Burundi vs Zambia
Burundi vs Zambia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $169M in Burundi and $343M in Zambia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Zambia, by $173M, or 2.02 times that in Burundi.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Zambia has been higher since 1999, when it overtook Burundi.
- In 2025, Burundi ranked 124 and Zambia ranked 109 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Burundi | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $169M | $343M |
| 2024 | $172M | $349M |
| 2023 | $156M | $328M |
| 2022 | $110M | $269M |
| 2021 | $84.9M | $235M |
| 2020 | $88M | $256M |
| 2019 | $114M | $288M |
| 2018 | $84.5M | $330M |
| 2017 | $77.5M | $287M |
| 2016 | $90M | $295M |
| 2015 | $89.9M | $362M |
| 2014 | $87.8M | $338M |
| 2013 | $90.2M | $275M |
| 2012 | $87.5M | $255M |
| 2011 | – | $229M |
| 2010 | – | $218M |
| 2009 | – | $196M |
| 2008 | $81.5M | $208M |
| 2007 | $97.7M | $209M |
| 2006 | $97.3M | $184M |
| 2005 | $117M | $169M |
| 2004 | $122M | $151M |
| 2003 | $125M | – |
| 2002 | $123M | – |
| 2001 | $128M | – |
| 2000 | $96.8M | – |
| 1999 | $113M | $115M |
| 1998 | $107M | – |
| 1997 | $100M | $77.1M |
| 1996 | $92.8M | $77M |
| 1995 | $80.1M | $115M |
| 1994 | $96.2M | $137M |
| 1993 | $91.9M | $116M |
| 1992 | $92.9M | $240M |
| 1991 | $90.4M | $211M |
| 1990 | $88.3M | $316M |
| 1989 | $83.8M | $358M |
| 1988 | $74.8M | $248M |
| 1987 | $61.8M | $333M |
| 1986 | $68.8M | $369M |
| 1985 | $68.8M | $200M |
| 1984 | $65.8M | $248M |
| 1983 | $67.1M | – |
| 1982 | $75M | – |
| 1981 | $64.9M | – |
| 1980 | $67.4M | – |
| 1979 | $50M | – |
| 1978 | $58.1M | – |
| 1977 | $59M | – |
| 1976 | $43.1M | – |
| 1975 | $36M | – |
| 1974 | $37.5M | – |
| 1973 | $34M | – |
| 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 Zambia
Health
- Life expectancyBurundi: 63.7 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurundi: 4.7 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurundi: 35.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurundi: 3.72% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurundi: 12.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurundi: 13.7 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurundi: 2.71% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurundi: 4.88 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurundi: 25.7% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageBurundi: 15.9 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurundi: 2.5% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurundi: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurundi: 3.24% of GDP in 2025Zambia: 1.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBurundi: $16 in 2025Zambia: $19 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurundi: 14.9% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurundi: 31,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurundi: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurundi: 0.59% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurundi: 2 million TIV in 2019Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024