Military Spending (% of GDP)

Africa Ranking

percent of GDPSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Eritrea	20.87	2003	1	20.67
2 ↑	Libya	15.48	2014	3	7.64
3 ↑	Algeria	6.66	2020	4	6.02
4 ↑	Morocco	4.28	2020	7	3.1
5	Djibouti	3.69	2008	5	4.07
6 ↑	Botswana	3.5	2020	9	2.81
7 ↑	Republic of the Congo	3.38	2020	10	2.75
8 ↑	Mali	3.33	2020	11	2.71
9 ↓	Namibia	3.28	2020	8	3.09
10 ↑	Chad	3.08	2020	16	2.19
11 ↑	Tunisia	2.91	2020	14	2.56
12 ↑	Burkina Faso	2.73	2020	13	2.61
13 ↑	Uganda	2.6	2020	20	1.77
14 ↑	Mauritania	2.47	2020	17	1.98
15 ↓	Niger	2.45	2020	12	2.65
16 ↓	Togo	2.01	2020	6	3.15
17 ↓	Burundi	1.98	2020	15	2.5
18	Central African Republic	1.87	2020	18	1.92
19	Swaziland	1.84	2020	19	1.89
20 ↑	Gabon	1.76	2020	24	1.58
21	Guinea-Bissau	1.74	2020	21	1.65
22 ↑	Senegal	1.61	2020	25	1.51
23	Lesotho	1.6	2020	23	1.62
24 ↑	Seychelles	1.58	2020	29	1.34
25 ↓	Somalia	1.53	1989	2	17.44
26	Guinea	1.46	2020	26	1.45
27 ↑	Rwanda	1.4	2020	30	1.24
28 ↑	Ivory Coast	1.33	2020	31	1.23
29 ↑	Equatorial Guinea	1.31	2019	38	1.07
30 ↓	Liberia	1.28	2020	28	1.4
31 ↑	Egypt	1.22	2020	34	1.18
32	Zambia	1.15	2020	32	1.22
33 ↓	Sudan	1.13	2020	22	1.64
34 ↑	Kenya	1.1	2020	35	1.17
34 ↑	Malawi	1.1	2020	36	1.12
36 ↓	Mozambique	1.08	2020	27	1.42
37 ↑	South Africa	1.07	2020	40	0.98
38 ↑	Tanzania	1.03	2020	39	1.02
39 ↓	Cameroon	1.01	2020	37	1.09
40 ↑	Gambia	0.83	2020	41	0.81
41 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.75	2020	43	0.71
42 ↑	Madagascar	0.74	2020	44	0.62
43 ↓	Zimbabwe	0.7	2019	32	1.22
44 ↑	Nigeria	0.63	2020	48	0.46
45 ↑	Cape Verde	0.59	2020	46	0.49
46 ↓	Sierra Leone	0.58	2020	42	0.73
47 ↓	Ethiopia	0.48	2020	45	0.59
48 ↓	Benin	0.47	2020	47	0.47
49	Ghana	0.45	2020	49	0.44
50	Mauritius	0.16	2020	50	0.16

Definition of Military Spending (% of GDP)

Military spending includes expenditure on peacekeeping, defense ministries, paramilitary forces, and military space activities. Also: military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions; operations and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid. Defense and current expenditure for past military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and weapon destruction, are not included.