Burundi vs Côte d’Ivoire

Burundi vs Côte d’Ivoire: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 3.24% of GDP in Burundi and 0.77% of GDP in Côte d’Ivoire, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 2.47 percentage points, or 4.18 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Burundi vs Côte d’Ivoire: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 3.24% of GDP in Burundi and 0.77% of GDP in Côte d’Ivoire, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 2.47 percentage points, or 4.18 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
BurundiCôte d’IvoireSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Burundi has been higher since 1973, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
  • In 2025, Burundi ranked 20 and Côte d’Ivoire ranked 126 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBurundiCôte d’Ivoire
20253.240.77
20243.560.76
20233.430.86
20222.60.87
20212.040.88
20202.180.96
20192.810.89
20182.151.04
201720.97
20162.241.25
20152.131.24
20142.31.07
20132.481
20122.531.1
2011–1.01
2010–1.13
2009–1.25
20082.721.1
20073.421.15
20063.511.09
20054.441.06
20044.91.1
20035.531.01
20025.44–
20016.07–
20004.86–
19996.26–
19986.57–
19976.360.58
19965.860.61
19954.21–
19943.920.73
19933.720.97
19923.61.02
19913.790.99
19903.450.96
19893.351.33
19883.151.25
19872.651.22
19862.811.05
19852.751
19842.981.03
19833.111.12
19823.511.14
19813.031.09
19802.921.16
19792.641.12
19782.81.1
19772.530.79
19762.221.12
19752.061.18
19742.231.34
19731.951.13
19721.461.7
19711.031.5
1970–1.18
19691.751.15
19681.411.16
19671.331.31
19661.381.26
19651.351.32
19640.451.14
19630.431
19623.941.28
  • Estimate
  • 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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