Cameroon vs Mali

Cameroon vs Mali: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending in 2025: 6.5% of government spending in Cameroon and 14.8% of government spending in Mali, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mali, by 8.3 percentage points, or 2.27 times that in Cameroon.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Cameroon vs Mali: Military share of state spendingMilitary share of state spending in 2025: 6.5% of government spending in Cameroon and 14.8% of government spending in Mali, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mali, by 8.3 percentage points, or 2.27 times that in Cameroon.
CameroonMaliSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Mali has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Cameroon.
  • In 2025, Cameroon ranked 50 and Mali ranked 16 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearCameroonMali
20256.514.8
20245.916.6
20235.414.9
20225.512.4
20215.812.6
20205.813
20195.711.9
2018613.9
20175.913.2
20165.711.6
20155.511.3
20145.57.6
20136.15.9
20126.97.7
20116.46
20108.56.8
20098.46.2
20087.97.7
20079.26.3
20069.86.3
20059.26.4
20048.86.5
200396.8
20028.56.4
20017.87.1
200087.6
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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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