Chad vs Ghana
Chad vs Ghana: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $598M in Chad and $385M in Ghana, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chad, by $213M, or 1.55 times that in Ghana.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Chad has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Ghana.
- In 2025, Chad ranked 92 and Ghana ranked 107 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Chad | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $598M | $385M |
| 2024 | $558M | $274M |
| 2023 | $406M | $288M |
| 2022 | $412M | $247M |
| 2021 | $387M | $278M |
| 2020 | $388M | $238M |
| 2019 | $300M | $233M |
| 2018 | $304M | $205M |
| 2017 | $290M | $180M |
| 2016 | $408M | $158M |
| 2015 | $288M | $209M |
| 2014 | $446M | $261M |
| 2013 | $839M | $195M |
| 2012 | – | $265M |
| 2011 | $724M | $172M |
| 2010 | $784M | $92.6M |
| 2009 | $878M | $97.5M |
| 2008 | $757M | $83.9M |
| 2007 | $569M | $95.8M |
| 2006 | $324M | $62.5M |
| 2005 | $87.8M | $58.5M |
| 2004 | $86.4M | $58.8M |
| 2003 | $72.9M | $63.2M |
| 2002 | $71.9M | $52.1M |
| 2001 | $60.8M | $45.1M |
| 2000 | $54.1M | $76.3M |
| 1999 | $47.7M | $61M |
| 1998 | $32.3M | $53.7M |
| 1997 | $34.4M | $43.2M |
| 1996 | $47.5M | $43.1M |
| 1995 | $41.7M | $51.1M |
| 1994 | $56M | $50.1M |
| 1993 | $71.6M | $46M |
| 1992 | $55.2M | $39.4M |
| 1991 | – | $36.3M |
| 1990 | $55.2M | $25.3M |
| 1989 | $106M | $23.5M |
| 1988 | $131M | $22.2M |
| 1987 | $67.1M | $42.2M |
| 1986 | $104M | $40.8M |
| 1985 | $90.6M | $37.9M |
| 1984 | $98.1M | $19.6M |
| 1983 | $101M | $10.7M |
| 1982 | – | $17.8M |
| 1981 | – | $24.9M |
| 1980 | – | $33.3M |
| 1979 | – | $27.5M |
| 1978 | – | $41.6M |
| 1977 | – | $56.4M |
| 1976 | – | $89.2M |
| 1975 | – | $123M |
| 1974 | – | $130M |
| 1973 | – | $99.8M |
| 1972 | – | $98.9M |
| 1971 | – | $115M |
| 1970 | – | $142M |
| 1969 | – | $153M |
| 1968 | – | $148M |
| 1966 | – | $109M |
| 1965 | – | $93.1M |
| 1964 | – | $110M |
| 1963 | – | $116M |
| 1962 | – | $108M |
| 1961 | – | $116M |
| 1960 | – | $93.6M |
| 1959 | – | $53.1M |
| 1958 | – | $46.6M |
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.
- 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
Chad vs Ghana
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Ghana: 65.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Ghana: 3.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ghana: 30.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChad: 6.2% in 2022Ghana: 44.5% in 2022
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Ghana: 3.4% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Ghana: 9.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Ghana: 33.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Ghana: 1.9% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Ghana: 3.4 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Ghana: 58.9% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Ghana: 20.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Ghana: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Ghana: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Ghana: 0.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Ghana: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Ghana: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Ghana: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Ghana: 0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Ghana: 0.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Ghana: 5 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Ghana: 19 million TIV in 2005