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

Military spending in RomaniaMilitary spending in Romania: 2.21% of GDP in 1980 and 2.28% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 4.8% of GDP in 1989, the lowest 1.17% of GDP in 2012.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

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

YearRomania
20252.28
20242.17
20231.62
20221.76
20211.86
20202.02
20191.84
20181.8
20171.73
20161.43
20151.45
20141.35
20131.29
20121.17
20111.24
20101.23
20091.28
20081.4
20071.49
20061.85
20052.01
20042.01
20032.09
20022.29
20012.42
20002.5
19992.64
19983
19973.02
19962.37
19952.61
19943.12
19932.74
19924.25
19914.77
19904.55
19894.8
19884.21
19873.91
19864.45
19854.3
19841.91
19831.99
19822.04
19812.2
19802.21
  • 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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