Africa: military spending to GDP by country 2022

In 2022, military expenditure in Togo corresponded to 5.4 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the highest share in Africa. Furthermore, Algeria followed with 4.78 percent. Algeria's spending with defense was recorded at around 10 billion U.S. dollars. Ranking in the 3rd position, Morocco spent a share of 3.9 percent of its GDP on armed forces, personnel, and military activities.

Military expenditure as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Africa as of 2022, by country

Characteristic	Share of GDP
Togo	5.44%
Algeria	4.78%
Morocco	3.9%
Burkina Faso	3.09%
South Sudan	3.02%
Namibia	3%
Chad	2.93%
Mali	2.83%
Burundi	2.76%
Botswana	2.74%
Tunisia	2.48%
Mauritania	2.27%
Uganda	2.06%
Guinea	2.04%
Congo, Repubic of	1.85%
Central African Rep.	1.7%
Niger	1.66%
Eswatini*	1.65%
Guinea-Bissau	1.61%
Senegal	1.57%
Mozambique	1.51%
Lesotho	1.47%
Rwanda	1.45%
Seychelles	1.38%
Angola	1.33%
Liberia	1.27%
Gabon	1.26%
Zambia	1.19%
Equatorial Guinea	1.1%
Tanzania	1.09%
Egypt*	1.06%
Kenya	1%
Cameroon	0.95%
Ethiopia*	0.9%
Côte d’Ivoire	0.89%
South Africa	0.74%
Gambia	0.69%
Madagascar	0.65%
Malawi	0.64%
Nigeria	0.64%
Sierra Leone	0.6%
Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.58%
Benin	0.56%
Cape Verde	0.55%
Zimbabwe	0.43%
Ghana	0.35%
Mauritius	0.17%
Sudan	-

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2021

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Africa

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2022

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* Highly uncertain data.

Data unavailable for Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, South Sudan, and Zimbabwe.

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