Chad vs Uganda
Chad vs Uganda: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $598M in Chad and $1.2B in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by $600M, or 2 times that in Chad.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Uganda has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Chad.
- In 2025, Chad ranked 92 and Uganda ranked 77 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Chad | Uganda |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $598M | $1.2B |
| 2024 | $558M | $1.12B |
| 2023 | $406M | $999M |
| 2022 | $412M | $988M |
| 2021 | $387M | $1.18B |
| 2020 | $388M | $1.16B |
| 2019 | $300M | $787M |
| 2018 | $304M | $514M |
| 2017 | $290M | $433M |
| 2016 | $408M | $397M |
| 2015 | $288M | $382M |
| 2014 | $446M | $344M |
| 2013 | $839M | $325M |
| 2012 | – | $387M |
| 2011 | $724M | $759M |
| 2010 | $784M | $765M |
| 2009 | $878M | $358M |
| 2008 | $757M | $364M |
| 2007 | $569M | $330M |
| 2006 | $324M | $323M |
| 2005 | $87.8M | $334M |
| 2004 | $86.4M | $333M |
| 2003 | $72.9M | $291M |
| 2002 | $71.9M | $271M |
| 2001 | $60.8M | $252M |
| 2000 | $54.1M | $250M |
| 1999 | $47.7M | $258M |
| 1998 | $32.3M | $226M |
| 1997 | $34.4M | $178M |
| 1996 | $47.5M | $180M |
| 1995 | $41.7M | $168M |
| 1994 | $56M | $148M |
| 1993 | $71.6M | $120M |
| 1992 | $55.2M | $117M |
| 1991 | – | $177M |
| 1990 | $55.2M | $182M |
| 1989 | $106M | $180M |
| 1988 | $131M | $199M |
| 1987 | $67.1M | $199M |
| 1986 | $104M | $206M |
| 1985 | $90.6M | $192M |
| 1984 | $98.1M | $148M |
| 1983 | $101M | $91.8M |
| 1982 | – | $131M |
| 1981 | – | $172M |
| 1980 | – | $196M |
| 1979 | – | $144M |
| 1978 | – | $189M |
| 1977 | – | $239M |
| 1976 | – | $345M |
| 1975 | – | $389M |
| 1974 | – | $417M |
| 1973 | – | $554M |
| 1972 | – | $703M |
| 1971 | – | $554M |
| 1970 | – | $324M |
| 1969 | – | $306M |
| 1968 | – | $298M |
| 1967 | – | $243M |
| 1966 | – | $213M |
| 1965 | – | $159M |
| 1964 | – | $91M |
| 1963 | – | $49.9M |
| 1962 | – | $13.8M |
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 Uganda
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Uganda: 68.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Uganda: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uganda: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChad: 6.2% in 2022Uganda: 18.7% in 2022
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Uganda: 4.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Uganda: 11.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Uganda: 48.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Uganda: 2.78% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Uganda: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Uganda: 31.9% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Uganda: 16.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Uganda: 2.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Uganda: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Uganda: 1.96% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Uganda: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Uganda: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Uganda: 46,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Uganda: 0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Uganda: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Uganda: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Uganda: 4 million TIV in 2016