Ukraine

Military spending in Ukraine

Military spending in Ukraine: 0.43% of GDP in 1993 and 39.56% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
39.56% of GDP
Since 1993
+39.13 percentage points
Rank, 2025
1 of 151
counting from the highest

% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in UkraineMilitary spending in Ukraine: 0.43% of GDP in 1993 and 39.56% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025, Ukraine had the highest value of 151 countries.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearUkraine
202539.56
202433.96
202336.03
202225.64
20213.43
20204.4
20194.07
20183.64
20173.24
20163.67
20153.85
20142.97
20132.39
20122.35
20112.26
20102.74
20092.84
20082.67
20072.87
20062.77
20052.79
20042.51
20032.75
20022.68
20012.77
20003.51
19992.88
19983.24
19973.99
19963.18
19952.74
19942.42
19930.43
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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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