Burundi vs Ghana

Burundi vs Ghana: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending in 2025: 14.9% of government spending in Burundi and 2.4% of government spending in Ghana, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 12.5 percentage points, or 6.2 times that in Ghana.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Burundi vs Ghana: Military share of state spendingMilitary share of state spending in 2025: 14.9% of government spending in Burundi and 2.4% of government spending in Ghana, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 12.5 percentage points, or 6.2 times that in Ghana.
BurundiGhanaHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Burundi has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2025, Burundi ranked 15 and Ghana ranked 129 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearBurundiGhana
202514.92.4
202415.91.4
202312.12
20227.71.2
20217.21.4
20207.41.1
20199.81.5
20188.31.6
20178.31.8
20169.91.5
20159.22.1
20148.12.3
20137.11.9
20126.72.7
2011–2.2
2010–1.4
2009–1.9
20086.61.7
20078.82.1
20069.61.7
200513.41.9
2004121.9
200315.22.3
200222.62.3
200123.91.8
200019.73.4
199924.82.8
199828.32.6
199729.12.2
199620.62.1
199516.42.4
199420.12.2
199313.82.3
199211.92.6
199116.43.3
199017.32.6
1989–2.3
1988–2.3
  • Highly uncertain

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

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