Cameroon vs Zimbabwe

Cameroon vs Zimbabwe: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.06% of GDP in Cameroon and 0.56% of GDP in Zimbabwe, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 0.49 percentage points, or 1.87 times that in Zimbabwe.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Cameroon vs Zimbabwe: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 1.06% of GDP in Cameroon and 0.56% of GDP in Zimbabwe, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 0.49 percentage points, or 1.87 times that in Zimbabwe.
CameroonZimbabweHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Cameroon has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Zimbabwe.
  • In 2025, Cameroon ranked 106 and Zimbabwe ranked 136 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearCameroonZimbabwe
20251.060.56
202410.35
20230.930.21
20220.941
20210.991.57
20200.960.98
20191.070.65
20181.081.18
20171.141.47
20161.151.74
20151.11.89
20141.111.89
20131.171.87
20121.181.86
20111.141.41
20101.290.82
20091.23–
20081.26–
20071.24–
20061.231.99
20051.141.45
20041.42.71
20031.382.04
20021.346.31
20011.292.55
20001.333.05
19991.442.24
19981.42.53
19971.33
19961.232.88
19951.253.18
19941.313.12
19931.333.3
19921.533.8
19911.523.98
19901.484.1
19891.334.93
19881.295.21
19871.255.82
19861.225.5
19851.345.49
19841.745.68
19831.895.56
19821.995.12
19811.824.86
19801.566.63
19791.668.52
19781.677.99
19771.726.54
19761.764.63
19751.733.4
19741.692.98
19731.762.63
19721.762.18
19711.842.29
19701.872.44
1969–2.42
1968–2.07
1967–1.36
1966–1.32
1965–1.19
  • Highly uncertain

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.

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