Africa: military expenditure per capita by country 2022

Seychelles registered the highest military expenditure per capita in Africa as of 2022, reaching around 263.3 U.S. dollars. Algeria followed closely, with defense spending at 201.7 U.S. dollars per capita. The North African country had the largest defense spending budget in the continent.

Military expenditure per capita in Africa as of 2022, by country (in U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Military expenditure per capita in U.S. dollars
Seychelles	263.3
Algeria	201.7
Botswana	200.5
Namibia	140.1
Morocco	132
Gabon	119.1
Equatorial Guinea	104.7
Tunisia	96
South Africa	49.3
Angola	46.3
Mauritania	46
Congo, Republic of	45.9
Egypt*	43.8
Togo	38.8
South Sudan	32.6
Guinea	31.8
Burkina Faso	25.5
Senegal	24.6
Mali	24
Chad	20.5
Kenya	20.2
Uganda	19.1
Cape Verde	18
Zambia	16.7
Mauritius	15.9
Lesotho	15.9
Cameroon	14.9
Nigeria	14.3
Tanzania	13.1
Rwanda	13
Guinea-Bissau	11.9
Zimbabwe*	11.9
Niger	9.3
Ethiopia*	8.5
Mozambique	8.5
Central African Rep.	8.4
Burundi	8
Benin	7.6
Ghana	7.1
Somalia	6.8
Gambia	5.9
Malawi	3.8
Liberia	3.5
Madagascar	3.4
Sierra Leone	2.9

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2023

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Africa

Survey time period

2022

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current U.S. dollars

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* Highly uncertain data.

Data unavailable for Congo (Dem. Rep.), Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Libya, and Sudan.

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