Serbia

Military share of state spending in Serbia

Military share of state spending in Serbia: 5.1% of government spending in 2006 and 6.4% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
6.4% of government spending
Since 2006
+1.3 percentage points
Rank, 2025
52 of 150
counting from the highest

% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in SerbiaMilitary share of state spending in Serbia: 5.1% of government spending in 2006 and 6.4% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 6.4% of government spending in 2025, the lowest 4.1% of government spending in 2015.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 6.4% of government spending in 2025, the lowest 4.1% of government spending in 2015.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearSerbia
20256.4
20246.3
20235.4
20225.3
20216.1
20205
20195.4
20185.2
20174.6
20164.6
20154.1
20144.4
20134.6
20124.4
20114.8
20104.9
20095
20084.7
20075.3
20065.1
  • 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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