Angola vs Burundi

Angola vs Burundi: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.4% of GDP in Angola and 3.24% of GDP in Burundi, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 1.85 percentage points, or 2.32 times that in Angola.

% of GDP · SIPRI

Angola vs Burundi: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 1.4% of GDP in Angola and 3.24% of GDP in Burundi, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 1.85 percentage points, or 2.32 times that in Angola.
AngolaBurundiHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Burundi has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Angola.
  • In 2025, Angola ranked 89 and Burundi ranked 20 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearAngolaBurundi
20251.43.24
20241.033.56
20231.433.43
20221.432.6
20211.392.04
20201.812.18
20191.772.81
20181.962.15
20172.512
20162.732.24
20153.112.13
20144.72.3
20134.462.48
20123.242.53
20113.26–
20104.18–
20094.71–
20083.572.72
20073.113.42
20063.763.51
20053.694.44
20043.474.9
20033.765.53
20022.875.44
20014.526.07
20006.394.86
199917.336.26
19982.646.57
19975.976.36
19962.455.86
19954.714.21
19945.713.92
199317.523.72
19925.683.6
19917.13.79
199017.463.45
198919.433.35
198821.983.15
198722.252.65
198602.81
198502.75
1984–2.98
1983–3.11
1982–3.51
1981–3.03
1980–2.92
1979–2.64
1978–2.8
1977–2.53
1976–2.22
1975–2.06
1974–2.23
1973–1.95
1972–1.46
1971–1.03
1969–1.75
1968–1.41
1967–1.33
1966–1.38
1965–1.35
1964–0.45
1963–0.43
1962–3.94
  • Highly uncertain

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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