Cameroon vs Gabon

Cameroon vs Gabon: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending in 2025: 6.5% of government spending in Cameroon and 6.5% of government spending in Gabon, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 0.1 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Gabon.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Cameroon vs Gabon: Military share of state spendingMilitary share of state spending in 2025: 6.5% of government spending in Cameroon and 6.5% of government spending in Gabon, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 0.1 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Gabon.
CameroonGabonSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Cameroon has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Gabon.
  • In 2025, Cameroon ranked 50 and Gabon ranked 51 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearCameroonGabon
20256.56.5
20245.96.2
20235.46.2
20225.56.9
20215.89.3
20205.88.7
20195.79.1
201869.1
20175.910
20165.76.6
20155.55.3
20145.54.8
20136.14.6
20126.96.8
20116.46.6
20108.58.1
20098.4–
20087.9–
20079.2–
20069.86.1
20059.26
20048.87.7
200397.9
20028.56.9
20017.86.4
200088.3
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Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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