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.

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.

As a percentage of GDP

The European Defence Agency member state average spend on defence as a percentage of GDP was 1.9% in 2024.

By total capital expenditure

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

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