What is the difference in military expenditure between Italy and Romania?

4.98 billion current LCU, with Romania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Romania?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), published as Military expenditure (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Italy vs Romania: Military expenditure

Italy

35.10 billion current LCU

in 2024

Romania

40.08 billion current LCU

in 2024

Italy rank

93rd

Romania rank

92nd

Military expenditure over time

Italy
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 40.08 billion current LCU against 35.10 billion current LCU in Italy, a difference of 4.98 billion current LCU.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 93rd and Romania ranks 92nd of 167 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1960s	512.93 million current LCU	609,670 current LCU	512.32 million current LCU	Italy
1970s	1.55 billion current LCU	1.22 million current LCU	1.55 billion current LCU	Italy
1980s	7.96 billion current LCU	2.53 million current LCU	7.96 billion current LCU	Italy
1990s	15.78 billion current LCU	406.80 million current LCU	15.37 billion current LCU	Italy
2000s	23.51 billion current LCU	5.03 billion current LCU	18.47 billion current LCU	Italy
2010s	22.90 billion current LCU	11.09 billion current LCU	11.81 billion current LCU	Italy
2020s	32.36 billion current LCU	26.72 billion current LCU	5.64 billion current LCU	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military expenditure, Italy or Romania?: Romania, at 40.08 billion current LCU against 35.10 billion current LCU in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in military expenditure between Italy and Romania?: 4.98 billion current LCU, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Romania?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Italy and Romania rank globally for military expenditure?: Italy ranks 93rd and Romania ranks 92nd of 167 countries.
Where does this data come from?: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), published as Military expenditure (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Military expenditure (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 167 places, 8,248 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Military expenditure in local currency at current prices (by calendar year)