Benin vs Côte d’Ivoire
Benin vs Côte d’Ivoire: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 4.8% of government spending in Benin and 3.8% of government spending in Côte d’Ivoire, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Benin, by 1.1 percentage points, or 1.28 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Benin has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
- In 2025, Benin ranked 80 and Côte d’Ivoire ranked 111 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Benin | Côte d’Ivoire |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | 2.4 | 4.7 |
| 2019 | 3.2 | 5.2 |
| 2018 | 3.8 | 5.9 |
| 2017 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 2016 | 4.4 | 7.1 |
| 2015 | 4.4 | 7.5 |
| 2014 | 4.9 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4.6 | 6.3 |
| 2012 | 4.9 | 6.8 |
| 2011 | – | 7.6 |
| 2010 | – | 7.8 |
| 2009 | – | 8.7 |
| 2008 | 4.6 | 7.6 |
| 2007 | – | 7.8 |
| 2006 | 5.1 | 7.5 |
| 2005 | 4.8 | 7.8 |
| 2004 | 5.1 | 8.1 |
| 2003 | 4.7 | 7.9 |
| 2002 | 4.1 | – |
| 2001 | 2.3 | – |
| 2000 | 2.6 | – |
| 1999 | 4.5 | – |
| 1997 | – | 3.8 |
| 1990 | 9.2 | – |
| 1989 | 10.5 | – |
- 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
Benin vs Côte d’Ivoire
Health
- Life expectancyBenin: 60.8 years in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBenin: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Côte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBenin: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBenin: 3.63% in 2017Côte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateBenin: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Côte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBenin: 14.1 million people in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthBenin: 2.51% a year in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBenin: 4.56 births per woman in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBenin: 53.4% in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025
- Median ageBenin: 17.8 years in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBenin: 3.1% in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBenin: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBenin: 0.89% of GDP in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBenin: $204M in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025
- Military spending per personBenin: $15 in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBenin: 12,000 people in 2020Côte d’Ivoire: 27,000 people in 2020
- National powerBenin: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Côte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBenin: 0.21% of the labour force in 2020Côte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBenin: 4 million TIV in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025