Angola vs Zimbabwe
Angola vs Zimbabwe: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $1.26B in Angola and $134M in Zimbabwe, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Angola, by $1.13B, or 9.46 times that in Zimbabwe.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Angola has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Angola ranked 76 and Zimbabwe ranked 126 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Angola | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.26B | $134M |
| 2024 | $924M | $98.4M |
| 2023 | $1.26B | $64.9M |
| 2022 | $1.25B | $172M |
| 2021 | $1.25B | $193M |
| 2020 | $1.47B | $106M |
| 2019 | $1.68B | $79.9M |
| 2018 | $1.84B | $87.3M |
| 2017 | $2.23B | $78.2M |
| 2016 | $2.57B | $83M |
| 2015 | $3.22B | $85.9M |
| 2014 | $5.47B | $81.9M |
| 2013 | $5.13B | $79.2M |
| 2012 | $3.75B | $71.9M |
| 2011 | $3.58B | $46.5M |
| 2010 | $3.82B | $23.8M |
| 2009 | $3.57B | – |
| 2008 | $3.67B | – |
| 2007 | $2.71B | – |
| 2006 | $3.09B | $30.1M |
| 2005 | $2.63B | $32.5M |
| 2004 | $1.86B | $43.3M |
| 2003 | $1.95B | $70.4M |
| 2002 | $1.48B | $224M |
| 2001 | $1.44B | $62.1M |
| 2000 | $2.39B | $47.1M |
| 1999 | $5.16B | $37.4M |
| 1998 | $404M | $37.7M |
| 1997 | $1.31B | $27.6M |
| 1996 | $817M | $25.6M |
| 1995 | $1.09B | $24.4M |
| 1994 | $10.1B | $26.6M |
| 1993 | $2.33B | $26M |
| 1992 | $145M | $31M |
| 1991 | $166M | $38.1M |
| 1990 | $278M | $36.7M |
| 1989 | $319M | $36.5M |
| 1988 | $249M | $34.9M |
| 1987 | – | $33.4M |
| 1986 | – | $32.8M |
| 1985 | – | $32.8M |
| 1984 | – | $32.1M |
| 1983 | – | $37.7M |
| 1982 | – | $35M |
| 1981 | – | $31.4M |
| 1980 | – | $37.6M |
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 Zimbabwe
Health
- Life expectancyAngola: 64.6 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 62.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAngola: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Zimbabwe: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAngola: 48.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zimbabwe: 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAngola: 4.16% in 2017Zimbabwe: 3.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateAngola: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Zimbabwe: 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAngola: 36.8 million people in 2023Zimbabwe: 16.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthAngola: 3.06% a year in 2023Zimbabwe: 1.68% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAngola: 5.12 births per woman in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAngola: 71.5% in 2025Zimbabwe: 40.5% in 2025
- Median ageAngola: 16.5 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAngola: 2.8% in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAngola: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Zimbabwe: -6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAngola: 1.4% of GDP in 2025Zimbabwe: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personAngola: $38 in 2025Zimbabwe: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAngola: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Zimbabwe: 5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnelAngola: 117,000 people in 2020Zimbabwe: 51,000 people in 2020
- National powerAngola: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Zimbabwe: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAngola: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Zimbabwe: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAngola: 84 million TIV in 2025Zimbabwe: 20 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsAngola: 2 million TIV in 2002Zimbabwe: 4 million TIV in 2001