Burundi vs Ghana
Burundi vs Ghana: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $169M in Burundi and $385M in Ghana, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ghana, by $216M, or 2.28 times that in Burundi.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ghana has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Burundi.
- In 2025, Burundi ranked 124 and Ghana ranked 107 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Burundi | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $169M | $385M |
| 2024 | $172M | $274M |
| 2023 | $156M | $288M |
| 2022 | $110M | $247M |
| 2021 | $84.9M | $278M |
| 2020 | $88M | $238M |
| 2019 | $114M | $233M |
| 2018 | $84.5M | $205M |
| 2017 | $77.5M | $180M |
| 2016 | $90M | $158M |
| 2015 | $89.9M | $209M |
| 2014 | $87.8M | $261M |
| 2013 | $90.2M | $195M |
| 2012 | $87.5M | $265M |
| 2011 | – | $172M |
| 2010 | – | $92.6M |
| 2009 | – | $97.5M |
| 2008 | $81.5M | $83.9M |
| 2007 | $97.7M | $95.8M |
| 2006 | $97.3M | $62.5M |
| 2005 | $117M | $58.5M |
| 2004 | $122M | $58.8M |
| 2003 | $125M | $63.2M |
| 2002 | $123M | $52.1M |
| 2001 | $128M | $45.1M |
| 2000 | $96.8M | $76.3M |
| 1999 | $113M | $61M |
| 1998 | $107M | $53.7M |
| 1997 | $100M | $43.2M |
| 1996 | $92.8M | $43.1M |
| 1995 | $80.1M | $51.1M |
| 1994 | $96.2M | $50.1M |
| 1993 | $91.9M | $46M |
| 1992 | $92.9M | $39.4M |
| 1991 | $90.4M | $36.3M |
| 1990 | $88.3M | $25.3M |
| 1989 | $83.8M | $23.5M |
| 1988 | $74.8M | $22.2M |
| 1987 | $61.8M | $42.2M |
| 1986 | $68.8M | $40.8M |
| 1985 | $68.8M | $37.9M |
| 1984 | $65.8M | $19.6M |
| 1983 | $67.1M | $10.7M |
| 1982 | $75M | $17.8M |
| 1981 | $64.9M | $24.9M |
| 1980 | $67.4M | $33.3M |
| 1979 | $50M | $27.5M |
| 1978 | $58.1M | $41.6M |
| 1977 | $59M | $56.4M |
| 1976 | $43.1M | $89.2M |
| 1975 | $36M | $123M |
| 1974 | $37.5M | $130M |
| 1973 | $34M | $99.8M |
| 1972 | $24M | $98.9M |
| 1971 | $18.2M | $115M |
| 1970 | – | $142M |
| 1969 | $23.9M | $153M |
| 1968 | $19.3M | $148M |
| 1967 | $18.8M | – |
| 1966 | $17.9M | $109M |
| 1965 | $17M | $93.1M |
| 1964 | – | $110M |
| 1963 | – | $116M |
| 1962 | – | $108M |
| 1961 | – | $116M |
| 1960 | – | $93.6M |
| 1959 | – | $53.1M |
| 1958 | – | $46.6M |
- Highly uncertain
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
Burundi vs Ghana
Health
- Life expectancyBurundi: 63.7 years in 2023Ghana: 65.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurundi: 4.7 per 100 live births in 2024Ghana: 3.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurundi: 35.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ghana: 30.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurundi: 3.72% in 2017Ghana: 3.4% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurundi: 12.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Ghana: 9.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurundi: 13.7 million people in 2023Ghana: 33.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurundi: 2.71% a year in 2023Ghana: 1.9% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurundi: 4.88 births per woman in 2023Ghana: 3.4 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurundi: 25.7% in 2025Ghana: 58.9% in 2025
- Median ageBurundi: 15.9 years in 2023Ghana: 20.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurundi: 2.5% in 2023Ghana: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurundi: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Ghana: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurundi: 3.24% of GDP in 2025Ghana: 0.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBurundi: $16 in 2025Ghana: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurundi: 14.9% of government spending in 2025Ghana: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurundi: 31,000 people in 2020Ghana: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurundi: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Ghana: 0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurundi: 0.59% of the labour force in 2020Ghana: 0.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurundi: 2 million TIV in 2019Ghana: 5 million TIV in 2025