Chad vs Mali
Chad vs Mali: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $598M in Chad and $883M in Mali, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mali, by $285M, or 1.48 times that in Chad.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mali has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Chad.
- In 2025, Chad ranked 92 and Mali ranked 82 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Chad | Mali |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $598M | $883M |
| 2024 | $558M | $933M |
| 2023 | $406M | $811M |
| 2022 | $412M | $631M |
| 2021 | $387M | $690M |
| 2020 | $388M | $676M |
| 2019 | $300M | $554M |
| 2018 | $304M | $523M |
| 2017 | $290M | $530M |
| 2016 | $408M | $429M |
| 2015 | $288M | $358M |
| 2014 | $446M | $214M |
| 2013 | $839M | $152M |
| 2012 | – | $152M |
| 2011 | $724M | $160M |
| 2010 | $784M | $157M |
| 2009 | $878M | $149M |
| 2008 | $757M | $143M |
| 2007 | $569M | $129M |
| 2006 | $324M | $124M |
| 2005 | $87.8M | $115M |
| 2004 | $86.4M | $110M |
| 2003 | $72.9M | $101M |
| 2002 | $71.9M | $88.1M |
| 2001 | $60.8M | $88.5M |
| 2000 | $54.1M | $88M |
| 1999 | $47.7M | $75.9M |
| 1998 | $32.3M | $67.2M |
| 1997 | $34.4M | $67.9M |
| 1996 | $47.5M | $58.4M |
| 1995 | $41.7M | $62.1M |
| 1994 | $56M | $57.9M |
| 1993 | $71.6M | $54.1M |
| 1992 | $55.2M | – |
| 1990 | $55.2M | $58M |
| 1989 | $106M | $60.5M |
| 1988 | $131M | $58.8M |
| 1987 | $67.1M | $59.5M |
| 1986 | $104M | $49.5M |
| 1985 | $90.6M | $50.3M |
| 1984 | $98.1M | $45.5M |
| 1983 | $101M | $46.3M |
| 1982 | – | $48.6M |
| 1981 | – | $44.8M |
| 1980 | – | $47.5M |
| 1979 | – | $55.3M |
| 1978 | – | $48.1M |
| 1977 | – | $58.7M |
| 1976 | – | $59.6M |
| 1975 | – | $50.6M |
| 1974 | – | $36.6M |
| 1973 | – | $35.7M |
| 1972 | – | $36.3M |
| 1971 | – | $29.7M |
| 1970 | – | $38.2M |
| 1969 | – | $33.5M |
| 1968 | – | $29.5M |
| 1967 | – | $28.4M |
| 1966 | – | $27.8M |
| 1965 | – | $30.5M |
- Estimate
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.
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Chad vs Mali
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Mali: 60.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Mali: 7.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mali: 60.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Mali: 3.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Mali: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Mali: 23.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Mali: 2.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Mali: 5.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Mali: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Mali: 15.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Mali: 2.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Mali: -1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Mali: 3.87% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Mali: $38 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Mali: 14.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Mali: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Mali: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Mali: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Mali: 64 million TIV in 2025