Burkina Faso vs Zimbabwe

Burkina Faso vs Zimbabwe: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 3.3% of GDP in Burkina Faso and 0.56% of GDP in Zimbabwe, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 2.74 percentage points, or 5.84 times that in Zimbabwe.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Burkina Faso vs Zimbabwe: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 3.3% of GDP in Burkina Faso and 0.56% of GDP in Zimbabwe, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 2.74 percentage points, or 5.84 times that in Zimbabwe.
Burkina FasoZimbabweHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Burkina Faso has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Zimbabwe.
  • In 2025, Burkina Faso ranked 17 and Zimbabwe ranked 136 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBurkina FasoZimbabwe
20253.30.56
20244.390.35
20234.080.21
20222.981
20212.331.57
20202.110.98
20192.210.65
20181.931.18
20171.361.47
20161.171.74
20151.251.89
20141.271.89
20131.241.87
20121.181.86
20111.151.41
20101.230.82
20091.35–
20081.24–
20071.42–
20061.111.99
20051.21.45
20041.212.71
20031.072.04
20021.186.31
20011.162.55
20001.243.05
19991.232.24
19981.282.53
19971.423
19961.292.88
19951.383.18
19941.423.12
19931.863.3
19922.053.8
19912.173.98
19902.714.1
19892.744.93
19882.315.21
19872.255.82
19862.625.5
19851.845.49
19843.025.68
19832.935.56
198235.12
19812.844.86
19802.756.63
19792.78.52
19783.287.99
19773.046.54
19763.124.63
19752.813.4
19741.152.98
19731.242.63
19721.142.18
19711.182.29
19701.172.44
19691.252.42
19681.182.07
19671.331.36
19661.651.32
19651.531.19
19642.61–
19632.38–
19622.35–
19610.83–
19600.68–
  • Highly uncertain

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Good to know

  • 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.
  • 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.

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