Military Spending in Europe 2025: $816.9bn Total
Europe's 44 tracked countries spent a combined $816.9bn on defense in 2025, equal to 29.8% of world military spending, with Russia the largest single spender at $158.2bn.
Key takeaways
- Europe spent $816.9bn on defense in 2025 across the 44 countries SIPRI tracks in the region.
- That total equals 29.8% of world military spending in 2025.
- Russia is the largest single spender at $158.2bn, 19.4% of Europe's total.
- The top 8 spenders — Russia, Germany, UK, Ukraine, France, Italy, Poland, Spain — account for 76.1% of Europe's total.
- The $816.9bn figure is a calculated sum of country-level SIPRI data, not a SIPRI-published regional total.
Verdict
Europe's 44 tracked countries spent $816.9bn on defense in 2025, or 29.8% of world military spending, with Russia the largest single spender at $158.2bn. This total is our calculation from SIPRI country-level data — countries without a reported 2025 figure are excluded, so it is not an official SIPRI regional total.
At a glance
| Europe total, 2025 | $816.9bn44 countries |
|---|---|
| Share of world spending | 29.8% |
| Top spender | Russia — $158.2bn19.4% of Europe total |
| Second largest | Germany — $106.7bn13.1% of Europe total |
| Top 8 combined share | 76.1%of Europe's total |
Europe's 44 tracked countries spent a combined $816.9bn on defense in 2025 — equal to 29.8% of world military spending — with Russia the largest single spender in the region at $158.2bn.
01 Europe's Total Military Spending in 2025
Adding up SIPRI's country-level figures for every European state it tracks in 2025 produces a regional total of $816.9bn. That sum spans 44 countries, from the continent's largest economies to its smallest defense budgets, and represents a substantial share of global military expenditure for the year.
Sum of the 44 Europe countries SIPRI reports for 2025. Countries without a 2025 figure are excluded.
Because this figure is our calculation from SIPRI country-level data — not a total SIPRI itself publishes as a single regional line item — it should be read as an aggregation of available national figures rather than an official SIPRI regional statistic. All figures are in SIPRI's constant 2024 US dollars, which strip out inflation and exchange-rate movement so that spending levels are comparable across countries and years.
02 Top 8 Spenders in Europe
Eight countries account for the large majority of Europe's total defense outlay. Russia tops the list at $158.2bn, followed by Germany, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine, each spending in the range of $65bn to $107bn.
| Rank | Country | 2025 Spending | Share of Europe Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | $158.2bn | 19.4% |
| 2 | Germany | $106.7bn | 13.1% |
| 3 | United Kingdom | $88.0bn | 10.8% |
| 4 | Ukraine | $77.6bn | 9.5% |
| 5 | France | $64.5bn | 7.9% |
| 6 | Italy | $45.4bn | 5.6% |
| 7 | Poland | $42.5bn | 5.2% |
| 8 | Spain | $37.7bn | 4.6% |
Together these eight countries represent 76.1% of Europe's $816.9bn total, meaning the remaining 36 countries SIPRI tracks in the region split the other roughly quarter of regional spending between them.
03 Russia vs. the Rest: Who Leads and by How Much
Russia is the data-determined leader in European military spending for 2025, at $158.2bn, or 19.4% of Europe's $816.9bn total. That is roughly 48% higher than the second-place figure — Germany's $106.7bn (13.1% of the regional total) — and roughly 1.8x third-place United Kingdom's $88.0bn (10.8%).
- Russia — $158.2bn, 19.4% of the European total, the single largest national figure in the dataset.
- Germany — $106.7bn, 13.1% of the total, the largest spender among NATO member states.
- Ukraine — $77.6bn, 9.5% of the total, the fourth-largest figure in the region.
Ranking position here reflects only the size of reported defense expenditure; it is a measure of budget scale, not of military capability, strategic posture, or any assessment of one country relative to another.
04 How Europe's Spending Compares to the World
Europe's $816.9bn accounts for 29.8% of world military spending in 2025 — nearly three of every ten dollars spent on defense globally came from one of the region's 44 countries. That places Europe among the largest spending regions worldwide, though the underlying national totals vary enormously, from Russia's and Germany's tens of billions down to considerably smaller budgets among the region's less populous states.
For the full global picture, including how Europe's regional total compares against other regions and individual countries worldwide, see the 2025 world rankings.
05 Methodology and Data Coverage
All figures are expressed in SIPRI constant 2024 US dollars, which adjust for inflation and exchange-rate effects so spending can be compared consistently across countries and years. 2025 is a reported year in this dataset, not a projected estimate.
The $816.9bn regional total is our calculation from SIPRI country-level data, produced by summing each of the 44 European countries for which SIPRI reports a 2025 figure. It is not a total SIPRI itself publishes as a single regional aggregate; countries the dataset does not cover for 2025 are excluded from the sum rather than estimated.
Source: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database. Data as of April 2026 (2025 figures).
Frequently Asked Questions
- How much did Europe spend on defense in 2025?
- Europe's 44 tracked countries spent a combined $816.9bn on defense in 2025, according to our calculation from SIPRI country-level data.
- What share of world military spending does Europe account for?
- Europe's $816.9bn represents 29.8% of world military spending in 2025.
- Which European country spends the most on defense?
- Russia is the largest spender in Europe in 2025, at $158.2bn, equal to 19.4% of the region's $816.9bn total.
- Is the $816.9bn figure an official SIPRI total?
- No. It is our calculation from SIPRI country-level data, summing the 44 European countries with a reported 2025 figure — SIPRI does not publish this exact regional total itself.
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