Moldova
Military spending in Moldova
Military spending in Moldova: 0.53% of GDP in 1993 and 0.56% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 0.56% of GDP
- Since 1993
- +0.03 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 138 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 0.93% of GDP in 1995, the lowest 0.26% of GDP in 2010.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Moldova |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.56 |
| 2024 | 0.6 |
| 2023 | 0.55 |
| 2022 | 0.37 |
| 2021 | 0.37 |
| 2020 | 0.38 |
| 2019 | 0.34 |
| 2018 | 0.33 |
| 2017 | 0.32 |
| 2016 | 0.34 |
| 2015 | 0.3 |
| 2014 | 0.29 |
| 2013 | 0.28 |
| 2012 | 0.27 |
| 2011 | 0.27 |
| 2010 | 0.26 |
| 2009 | 0.46 |
| 2008 | 0.61 |
| 2007 | 0.52 |
| 2006 | 0.48 |
| 2005 | 0.4 |
| 2004 | 0.36 |
| 2003 | 0.42 |
| 2002 | 0.42 |
| 2001 | 0.4 |
| 2000 | 0.4 |
| 1999 | 0.51 |
| 1998 | 0.62 |
| 1997 | 0.9 |
| 1996 | 0.91 |
| 1995 | 0.93 |
| 1994 | 0.77 |
| 1993 | 0.53 |
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$103M in 2025
- Military spending per person$38 in 2025
- Military share of state spending1.4% of government spending 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