Burkina Faso vs Ghana

Burkina Faso vs Ghana: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending in 2025: 13.2% of government spending in Burkina Faso and 2.4% of government spending in Ghana, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 10.8 percentage points, or 5.51 times that in Ghana.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Burkina Faso vs Ghana: Military share of state spendingMilitary share of state spending in 2025: 13.2% of government spending in Burkina Faso and 2.4% of government spending in Ghana, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 10.8 percentage points, or 5.51 times that in Ghana.
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What the numbers say

  • Burkina Faso has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
  • In 2025, Burkina Faso ranked 19 and Ghana ranked 129 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearBurkina FasoGhana
202513.22.4
202415.91.4
2023142
20229.21.2
20218.41.4
20208.81.1
20199.51.5
20187.91.6
20175.21.8
20165.41.5
20156.12.1
20146.12.3
20134.91.9
20125.22.7
20115.62.2
20105.71.4
20096.31.9
20086.71.7
20076.22.1
20065.11.7
20055.91.9
200461.9
20036.12.3
20026.12.3
20015.91.8
20006.23.4
19995.82.8
19986.32.6
199772.2
19966.52.1
19957.12.4
199482.2
19939.42.3
199211.32.6
199111.63.3
199013.12.6
1989162.3
1988122.3

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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.
  • Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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