List of countries in Europe by military expenditures

This article lists military spending in European countries by varying methods including as a percentage of GDP per capita and as a total capital expenditure as listed by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute unless otherwise stated or cited.

The share of total expenditure, the average defence spending was 2.7 % in 2023 in the EU and 2.5% in the euro area. As a share of GDP the average was 1.3% in the EU and 1.2% in the euro area. ^[1]

Total defence expenditure of the European Defence Agency (EDA) Member States was €279 billion in 2023, which was 1.6% of the 27 EDA Member States’ GDP. ^[2]

As a percentage of GDP

The European Defence Agency member state average spend on defence as a percentage of GDP was 1.6% in 2023. ^[2]

Key

NATO member

Country	Percentage of GDP expenditure, 2024 [3]
Albania	2.04%
Andorra	[a]
Armenia	5.48%
Austria	1.00%
Azerbaijan	4.99%
Belarus	2.07%
Belgium	1.28%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.75%
Bulgaria	2.15%
Croatia	1.79%
Cyprus	1.65%
Czech Republic	1.92%
Denmark	2.42%
Estonia	3.37%
Finland	2.30%
France	2.05%
Georgia	1.86%
Germany	1.89%
Greece	3.13%
Hungary	2.16%
Iceland	[b]
Ireland	0.24%
Italy	1.61%
Kazakhstan	2.43%
Kosovo	1.48%
Latvia	3.26%
Liechtenstein	0.4% [6] [c]
Lithuania	3.12%
Luxembourg	0.96%
Malta	0.45%
Moldova	0.60%
Monaco	[d]
Montenegro	1.83%
Netherlands	1.92%
North Macedonia	2.10%
Norway	2.09%
Poland	4.15%
Portugal	1.53%
Romania	2.30%
Russia	7.05%
San Marino	[e]
Serbia	2.60%
Slovakia	2.01%
Slovenia	1.31%
Spain	1.51%
Sweden	1.43%
Switzerland	0.72%
Turkey	1.92%
Ukraine	34.48%
United Kingdom	2.28%
Vatican City	[e]

By total capital expenditure

Key

NATO member

Country	US $m in 2024 [3]
Albania	535.5
Andorra	[a]
Armenia	1,418.0
Austria	5,258.7
Azerbaijan	3,777.1
Belarus	1,491.4
Belgium	8,561.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	216.0
Bulgaria	2,329.8
Croatia	1,629.1
Cyprus	598.2
Czech Republic	6,524.9
Denmark	9,958.9
Estonia	1,441.9
Finland	6,987.8
France	64,675.0
Georgia	615.9
Germany	88,458.5
Greece	8,022.0
Hungary	4,734.7
Iceland	[b]
Ireland	1,330.5
Italy	37,964.6
Kazakhstan	1,209.0
Kosovo	165.6
Latvia	1,425.7
Liechtenstein	[c]
Lithuania	2,627.5
Luxembourg	871.6
Malta	109.3
Moldova	110.7
Monaco	[d]
Montenegro	150.0
Netherlands	23,179.2
North Macedonia	353.7
Norway	10,435.3
Poland	38,000.7
Portugal	4,641.6
Romania	8,715.7
Russia	148,967.3
San Marino	[e]
Serbia	2,322.8
Slovakia	2,849.2
Slovenia	951.9
Spain	24,615.4
Sweden	12,040.3
Switzerland	6,722.3
Turkey	24,978.7
Ukraine	64,705.0
United Kingdom	81,763.2
Vatican City	[e]

See also

• List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe by GDP (PPP)
• List of European countries by fiscal balance
• List of metropolitan areas in the European Union by GDP
• List of European countries by budget revenues
• List of European countries by budget revenues per capita
• Economy of Europe
• World economy
• European Union
• OSCE countries statistics

References

1. "Government expenditure on defence". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
2. "Defence Data Portal". Default. 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
3. "SIPRI Milex". milex.sipri.org. Archived from the original on 2025-05-03. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
4. "Andorra", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2023-10-19, retrieved 2023-10-27
5. "Iceland", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2023-11-06, retrieved 2023-11-12
6. O’Riordan, Sean (2018-06-08). "Ireland's defence spending is lowest in Europe at 0.3% of GDP". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
7. "Monaco (08/05)". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
8. "San Marino", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2023-10-19, retrieved 2023-10-27
9. "Holy See (Vatican City)", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2023-11-01, retrieved 2023-11-12
10. "Liechtenstein", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2023-10-19, retrieved 2023-10-27

Footnotes

1. Defence is the responsibility of France and Spain. ^[4]
2. Defence is the responsibility of NATO. ^[5]
3. No regular military forces. ^[10]
4. Defence is the responsibility of France. ^[7]
5. Defence is the responsibility of Italy. ^{[8] [9]}