Benin vs Ghana
Benin vs Ghana: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $204M in Benin and $385M in Ghana, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ghana, by $182M, or 1.89 times that in Benin.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ghana has been higher since 1999, when it overtook Benin.
- In 2025, Benin ranked 119 and Ghana ranked 107 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Benin | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $204M | $385M |
| 2024 | $167M | $274M |
| 2023 | $151M | $288M |
| 2022 | $118M | $247M |
| 2021 | $93.9M | $278M |
| 2020 | $73M | $238M |
| 2019 | $72.7M | $233M |
| 2018 | $90.6M | $205M |
| 2017 | $124M | $180M |
| 2016 | $87.4M | $158M |
| 2015 | $98.8M | $209M |
| 2014 | $84.7M | $261M |
| 2013 | $77.8M | $195M |
| 2012 | $73.4M | $265M |
| 2011 | – | $172M |
| 2010 | – | $92.6M |
| 2009 | – | $97.5M |
| 2008 | $60.3M | $83.9M |
| 2007 | – | $95.8M |
| 2006 | $55.6M | $62.5M |
| 2005 | $55.6M | $58.5M |
| 2004 | $54.9M | $58.8M |
| 2003 | $50.3M | $63.2M |
| 2002 | $46.1M | $52.1M |
| 2001 | $25.1M | $45.1M |
| 2000 | $28M | $76.3M |
| 1999 | $31M | $61M |
| 1998 | – | $53.7M |
| 1997 | – | $43.2M |
| 1996 | – | $43.1M |
| 1995 | – | $51.1M |
| 1994 | – | $50.1M |
| 1993 | – | $46M |
| 1992 | – | $39.4M |
| 1991 | – | $36.3M |
| 1990 | $50.1M | $25.3M |
| 1989 | $51.6M | $23.5M |
| 1988 | $62.2M | $22.2M |
| 1987 | $62.6M | $42.2M |
| 1986 | $52.5M | $40.8M |
| 1985 | $51.6M | $37.9M |
| 1984 | $54.4M | $19.6M |
| 1983 | $43.8M | $10.7M |
| 1982 | $33M | $17.8M |
| 1981 | $29.5M | $24.9M |
| 1980 | $31.8M | $33.3M |
| 1979 | $26.4M | $27.5M |
| 1978 | $14.9M | $41.6M |
| 1977 | $20.9M | $56.4M |
| 1976 | $15.8M | $89.2M |
| 1975 | $18.1M | $123M |
| 1974 | $19M | $130M |
| 1973 | $20.1M | $99.8M |
| 1972 | $18.5M | $98.9M |
| 1971 | $16.9M | $115M |
| 1970 | $16.9M | $142M |
| 1969 | – | $153M |
| 1968 | – | $148M |
| 1966 | – | $109M |
| 1965 | – | $93.1M |
| 1964 | – | $110M |
| 1963 | – | $116M |
| 1962 | – | $108M |
| 1961 | – | $116M |
| 1960 | – | $93.6M |
| 1959 | – | $53.1M |
| 1958 | – | $46.6M |
- Estimate
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
Benin vs Ghana
Health
- Life expectancyBenin: 60.8 years in 2023Ghana: 65.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBenin: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Ghana: 3.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBenin: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ghana: 30.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBenin: 3.63% in 2017Ghana: 3.4% in 2017
- Suicide rateBenin: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Ghana: 9.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBenin: 14.1 million people in 2023Ghana: 33.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthBenin: 2.51% a year in 2023Ghana: 1.9% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBenin: 4.56 births per woman in 2023Ghana: 3.4 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBenin: 53.4% in 2025Ghana: 58.9% in 2025
- Median ageBenin: 17.8 years in 2023Ghana: 20.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBenin: 3.1% in 2023Ghana: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBenin: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Ghana: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBenin: 0.89% of GDP in 2025Ghana: 0.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBenin: $15 in 2025Ghana: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBenin: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Ghana: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBenin: 12,000 people in 2020Ghana: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerBenin: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Ghana: 0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBenin: 0.21% of the labour force in 2020Ghana: 0.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBenin: 4 million TIV in 2025Ghana: 5 million TIV in 2025