Burkina Faso vs Ghana: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 3.3% of GDP in Burkina Faso and 0.48% of GDP in Ghana, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 2.82 percentage points, or 6.92 times that in Ghana.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Burkina FasoGhana

What the numbers say

Burkina Faso has been higher since 1975, when it overtook Ghana.
In 2025, Burkina Faso ranked 17 and Ghana ranked 141 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

Year	Burkina Faso	Ghana
2025	3.3	0.48
2024	4.39	0.35
2023	4.08	0.4
2022	2.98	0.34
2021	2.33	0.38
2020	2.11	0.35
2019	2.21	0.34
2018	1.93	0.33
2017	1.36	0.31
2016	1.17	0.29
2015	1.25	0.39
2014	1.27	0.49
2013	1.24	0.4
2012	1.18	0.59
2011	1.15	0.44
2010	1.23	0.28
2009	1.35	0.34
2008	1.24	0.29
2007	1.42	0.37
2006	1.11	0.26
2005	1.2	0.26
2004	1.21	0.28
2003	1.07	0.3
2002	1.18	0.26
2001	1.16	0.26
2000	1.24	0.44
1999	1.23	0.33
1998	1.28	0.33
1997	1.42	0.29
1996	1.29	0.29
1995	1.38	0.34
1994	1.42	0.43
1993	1.86	0.42
1992	2.05	0.38
1991	2.17	0.37
1990	2.71	0.28
1989	2.74	0.43
1988	2.31	0.44
1987	2.25	0.89
1986	2.62	0.9
1985	1.84	1
1984	3.02	0.59
1983	2.93	0.34
1982	3	0.54
1981	2.84	0.74
1980	2.75	0.77
1979	2.7	0.65
1978	3.28	0.85
1977	3.04	1.25
1976	3.12	1.57
1975	2.81	1.72
1974	1.15	1.58
1973	1.24	1.37
1972	1.14	1.43
1971	1.18	1.7
1970	1.17	2.12
1969	1.25	2.5
1968	1.18	2.66
1967	1.33	–
1966	1.65	2.23
1965	1.53	1.73
1964	2.61	1.92
1963	2.38	2.02
1962	2.35	2
1961	0.83	2.1
1960	0.68	1.71
1959	–	1.03
1958	–	1

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What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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