Africa Rankings
Military Spending (% of GDP)
percent of GDP
| Rank | Country | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  Eritrea | 20.87% |
2 | 2 |  Algeria | 8.83% |
3 | 4 |  Mali | 3.87% |
4 | 9 |  Libya | 3.57% |
5 | 6 |  Morocco | 3.54% |
6 | 3 |  Burkina Faso | 3.30% |
7 | 5 |  Burundi | 3.24% |
8 | 7 |  Chad | 3.19% |
9 | 11 |  Botswana | 3.11% |
10 | 10 |  Namibia | 2.77% |
11 | 13 |  Mauritania | 2.75% |
12 | 8 |  Djibouti | 2.63% |
13 | 14 |  Tunisia | 2.49% |
14 | 12 |  Central African Republic | 2.33% |
15 | 15 |  Niger | 2.14% |
16 | 17 |  Guinea | 2.03% |
17 | 19 |  Uganda | 1.96% |
18 | 16 |  Togo | 1.87% |
19 | 18 |  Mozambique | 1.87% |
20 | 24 |  Gabon | 1.66% |
21 | 22 |  Lesotho | 1.63% |
22 | 23 |  Swaziland | 1.60% |
23 | 20 |  Senegal | 1.56% |
24 | 21 |  Somalia | 1.54% |
25 | 29 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.38% |
26 | 27 |  Republic of the Congo | 1.31% |
27 | 28 |  Rwanda | 1.29% |
28 | 25 |  Zambia | 1.26% |
29 | 26 |  Seychelles | 1.24% |
30 | 30 |  Tanzania | 1.16% |
31 | 31 |  Malawi | 1.15% |
32 | 33 |  Kenya | 1.07% |
33 | 34 |  Cameroon | 1.06% |
34 | 35 |  Sudan | 0.93% |
35 | 46 |  Nigeria | 0.91% |
36 | 36 |  Equatorial Guinea | 0.90% |
37 | 37 |  Benin | 0.89% |
38 | 32 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0.89% |
39 | 41 |  Liberia | 0.85% |
40 | 38 |  Ivory Coast | 0.77% |
41 | 39 |  South Africa | 0.74% |
42 | 44 |  Cape Verde | 0.66% |
43 | 40 |  Madagascar | 0.62% |
44 | 42 |  Egypt | 0.61% |
45 | 45 |  Gambia | 0.57% |
46 | 48 |  Zimbabwe | 0.56% |
47 | 47 |  Ethiopia | 0.49% |
48 | 49 |  Ghana | 0.48% |
49 | 43 |  Sierra Leone | 0.37% |
50 | 50 |  Mauritius | 0.15% |