Africa Rankings
Military Spending (% of GDP)
percent of GDP
| Rank | Country | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  Eritrea | 20.87% |
2 | 2 |  Algeria | 7.97% |
3 | 3 |  Libya | 5.29% |
4 | 4 |  Burkina Faso | 4.68% |
5 | 5 |  Mali | 4.20% |
6 | 7 |  Burundi | 3.80% |
7 | 6 |  Morocco | 3.52% |
8 | 16 |  Chad | 2.98% |
9 | 12 |  Botswana | 2.83% |
10 | 10 |  Namibia | 2.73% |
11 | 9 |  Djibouti | 2.63% |
12 | 13 |  Central African Republic | 2.52% |
13 | 11 |  Tunisia | 2.51% |
14 | 18 |  Niger | 2.24% |
15 | 14 |  Mauritania | 2.16% |
16 | 15 |  Guinea | 2.05% |
17 | 8 |  Togo | 2.00% |
18 | 19 |  Mozambique | 1.99% |
19 | 20 |  Uganda | 1.88% |
20 | 30 |  Somalia | 1.59% |
21 | 21 |  Lesotho | 1.57% |
22 | 24 |  Senegal | 1.57% |
23 | 29 |  Gabon | 1.54% |
24 | 27 |  Swaziland | 1.44% |
25 | 28 |  Zambia | 1.33% |
26 | 31 |  Rwanda | 1.25% |
27 | 26 |  Guinea-Bissau | 1.23% |
28 | 34 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.23% |
29 | 17 |  Republic of the Congo | 1.19% |
30 | 23 |  Seychelles | 1.18% |
31 | 32 |  Tanzania | 1.15% |
32 | 33 |  Malawi | 1.02% |
33 | 37 |  Cameroon | 1.01% |
34 | 36 |  Kenya | 1.00% |
35 | 22 |  Equatorial Guinea | 0.98% |
36 | 35 |  Sudan | 0.93% |
37 | 39 |  Ivory Coast | 0.76% |
38 | 42 |  Benin | 0.72% |
39 | 25 |  Liberia | 0.71% |
40 | 44 |  Madagascar | 0.71% |
41 | 43 |  South Africa | 0.70% |
42 | 41 |  Egypt | 0.67% |
43 | 38 |  Ethiopia | 0.65% |
44 | 47 |  Cape Verde | 0.62% |
45 | 46 |  Gambia | 0.57% |
46 | 40 |  Nigeria | 0.56% |
47 | 45 |  Sierra Leone | 0.46% |
48 | 48 |  Ghana | 0.38% |
49 | 49 |  Zimbabwe | 0.35% |
50 | 50 |  Mauritius | 0.15% |