Moldova
Military share of state spending in Moldova
Military share of state spending in Moldova: 2.2% of government spending in 1995 and 1.4% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 1.4% of government spending
- Since 1995
- −0.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 144 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 2.2% of government spending in 1995, the lowest 0.8% of government spending in 2010.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Moldova |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.4 |
| 2024 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 1.4 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1.1 |
| 2015 | 0.9 |
| 2014 | 0.9 |
| 2013 | 0.9 |
| 2012 | 0.8 |
| 2011 | 0.8 |
| 2010 | 0.8 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1.5 |
| 2007 | 1.2 |
| 2006 | 1.2 |
| 2005 | 1.1 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1.2 |
| 2002 | 1.4 |
| 2001 | 1.4 |
| 2000 | 1.1 |
| 1999 | 1.5 |
| 1998 | 1.6 |
| 1997 | 2 |
| 1996 | 2.1 |
| 1995 | 2.2 |
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 spending0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$103M in 2025
- Military spending per person$38 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel6,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports12 million TIV in 2011