Chad vs Tanzania: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 3.19% of GDP in Chad and 1.16% of GDP in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chad, by 2.03 percentage points, or 2.75 times that in Tanzania.
ChadTanzania
Watch it change on the mapChange since 1990, percentage points · SIPRI
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 3.19 2025 | 1.52 | 22 of 151 |
| Tanzania | 1.16 2025 | 1.09 | 101 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Chad has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Tanzania.
- In 2025, Chad ranked 22 and Tanzania ranked 101 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Chad | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.19 | 1.16 |
| 2024 | 2.98 | 1.17 |
| 2023 | 2.12 | 1.23 |
| 2022 | 2.04 | 1.19 |
| 2021 | 2.08 | 1.12 |
| 2020 | 2.21 | 1.08 |
| 2019 | 1.57 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 1.65 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 1.66 | 1.06 |
| 2016 | 2.31 | 1.09 |
| 2015 | 1.52 | 1.09 |
| 2014 | 2.16 | 1.02 |
| 2013 | 4.3 | 0.97 |
| 2012 | – | 0.91 |
| 2011 | 3.76 | 0.9 |
| 2010 | 4.32 | 0.9 |
| 2009 | 5.7 | 0.76 |
| 2008 | 4.28 | 0.7 |
| 2007 | 3.25 | 0.76 |
| 2006 | 2.18 | 0.79 |
| 2005 | 0.61 | 0.82 |
| 2004 | 0.74 | 0.99 |
| 2003 | 0.97 | 1.07 |
| 2002 | 1.12 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 0.99 | 1.45 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1.49 |
| 1999 | 0.89 | 1.49 |
| 1998 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| 1997 | 0.7 | 1.54 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1.56 |
| 1995 | 0.9 | 1.63 |
| 1994 | 1.22 | 1.29 |
| 1993 | 1.75 | 1.38 |
| 1992 | 1.38 | 2.11 |
| 1991 | – | 2.18 |
| 1990 | 1.38 | 2.05 |
| 1989 | 2.73 | 2.38 |
| 1988 | 3.56 | 2.45 |
| 1987 | 1.83 | 3.15 |
| 1986 | 2.96 | 5.75 |
| 1985 | 2.82 | 5.39 |
| 1984 | 2.95 | 5.25 |
| 1983 | 3.13 | 5.41 |
| 1982 | – | 5.5 |
| 1981 | – | 5.58 |
| 1980 | – | 4.52 |
| 1979 | – | 8.5 |
| 1978 | – | 10.11 |
| 1977 | – | 5.48 |
| 1976 | – | 4.69 |
| 1975 | – | 5.36 |
| 1974 | – | 5.36 |
| 1973 | – | 4.18 |
| 1972 | – | 3.43 |
| 1971 | – | 3.1 |
| 1970 | – | 2.3 |
| 1969 | – | 1.74 |
| 1968 | – | 1.47 |
| 1967 | – | 1.42 |
- Estimate
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time