Serbia

Military spending in Serbia

Military spending in Serbia: 2.12% of GDP in 2006 and 2.76% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
2.76% of GDP
Since 2006
+0.64 percentage points
Rank, 2025
32 of 151
counting from the highest

% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in SerbiaMilitary spending in Serbia: 2.12% of GDP in 2006 and 2.76% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 2.76% of GDP in 2025, the lowest 1.7% of GDP in 2015.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 2.76% of GDP in 2025, the lowest 1.7% of GDP in 2015.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearSerbia
20252.76
20242.67
20232.21
20222.17
20212.73
20202.3
20192.18
20182.02
20171.75
20161.86
20151.7
20141.87
20131.85
20121.92
20111.93
20102
20092.08
20082.05
20072.16
20062.12
  • 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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