Military expenditure of Balkan countries members of NATO
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Estimates of Balkan NATO members' equipment expenditure in 2017 as a share of their defence spending.
NATO Guideline is 20%
Table 1: Equipment expenditure as a share of defence expenditure (%)
|
Country |
Share |
|
Romania |
46.5 |
|
Turkey |
30.4 |
|
Bulgaria |
29.5 |
|
Albania |
17.3 |
|
Greece |
15.4 |
|
Croatia |
9.1 |
|
Montenegro |
8.2 |
Table 2: Defence expenditure of Balkan NATO members in Million US Dollars. Current prices and exchange rates
|
Country/Year |
2010 |
2014 |
2017 e |
|
Albania |
186 |
178 |
152 |
|
Bulgaria* |
832 |
747 |
821 |
|
Croatia |
920 |
805 |
651 |
|
Greece |
7,902 |
5,226 |
4,572 |
|
Montenegro |
74 |
69 |
72 |
|
Romania |
2,086 |
2,692 |
3,844 |
|
Turkey |
14,134 |
14,427 |
12,735 |
*Defence expenditure does not include pension
Table 3: Defence expenditure as a share of GDP
|
Country/Year Share of GDP (%)
|
2010 |
2017 e |
|
Albania |
1.56 |
1.22 |
|
Bulgaria |
1.64 |
1.57 |
|
Croatia |
1.54 |
1.27 |
|
Greece |
2.64 |
2.32 |
|
Montenegro |
1.80 |
1.66 |
|
Romania |
1.24 |
2.02 |
|
Turkey |
1.83 |
1.52 |
Table 4: GDP and GDP per capita in 2010 prices and exchange rates. Real GDP in billion US dollars. Per capita GDP in thousand US dollars.
|
|
2010 GDP |
2017e GDP |
2010 GDP per capita |
2017 e per capita |
|
Albania |
12 |
14 |
4.1 |
4.9 |
|
Bulgaria |
51 |
58 |
6.8 |
8.2 |
|
Croatia |
60 |
62 |
13.9 |
14.8 |
|
Greece |
299 |
247 |
26.9 |
22.9 |
|
Montenegro |
4.1 |
4.8 |
6.7 |
7.7 |
|
Romania |
168 |
207 |
8.3 |
10.6 |
|
Turkey |
772 |
1,156 |
10.6 |
14.6 |
Table 5: Defence expenditure per capita and military personnel
|
Defence expenditure per capita (2010 US dollars) |
||
|
|
2010 |
2017 |
|
Albania |
64 |
60 |
|
Bulgaria |
113 |
128 |
|
Croatia |
214 |
189 |
|
Greece |
711 |
530 |
|
Montenegro |
120 |
128 |
|
Romania |
103 |
214 |
|
Turkey |
194 |
222 |
|
Military personnel (thousands) |
||
|
Albania |
1.1 |
6.8 |
|
Bulgaria |
30 |
25 |
|
Croatia |
16 |
15 |
|
Greece |
128 |
107 |
|
Montenegro |
2.1 |
1.5 |
|
Romania |
67 |
70 |
|
Turkey |
495 |
387 |
Table 6: Distribution of defence expenditure by main category (2017 e). Percent of total defence expenditure
|
Country/Category |
Equipment |
Personnel |
Infrastructure |
Other |
|
Albania |
17.33 |
62.08 |
1.52 |
19.07 |
|
Bulgaria |
29.54 |
54.62 |
0.5 |
15.35 |
|
Croatia |
9.07 |
62.77 |
3.09 |
25.06 |
|
Greece |
15.44 |
72.78 |
1.25 |
11.97 |
|
Montenegro |
8.20 |
72.78 |
1.25 |
17.76 |
|
Romania |
46.49 |
43.55 |
2.26 |
7.70 |
|
Turkey |
30.40 |
53.28 |
2.00 |
14.31 |
Source: NATO https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/pdf_2017_06/20170629_170629-pr2017-111-en.pdf
