Africa Rankings
Military Spending (% of Public Spending)
percent of total government spending
| Rank | Country | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  Eritrea | 46.37% |
2 | 3 |  Algeria | 24.57% |
3 | 2 |  Somalia | 20.80% |
4 | 8 |  Chad | 15.53% |
5 | 5 |  Niger | 15.16% |
6 | 6 |  Burundi | 14.85% |
7 | 4 |  Mali | 14.80% |
8 | 7 |  Burkina Faso | 13.21% |
9 | 9 |  Central African Republic | 12.46% |
10 | 12 |  Mauritania | 10.75% |
11 | 10 |  Guinea | 10.63% |
12 | 14 |  Morocco | 10.28% |
13 | 15 |  Sudan | 9.50% |
14 | 11 |  Djibouti | 9.11% |
15 | 13 |  Uganda | 9.02% |
16 | 17 |  Botswana | 8.94% |
17 | 19 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8.14% |
18 | 18 |  Tunisia | 7.54% |
19 | 16 |  Togo | 7.10% |
20 | 20 |  Namibia | 7.01% |
21 | 24 |  Cameroon | 6.53% |
22 | 22 |  Gabon | 6.45% |
23 | 21 |  Mozambique | 6.00% |
24 | 26 |  Republic of the Congo | 5.98% |
25 | 40 |  Nigeria | 5.90% |
26 | 23 |  Tanzania | 5.81% |
27 | 32 |  Libya | 5.47% |
28 | 25 |  Senegal | 5.18% |
29 | 30 |  Swaziland | 5.17% |
30 | 35 |  Benin | 4.82% |
31 | 36 |  Rwanda | 4.70% |
32 | 31 |  Equatorial Guinea | 4.68% |
33 | 27 |  Guinea-Bissau | 4.66% |
34 | 33 |  Kenya | 4.63% |
35 | 28 |  Zambia | 4.50% |
36 | 29 |  Ethiopia | 4.11% |
37 | 43 |  Liberia | 3.89% |
38 | 42 |  Malawi | 3.84% |
39 | 34 |  Madagascar | 3.80% |
40 | 39 |  Ivory Coast | 3.76% |
41 | 38 |  Seychelles | 3.41% |
42 | 44 |  Lesotho | 2.71% |
43 | 37 |  Sierra Leone | 2.48% |
44 | 41 |  Egypt | 2.45% |
45 | 48 |  Ghana | 2.40% |
46 | 46 |  Cape Verde | 2.34% |
47 | 47 |  South Africa | 2.19% |
48 | 45 |  Gambia | 2.19% |
49 | 49 |  Zimbabwe | 1.32% |
50 | 50 |  Mauritius | 0.45% |