Angola vs Mali
Angola vs Mali: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 5.9% of government spending in Angola and 14.8% of government spending in Mali, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mali, by 8.9 percentage points, or 2.5 times that in Angola.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mali has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Angola.
- In 2025, Angola ranked 57 and Mali ranked 16 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Angola | Mali |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.9 | 14.8 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 16.6 |
| 2023 | 5.9 | 14.9 |
| 2022 | 5.8 | 12.4 |
| 2021 | 6.7 | 12.6 |
| 2020 | 7.5 | 13 |
| 2019 | 8.5 | 11.9 |
| 2018 | 9.5 | 13.9 |
| 2017 | 10.4 | 13.2 |
| 2016 | 12.4 | 11.6 |
| 2015 | 11.5 | 11.3 |
| 2014 | 12.9 | 7.6 |
| 2013 | 12 | 5.9 |
| 2012 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| 2011 | 8.7 | 6 |
| 2010 | 10.6 | 6.8 |
| 2009 | 10.5 | 6.2 |
| 2008 | 6.8 | 7.7 |
| 2007 | 8.2 | 6.3 |
| 2006 | 12.3 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | 13.9 | 6.4 |
| 2004 | 11.7 | 6.5 |
| 2003 | 10.9 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 9.2 | 6.4 |
| 2001 | 10.8 | 7.1 |
| 2000 | 12.9 | 7.6 |
| 1999 | 27.4 | – |
| 1998 | 6.2 | – |
| 1997 | 13.9 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Angola vs Mali
Health
- Life expectancyAngola: 64.6 years in 2023Mali: 60.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAngola: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Mali: 7.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAngola: 48.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mali: 60.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAngola: 4.16% in 2017Mali: 3.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateAngola: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Mali: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAngola: 36.8 million people in 2023Mali: 23.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthAngola: 3.06% a year in 2023Mali: 2.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAngola: 5.12 births per woman in 2023Mali: 5.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAngola: 71.5% in 2025Mali: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageAngola: 16.5 years in 2023Mali: 15.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAngola: 2.8% in 2023Mali: 2.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateAngola: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Mali: -1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAngola: 1.4% of GDP in 2025Mali: 3.87% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAngola: $1.26B in 2025Mali: $883M in 2025
- Military spending per personAngola: $38 in 2025Mali: $38 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAngola: 117,000 people in 2020Mali: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerAngola: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Mali: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAngola: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Mali: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAngola: 84 million TIV in 2025Mali: 64 million TIV in 2025