Angola vs Mali
Angola vs Mali: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.4% of GDP in Angola and 3.87% of GDP in Mali, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mali, by 2.48 percentage points, or 2.77 times that in Angola.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mali has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Angola.
- In 2025, Angola ranked 89 and Mali ranked 12 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Angola | Mali |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.4 | 3.87 |
| 2024 | 1.03 | 4.25 |
| 2023 | 1.43 | 3.85 |
| 2022 | 1.43 | 3.09 |
| 2021 | 1.39 | 3.38 |
| 2020 | 1.81 | 3.4 |
| 2019 | 1.77 | 2.75 |
| 2018 | 1.96 | 2.82 |
| 2017 | 2.51 | 3.03 |
| 2016 | 2.73 | 2.59 |
| 2015 | 3.11 | 2.36 |
| 2014 | 4.7 | 1.52 |
| 2013 | 4.46 | 1.16 |
| 2012 | 3.24 | 1.2 |
| 2011 | 3.26 | 1.24 |
| 2010 | 4.18 | 1.38 |
| 2009 | 4.71 | 1.42 |
| 2008 | 3.57 | 1.47 |
| 2007 | 3.11 | 1.36 |
| 2006 | 3.76 | 1.39 |
| 2005 | 3.69 | 1.38 |
| 2004 | 3.47 | 1.42 |
| 2003 | 3.76 | 1.42 |
| 2002 | 2.87 | 1.27 |
| 2001 | 4.52 | 1.3 |
| 2000 | 6.39 | 1.48 |
| 1999 | 17.33 | 1.49 |
| 1998 | 2.64 | 1.41 |
| 1997 | 5.97 | 1.5 |
| 1996 | 2.45 | 1.43 |
| 1995 | 4.71 | 1.5 |
| 1994 | 5.71 | 1.44 |
| 1993 | 17.52 | 1.56 |
| 1992 | 5.68 | – |
| 1991 | 7.1 | – |
| 1990 | 17.46 | 1.96 |
| 1989 | 19.43 | 2.11 |
| 1988 | 21.98 | 2.21 |
| 1987 | 22.25 | 2.12 |
| 1986 | 0 | 2.03 |
| 1985 | 0 | 2.14 |
| 1984 | – | 1.97 |
| 1983 | – | 1.98 |
| 1982 | – | 2.11 |
| 1981 | – | 1.96 |
| 1980 | – | 2.08 |
| 1979 | – | 2.97 |
| 1978 | – | 3.21 |
| 1977 | – | 3.13 |
| 1976 | – | 2.91 |
| 1975 | – | 3.17 |
| 1974 | – | 2.87 |
| 1973 | – | 2.66 |
| 1972 | – | 2.38 |
| 1971 | – | 1.92 |
| 1970 | – | 2.23 |
| 1969 | – | 2.18 |
| 1968 | – | 1.99 |
| 1967 | – | 2.4 |
| 1966 | – | 2.41 |
| 1965 | – | 2.52 |
| 1964 | – | 2.87 |
| 1963 | – | 2.65 |
| 1962 | – | 2.89 |
| 1961 | – | 2.7 |
- Estimate
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.
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 spending in US dollarsAngola: $1.26B in 2025Mali: $883M in 2025
- Military spending per personAngola: $38 in 2025Mali: $38 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAngola: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Mali: 14.8% of government spending 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