Burundi vs Rwanda
Burundi vs Rwanda: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $169M in Burundi and $194M in Rwanda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Rwanda, by $24.7M, or 1.15 times that in Burundi.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Rwanda has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Burundi.
- In 2025, Burundi ranked 124 and Rwanda ranked 120 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Burundi | Rwanda |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $169M | $194M |
| 2024 | $172M | $175M |
| 2023 | $156M | $161M |
| 2022 | $110M | $169M |
| 2021 | $84.9M | $180M |
| 2020 | $88M | $153M |
| 2019 | $114M | $133M |
| 2018 | $84.5M | $126M |
| 2017 | $77.5M | $118M |
| 2016 | $90M | $113M |
| 2015 | $89.9M | $106M |
| 2014 | $87.8M | $90.5M |
| 2013 | $90.2M | $79.7M |
| 2012 | $87.5M | $77.6M |
| 2011 | – | $79M |
| 2010 | – | $78.2M |
| 2009 | – | $76.8M |
| 2008 | $81.5M | $75M |
| 2007 | $97.7M | $71.1M |
| 2006 | $97.3M | $76.8M |
| 2005 | $117M | $69.8M |
| 2004 | $122M | $72.1M |
| 2003 | $125M | $82.6M |
| 2002 | $123M | $88.8M |
| 2001 | $128M | $93.9M |
| 2000 | $96.8M | $92.1M |
| 1999 | $113M | $108M |
| 1998 | $107M | $106M |
| 1997 | $100M | $96.7M |
| 1996 | $92.8M | $105M |
| 1995 | $80.1M | $73.9M |
| 1994 | $96.2M | $43.8M |
| 1993 | $91.9M | $128M |
| 1992 | $92.9M | $132M |
| 1991 | $90.4M | $161M |
| 1990 | $88.3M | $116M |
| 1989 | $83.8M | $50.8M |
| 1988 | $74.8M | $43.1M |
| 1987 | $61.8M | $45.5M |
| 1986 | $68.8M | $50.4M |
| 1985 | $68.8M | $45M |
| 1984 | $65.8M | $42.4M |
| 1983 | $67.1M | $47.1M |
| 1982 | $75M | $48.9M |
| 1981 | $64.9M | $52.5M |
| 1980 | $67.4M | $45.3M |
| 1979 | $50M | $40.8M |
| 1978 | $58.1M | $35.7M |
| 1977 | $59M | $48.4M |
| 1976 | $43.1M | $35.7M |
| 1975 | $36M | $32.9M |
| 1974 | $37.5M | $36.1M |
| 1973 | $34M | $51.3M |
| 1972 | $24M | – |
| 1971 | $18.2M | – |
| 1969 | $23.9M | – |
| 1968 | $19.3M | – |
| 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 Rwanda
Health
- Life expectancyBurundi: 63.7 years in 2023Rwanda: 67.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurundi: 4.7 per 100 live births in 2024Rwanda: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurundi: 35.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Rwanda: 27.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurundi: 3.72% in 2017Rwanda: 3.87% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurundi: 12.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Rwanda: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurundi: 13.7 million people in 2023Rwanda: 14 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurundi: 2.71% a year in 2023Rwanda: 2.18% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurundi: 4.88 births per woman in 2023Rwanda: 3.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurundi: 25.7% in 2025Rwanda: 30.9% in 2025
- Median ageBurundi: 15.9 years in 2023Rwanda: 19.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurundi: 2.5% in 2023Rwanda: 3.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurundi: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Rwanda: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurundi: 3.24% of GDP in 2025Rwanda: 1.29% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBurundi: $16 in 2025Rwanda: $13 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurundi: 14.9% of government spending in 2025Rwanda: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurundi: 31,000 people in 2020Rwanda: 35,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurundi: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Rwanda: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurundi: 0.59% of the labour force in 2020Rwanda: 0.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurundi: 2 million TIV in 2019Rwanda: 37 million TIV in 2023