Romania
Military spending in Romania
Military spending in Romania: 2.21% of GDP in 1980 and 2.28% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2.28% of GDP
- Since 1980
- +0.08 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 45 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 4.8% of GDP in 1989, the lowest 1.17% of GDP in 2012.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Romania |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.28 |
| 2024 | 2.17 |
| 2023 | 1.62 |
| 2022 | 1.76 |
| 2021 | 1.86 |
| 2020 | 2.02 |
| 2019 | 1.84 |
| 2018 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | 1.73 |
| 2016 | 1.43 |
| 2015 | 1.45 |
| 2014 | 1.35 |
| 2013 | 1.29 |
| 2012 | 1.17 |
| 2011 | 1.24 |
| 2010 | 1.23 |
| 2009 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 1.4 |
| 2007 | 1.49 |
| 2006 | 1.85 |
| 2005 | 2.01 |
| 2004 | 2.01 |
| 2003 | 2.09 |
| 2002 | 2.29 |
| 2001 | 2.42 |
| 2000 | 2.5 |
| 1999 | 2.64 |
| 1998 | 3 |
| 1997 | 3.02 |
| 1996 | 2.37 |
| 1995 | 2.61 |
| 1994 | 3.12 |
| 1993 | 2.74 |
| 1992 | 4.25 |
| 1991 | 4.77 |
| 1990 | 4.55 |
| 1989 | 4.8 |
| 1988 | 4.21 |
| 1987 | 3.91 |
| 1986 | 4.45 |
| 1985 | 4.3 |
| 1984 | 1.91 |
| 1983 | 1.99 |
| 1982 | 2.04 |
| 1981 | 2.2 |
| 1980 | 2.21 |
- 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$8.81B in 2025
- Military spending per person$513 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel128,000 people in 2020
- National power0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports421 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports132 million TIV in 2025
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