Burundi vs Madagascar
Burundi vs Madagascar: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $169M in Burundi and $111M in Madagascar, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by $58.7M, or 1.53 times that in Madagascar.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Burundi has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Madagascar.
- In 2025, Burundi ranked 124 and Madagascar ranked 131 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Burundi | Madagascar |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $169M | $111M |
| 2024 | $172M | $122M |
| 2023 | $156M | $108M |
| 2022 | $110M | $106M |
| 2021 | $84.9M | $107M |
| 2020 | $88M | $99.5M |
| 2019 | $114M | $86.7M |
| 2018 | $84.5M | $80.4M |
| 2017 | $77.5M | $74.3M |
| 2016 | $90M | $73.2M |
| 2015 | $89.9M | $71.2M |
| 2014 | $87.8M | $74.4M |
| 2013 | $90.2M | $74.4M |
| 2012 | $87.5M | $74.8M |
| 2011 | – | $76.5M |
| 2010 | – | $68.3M |
| 2009 | – | $87.1M |
| 2008 | $81.5M | $121M |
| 2007 | $97.7M | $115M |
| 2006 | $97.3M | $95.2M |
| 2005 | $117M | $98.8M |
| 2004 | $122M | $110M |
| 2003 | $125M | $111M |
| 2002 | $123M | $95.5M |
| 2001 | $128M | $121M |
| 2000 | $96.8M | $97.2M |
| 1999 | $113M | $96.3M |
| 1998 | $107M | $103M |
| 1997 | $100M | $106M |
| 1996 | $92.8M | $83.4M |
| 1995 | $80.1M | $57.6M |
| 1994 | $96.2M | $62.7M |
| 1993 | $91.9M | $74.6M |
| 1992 | $92.9M | $48.8M |
| 1991 | $90.4M | $82.7M |
| 1990 | $88.3M | $79.9M |
| 1989 | $83.8M | $76.4M |
| 1988 | $74.8M | $79.5M |
| 1987 | $61.8M | $85.4M |
| 1986 | $68.8M | $85.7M |
| 1985 | $68.8M | $96.6M |
| 1984 | $65.8M | $101M |
| 1983 | $67.1M | – |
| 1982 | $75M | – |
| 1981 | $64.9M | $129M |
| 1980 | $67.4M | $137M |
| 1979 | $50M | $147M |
| 1978 | $58.1M | $114M |
| 1977 | $59M | $111M |
| 1976 | $43.1M | $83.6M |
| 1975 | $36M | $71.9M |
| 1974 | $37.5M | $74.9M |
| 1973 | $34M | $66.6M |
| 1972 | $24M | $63.4M |
| 1971 | $18.2M | $58.2M |
| 1970 | – | $58.5M |
| 1969 | $23.9M | $60.3M |
| 1968 | $19.3M | $59.7M |
| 1967 | $18.8M | $55.9M |
| 1966 | $17.9M | $52.8M |
| 1965 | $17M | $51.5M |
| 1964 | – | $47.3M |
- 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 Madagascar
Health
- Life expectancyBurundi: 63.7 years in 2023Madagascar: 63.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurundi: 4.7 per 100 live births in 2024Madagascar: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurundi: 35.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Madagascar: 45 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurundi: 3.72% in 2017Madagascar: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurundi: 12.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Madagascar: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurundi: 13.7 million people in 2023Madagascar: 31.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurundi: 2.71% a year in 2023Madagascar: 2.45% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurundi: 4.88 births per woman in 2023Madagascar: 3.97 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurundi: 25.7% in 2025Madagascar: 32.9% in 2025
- Median ageBurundi: 15.9 years in 2023Madagascar: 18.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurundi: 2.5% in 2023Madagascar: 3.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurundi: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Madagascar: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurundi: 3.24% of GDP in 2025Madagascar: 0.62% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBurundi: $16 in 2025Madagascar: $4 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurundi: 14.9% of government spending in 2025Madagascar: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurundi: 31,000 people in 2020Madagascar: 22,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurundi: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Madagascar: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurundi: 0.59% of the labour force in 2020Madagascar: 0.15% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurundi: 2 million TIV in 2019Madagascar: 3 million TIV in 2025