024 | 2.13 |
| 2023 | 2.04 |
| 2022 | 1.84 |
| 2021 | 1.32 |
| 2020 | 1.75 |
| 2019 | 1.33 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1.19 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0.9 |
| 2014 | 0.86 |
| 2013 | 0.94 |
| 2012 | 1.03 |
| 2011 | 1.04 |
| 2010 | 1.02 |
| 2009 | 1.13 |
| 2008 | 1.18 |
| 2007 | 1.27 |
| 2006 | 1.22 |
| 2005 | 1.41 |
| 2004 | 1.47 |
| 2003 | 1.65 |
| 2002 | 1.6 |
| 2001 | 1.57 |
| 2000 | 1.51 |
| 1999 | 1.43 |
| 1998 | 1.27 |
| 1997 | 1.47 |
| 1996 | 1.25 |
| 1995 | 1.31 |
| 1994 | 1.82 |
| 1993 | 1.91 |
| 1992 | 2.18 |
| 1991 | 2.16 |
| 1990 | 2.56 |
| 1989 | 2.79 |
| 1988 | 3.6 |
| 1987 | 3.16 |
| 1986 | 3.22 |
| 1985 | 4.97 |
| 1984 | 3.15 |
| 1983 | 3.34 |
| 1982 | 3.24 |
| 1981 | 3.33 |
| 1980 | 3.34 |
| 1979 | 3.24 |
| 1978 | 3.24 |
| 1977 | 2.96 |
| 1976 | 3.01 |
| 1975 | 3.34 |
| 1974 | 3.21 |
| 1973 | 3.01 |
| 1972 | 3.27 |
| 1971 | 3.74 |
| 1970 | 4.03 |
- 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$4.62B in 2025
- Military spending per person$518 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel46,000 people in 2020
- National power0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports402 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports11 million TIV in 2024
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