Romania

Military share of state spending in Romania

Military share of state spending in Romania: 11.8% of government spending in 1990 and 5.6% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
5.6% of government spending
Since 1990
−6.2 percentage points
Rank, 2025
67 of 150
counting from the highest

% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in RomaniaMilitary share of state spending in Romania: 11.8% of government spending in 1990 and 5.6% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 12.4% of government spending in 1991, the lowest 3.3% of government spending in 2010.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 12.4% of government spending in 1991, the lowest 3.3% of government spending in 2010.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearRomania
20255.6
20245.4
20234.4
20224.7
20215
20205.3
20195.5
20185.6
20175.6
20164.5
20154.2
20144
20133.8
20123.5
20113.5
20103.3
20093.5
20084
20074.3
20065.5
20056.2
20046.1
20036.8
20027.1
20017.4
20007.2
19997.6
19988.5
19979
19967.3
19958
19949.3
19938.1
199210.1
199112.4
199011.8
  • Estimate

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.
  • 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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