Afghanistan vs Algeria: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending: 5% of government spending in Afghanistan in 2020 and 24.6% of government spending in Algeria in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Algeria, by 10.7 percentage points, or 3.16 times that in Afghanistan.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

AfghanistanAlgeriaSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

Algeria has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Afghanistan.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

Year	Afghanistan	Algeria
2025	–	24.6
2024	–	22
2023	–	19.7
2022	–	12.4
2021	–	15
2020	5	15.7
2019	4.3	14.4
2018	3.7	13.6
2017	3.7	14.6
2016	3.7	15.2
2015	3.8	13.6
2014	5.1	13.4
2013	4.3	13.2
2012	4.7	10.3
2011	8.3	10.5
2010	9.4	9.1
2009	9.9	8.8
2008	11.2	7.7
2007	12	8.4
2006	10.4	9
2005	12.7	9.8
2004	16.1	11.3
2003	–	11.1
2002	–	10.5
2001	–	12.1
2000	–	12
1999	–	11.7
1998	–	12.7
1997	–	11.8
1996	–	10.6
1995	–	9.4
1994	–	9.4
1993	–	7.1
1992	–	7
1991	–	4
1990	–	5.8

Estimate
Highly uncertain

Each country on its own

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The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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