Burundi vs Malawi
Burundi vs Malawi: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $169M in Burundi and $128M in Malawi, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by $41.4M, or 1.32 times that in Malawi.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Burundi has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Malawi.
- In 2025, Burundi ranked 124 and Malawi ranked 127 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Burundi | Malawi |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $169M | $128M |
| 2024 | $172M | $118M |
| 2023 | $156M | $131M |
| 2022 | $110M | $109M |
| 2021 | $84.9M | $87.1M |
| 2020 | $88M | $96.1M |
| 2019 | $114M | $88.7M |
| 2018 | $84.5M | $66.2M |
| 2017 | $77.5M | $60.4M |
| 2016 | $90M | $48.9M |
| 2015 | $89.9M | $48.1M |
| 2014 | $87.8M | $60.7M |
| 2013 | $90.2M | $82M |
| 2012 | $87.5M | $52.3M |
| 2011 | – | $45.6M |
| 2010 | – | $44.7M |
| 2009 | – | $52.9M |
| 2008 | $81.5M | $43.2M |
| 2007 | $97.7M | $35.3M |
| 2006 | $97.3M | $34.3M |
| 2005 | $117M | $41.9M |
| 2004 | $122M | $25.5M |
| 2003 | $125M | $15.2M |
| 2002 | $123M | $14.8M |
| 2001 | $128M | $13.7M |
| 2000 | $96.8M | $12.8M |
| 1999 | $113M | $15.1M |
| 1998 | $107M | $15.5M |
| 1997 | $100M | $19.4M |
| 1996 | $92.8M | $15M |
| 1995 | $80.1M | $11.3M |
| 1994 | $96.2M | $18.3M |
| 1993 | $91.9M | $18.8M |
| 1992 | $92.9M | $18.5M |
| 1991 | $90.4M | $16.7M |
| 1990 | $88.3M | $18.8M |
| 1989 | $83.8M | $19.9M |
| 1988 | $74.8M | $18.4M |
| 1987 | $61.8M | $22.8M |
| 1986 | $68.8M | $27.5M |
| 1985 | $68.8M | $23.2M |
| 1984 | $65.8M | $20M |
| 1983 | $67.1M | $23.6M |
| 1982 | $75M | $29.2M |
| 1981 | $64.9M | $38.8M |
| 1980 | $67.4M | $54.3M |
| 1979 | $50M | $56M |
| 1978 | $58.1M | $39.7M |
| 1977 | $59M | $25.7M |
| 1976 | $43.1M | $19.8M |
| 1975 | $36M | $21.3M |
| 1974 | $37.5M | $14.1M |
| 1973 | $34M | $14.4M |
| 1972 | $24M | $8.56M |
| 1971 | $18.2M | $7.99M |
| 1970 | – | $7.59M |
| 1969 | $23.9M | $7.65M |
| 1968 | $19.3M | $7.71M |
| 1967 | $18.8M | – |
| 1966 | $17.9M | – |
| 1965 | $17M | – |
- 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 Malawi
Health
- Life expectancyBurundi: 63.7 years in 2023Malawi: 67.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurundi: 4.7 per 100 live births in 2024Malawi: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurundi: 35.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Malawi: 29.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurundi: 3.72% in 2017Malawi: 3.45% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurundi: 12.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Malawi: 12.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurundi: 13.7 million people in 2023Malawi: 21.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurundi: 2.71% a year in 2023Malawi: 2.57% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurundi: 4.88 births per woman in 2023Malawi: 3.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurundi: 25.7% in 2025Malawi: 17.6% in 2025
- Median ageBurundi: 15.9 years in 2023Malawi: 17.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurundi: 2.5% in 2023Malawi: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurundi: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Malawi: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurundi: 3.24% of GDP in 2025Malawi: 1.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBurundi: $16 in 2025Malawi: $7 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurundi: 14.9% of government spending in 2025Malawi: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurundi: 31,000 people in 2020Malawi: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurundi: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Malawi: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurundi: 0.59% of the labour force in 2020Malawi: 0.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurundi: 2 million TIV in 2019Malawi: 2 million TIV in 2024