Benin vs Mali
Benin vs Mali: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $204M in Benin and $883M in Mali, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mali, by $679M, or 4.33 times that in Benin.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mali has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Benin.
- In 2025, Benin ranked 119 and Mali ranked 82 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Benin | Mali |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $204M | $883M |
| 2024 | $167M | $933M |
| 2023 | $151M | $811M |
| 2022 | $118M | $631M |
| 2021 | $93.9M | $690M |
| 2020 | $73M | $676M |
| 2019 | $72.7M | $554M |
| 2018 | $90.6M | $523M |
| 2017 | $124M | $530M |
| 2016 | $87.4M | $429M |
| 2015 | $98.8M | $358M |
| 2014 | $84.7M | $214M |
| 2013 | $77.8M | $152M |
| 2012 | $73.4M | $152M |
| 2011 | – | $160M |
| 2010 | – | $157M |
| 2009 | – | $149M |
| 2008 | $60.3M | $143M |
| 2007 | – | $129M |
| 2006 | $55.6M | $124M |
| 2005 | $55.6M | $115M |
| 2004 | $54.9M | $110M |
| 2003 | $50.3M | $101M |
| 2002 | $46.1M | $88.1M |
| 2001 | $25.1M | $88.5M |
| 2000 | $28M | $88M |
| 1999 | $31M | $75.9M |
| 1998 | – | $67.2M |
| 1997 | – | $67.9M |
| 1996 | – | $58.4M |
| 1995 | – | $62.1M |
| 1994 | – | $57.9M |
| 1993 | – | $54.1M |
| 1990 | $50.1M | $58M |
| 1989 | $51.6M | $60.5M |
| 1988 | $62.2M | $58.8M |
| 1987 | $62.6M | $59.5M |
| 1986 | $52.5M | $49.5M |
| 1985 | $51.6M | $50.3M |
| 1984 | $54.4M | $45.5M |
| 1983 | $43.8M | $46.3M |
| 1982 | $33M | $48.6M |
| 1981 | $29.5M | $44.8M |
| 1980 | $31.8M | $47.5M |
| 1979 | $26.4M | $55.3M |
| 1978 | $14.9M | $48.1M |
| 1977 | $20.9M | $58.7M |
| 1976 | $15.8M | $59.6M |
| 1975 | $18.1M | $50.6M |
| 1974 | $19M | $36.6M |
| 1973 | $20.1M | $35.7M |
| 1972 | $18.5M | $36.3M |
| 1971 | $16.9M | $29.7M |
| 1970 | $16.9M | $38.2M |
| 1969 | – | $33.5M |
| 1968 | – | $29.5M |
| 1967 | – | $28.4M |
| 1966 | – | $27.8M |
| 1965 | – | $30.5M |
- 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 Mali
Health
- Life expectancyBenin: 60.8 years in 2023Mali: 60.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBenin: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Mali: 7.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBenin: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mali: 60.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBenin: 3.63% in 2017Mali: 3.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateBenin: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Mali: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBenin: 14.1 million people in 2023Mali: 23.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthBenin: 2.51% a year in 2023Mali: 2.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBenin: 4.56 births per woman in 2023Mali: 5.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBenin: 53.4% in 2025Mali: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageBenin: 17.8 years in 2023Mali: 15.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBenin: 3.1% in 2023Mali: 2.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateBenin: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Mali: -1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBenin: 0.89% of GDP in 2025Mali: 3.87% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBenin: $15 in 2025Mali: $38 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBenin: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Mali: 14.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBenin: 12,000 people in 2020Mali: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerBenin: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Mali: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBenin: 0.21% of the labour force in 2020Mali: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBenin: 4 million TIV in 2025Mali: 64 million TIV in 2025