Benin vs Somalia
Benin vs Somalia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $204M in Benin and $193M in Somalia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Benin, by $11.2M, or 1.06 times that in Somalia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Benin has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Somalia.
- In 2025, Benin ranked 119 and Somalia ranked 121 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Benin | Somalia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $204M | $193M |
| 2024 | $167M | $202M |
| 2023 | $151M | $147M |
| 2022 | $118M | $133M |
| 2021 | $93.9M | $133M |
| 2020 | $73M | $123M |
| 2019 | $72.7M | $93.5M |
| 2018 | $90.6M | $105M |
| 2017 | $124M | $88M |
| 2016 | $87.4M | $70.6M |
| 2015 | $98.8M | $69M |
| 2014 | $84.7M | $90M |
| 2013 | $77.8M | $39.4M |
| 2012 | $73.4M | – |
| 2008 | $60.3M | – |
| 2006 | $55.6M | – |
| 2005 | $55.6M | – |
| 2004 | $54.9M | – |
| 2003 | $50.3M | – |
| 2002 | $46.1M | – |
| 2001 | $25.1M | – |
| 2000 | $28M | – |
| 1999 | $31M | – |
| 1990 | $50.1M | – |
| 1989 | $51.6M | – |
| 1988 | $62.2M | – |
| 1987 | $62.6M | $65.1M |
| 1986 | $52.5M | $70M |
| 1985 | $51.6M | $66.1M |
| 1984 | $54.4M | $93M |
| 1983 | $43.8M | $132M |
| 1982 | $33M | $122M |
| 1981 | $29.5M | $141M |
| 1980 | $31.8M | $146M |
| 1979 | $26.4M | $213M |
| 1978 | $14.9M | $245M |
| 1977 | $20.9M | $105M |
| 1976 | $15.8M | $96.3M |
| 1975 | $18.1M | $96.5M |
| 1974 | $19M | $106M |
| 1973 | $20.1M | $95.6M |
| 1972 | $18.5M | $91.7M |
| 1971 | $16.9M | $78.8M |
| 1970 | $16.9M | $77.6M |
| 1969 | – | $62.3M |
| 1968 | – | $60.9M |
| 1967 | – | $56.5M |
| 1966 | – | $48.8M |
| 1965 | – | $37.7M |
| 1964 | – | $44.4M |
| 1963 | – | $41.7M |
| 1962 | – | $35.7M |
| 1961 | – | $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 Somalia
Health
- Life expectancyBenin: 60.8 years in 2023Somalia: 58.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBenin: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Somalia: 10.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBenin: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Somalia: 66.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBenin: 3.63% in 2017Somalia: 3.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateBenin: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Somalia: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBenin: 14.1 million people in 2023Somalia: 18.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthBenin: 2.51% a year in 2023Somalia: 3.57% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBenin: 4.56 births per woman in 2023Somalia: 6.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBenin: 53.4% in 2025Somalia: 55.1% in 2025
- Median ageBenin: 17.8 years in 2023Somalia: 15.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBenin: 3.1% in 2023Somalia: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBenin: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Somalia: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBenin: 0.89% of GDP in 2025Somalia: 1.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBenin: $15 in 2025Somalia: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBenin: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Somalia: 20.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBenin: 12,000 people in 2020Somalia: 14,000 people in 2020
- National powerBenin: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Somalia: 0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBenin: 0.21% of the labour force in 2020Somalia: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBenin: 4 million TIV in 2025Somalia: 2 million TIV in 2025