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
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Ukraine |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 39.56 |
| 2024 | 33.96 |
| 2023 | 36.03 |
| 2022 | 25.64 |
| 2021 | 3.43 |
| 2020 | 4.4 |
| 2019 | 4.07 |
| 2018 | 3.64 |
| 2017 | 3.24 |
| 2016 | 3.67 |
| 2015 | 3.85 |
| 2014 | 2.97 |
| 2013 | 2.39 |
| 2012 | 2.35 |
| 2011 | 2.26 |
| 2010 | 2.74 |
| 2009 | 2.84 |
| 2008 | 2.67 |
| 2007 | 2.87 |
| 2006 | 2.77 |
| 2005 | 2.79 |
| 2004 | 2.51 |
| 2003 | 2.75 |
| 2002 | 2.68 |
| 2001 | 2.77 |
| 2000 | 3.51 |
| 1999 | 2.88 |
| 1998 | 3.24 |
| 1997 | 3.99 |
| 1996 | 3.18 |
| 1995 | 2.74 |
| 1994 | 2.42 |
| 1993 | 0.43 |
- 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$77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per person$2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spending62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel298,000 people in 2020
- National power0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2.26 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports120 million TIV in 2025