Chad vs Malawi
Chad vs Malawi: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $598M in Chad and $128M in Malawi, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chad, by $470M, or 4.68 times that in Malawi.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Chad has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1983.
- In 2025, Chad ranked 92 and Malawi ranked 127 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Chad | Malawi |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $598M | $128M |
| 2024 | $558M | $118M |
| 2023 | $406M | $131M |
| 2022 | $412M | $109M |
| 2021 | $387M | $87.1M |
| 2020 | $388M | $96.1M |
| 2019 | $300M | $88.7M |
| 2018 | $304M | $66.2M |
| 2017 | $290M | $60.4M |
| 2016 | $408M | $48.9M |
| 2015 | $288M | $48.1M |
| 2014 | $446M | $60.7M |
| 2013 | $839M | $82M |
| 2012 | – | $52.3M |
| 2011 | $724M | $45.6M |
| 2010 | $784M | $44.7M |
| 2009 | $878M | $52.9M |
| 2008 | $757M | $43.2M |
| 2007 | $569M | $35.3M |
| 2006 | $324M | $34.3M |
| 2005 | $87.8M | $41.9M |
| 2004 | $86.4M | $25.5M |
| 2003 | $72.9M | $15.2M |
| 2002 | $71.9M | $14.8M |
| 2001 | $60.8M | $13.7M |
| 2000 | $54.1M | $12.8M |
| 1999 | $47.7M | $15.1M |
| 1998 | $32.3M | $15.5M |
| 1997 | $34.4M | $19.4M |
| 1996 | $47.5M | $15M |
| 1995 | $41.7M | $11.3M |
| 1994 | $56M | $18.3M |
| 1993 | $71.6M | $18.8M |
| 1992 | $55.2M | $18.5M |
| 1991 | – | $16.7M |
| 1990 | $55.2M | $18.8M |
| 1989 | $106M | $19.9M |
| 1988 | $131M | $18.4M |
| 1987 | $67.1M | $22.8M |
| 1986 | $104M | $27.5M |
| 1985 | $90.6M | $23.2M |
| 1984 | $98.1M | $20M |
| 1983 | $101M | $23.6M |
| 1982 | – | $29.2M |
| 1981 | – | $38.8M |
| 1980 | – | $54.3M |
| 1979 | – | $56M |
| 1978 | – | $39.7M |
| 1977 | – | $25.7M |
| 1976 | – | $19.8M |
| 1975 | – | $21.3M |
| 1974 | – | $14.1M |
| 1973 | – | $14.4M |
| 1972 | – | $8.56M |
| 1971 | – | $7.99M |
| 1970 | – | $7.59M |
| 1969 | – | $7.65M |
| 1968 | – | $7.71M |
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 Malawi
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Malawi: 67.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Malawi: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Malawi: 29.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChad: 6.2% in 2022Malawi: 17.8% in 2022
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Malawi: 3.45% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Malawi: 12.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Malawi: 21.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Malawi: 2.57% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Malawi: 3.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Malawi: 17.6% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Malawi: 17.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Malawi: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Malawi: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Malawi: 1.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Malawi: $7 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Malawi: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Malawi: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Malawi: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Malawi: 0.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Malawi: 2 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Malawi: 1 million TIV in 2000