Africa Rankings
Military Spending (USD)
billion USD
| Rank | Country | USD | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  Algeria | $21.8B |
2 | 2 |  Morocco | $5.5B |
3 | 5 |  South Africa | $2.8B |
4 | 3 |  Egypt | $2.4B |
5 | 7 |  Libya | $1.6B |
6 | 8 |  Tunisia | $1.3B |
7 | 9 |  Kenya | $1.2B |
8 | 4 |  Nigeria | $1.1B |
9 | 10 |  Uganda | $1.1B |
10 | 14 |  Burkina Faso | $1.0B |
11 | 16 |  Mali | $929.3M |
12 | 6 |  Ethiopia | $921.7M |
13 | 11 |  Tanzania | $920.8M |
14 | 15 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | $899.2M |
15 | 17 |  Ivory Coast | $658.4M |
16 | 19 |  Botswana | $567.8M |
17 | 18 |  Guinea | $562.5M |
18 | 24 |  Chad | $557.7M |
19 | 20 |  Cameroon | $534.9M |
20 | 21 |  Senegal | $514.9M |
21 | 22 |  Mozambique | $450.4M |
22 | 26 |  Niger | $435.9M |
23 | 12 |  Sudan | $375.2M |
24 | 25 |  Namibia | $362.4M |
25 | 23 |  Zambia | $349.7M |
26 | 31 |  Gabon | $319.1M |
27 | 27 |  Ghana | $268.7M |
28 | 29 |  Mauritania | $260.1M |
29 | 38 |  Somalia | $201.9M |
30 | 30 |  Togo | $195.3M |
31 | 28 |  Republic of the Congo | $182.0M |
32 | 34 |  Eritrea | $181.6M |
33 | 32 |  Rwanda | $175.9M |
34 | 37 |  Burundi | $171.8M |
35 | 36 |  Benin | $154.1M |
36 | 39 |  Madagascar | $121.6M |
37 | 35 |  Malawi | $117.6M |
38 | 33 |  Equatorial Guinea | $113.1M |
39 | 13 |  Zimbabwe | $98.4M |
40 | 40 |  Swaziland | $79.7M |
41 | 41 |  Central African Republic | $71.2M |
42 | 43 |  Sierra Leone | $36.4M |
43 | 45 |  Lesotho | $36.3M |
44 | 44 |  Djibouti | $36.3M |
45 | 42 |  Liberia | $33.8M |
46 | 46 |  Seychelles | $26.9M |
47 | 47 |  Guinea-Bissau | $25.3M |
48 | 48 |  Mauritius | $23.0M |
49 | 49 |  Cape Verde | $16.8M |
50 | 50 |  Gambia | $14.4M |