Chad vs Zambia
Chad vs Zambia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 3.19% of GDP in Chad and 1.26% of GDP in Zambia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chad, by 1.93 percentage points, or 2.53 times that in Zambia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Chad has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Zambia.
- In 2025, Chad ranked 22 and Zambia ranked 98 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Chad | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.19 | 1.26 |
| 2024 | 2.98 | 1.33 |
| 2023 | 2.12 | 1.34 |
| 2022 | 2.04 | 1.12 |
| 2021 | 2.08 | 0.98 |
| 2020 | 2.21 | 1.17 |
| 2019 | 1.57 | 1.26 |
| 2018 | 1.65 | 1.44 |
| 2017 | 1.66 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 2.31 | 1.43 |
| 2015 | 1.52 | 1.75 |
| 2014 | 2.16 | 1.63 |
| 2013 | 4.3 | 1.36 |
| 2012 | – | 1.36 |
| 2011 | 3.76 | 1.32 |
| 2010 | 4.32 | 1.38 |
| 2009 | 5.7 | 1.73 |
| 2008 | 4.28 | 2.08 |
| 2007 | 3.25 | 2.06 |
| 2006 | 2.18 | 1.74 |
| 2005 | 0.61 | 1.85 |
| 2004 | 0.74 | 1.58 |
| 2003 | 0.97 | – |
| 2002 | 1.12 | – |
| 2001 | 0.99 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | – |
| 1999 | 0.89 | 1.65 |
| 1998 | 0.6 | – |
| 1997 | 0.7 | 1.01 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1.05 |
| 1995 | 0.9 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 1.22 | 1.72 |
| 1993 | 1.75 | 1.43 |
| 1992 | 1.38 | 2.71 |
| 1991 | – | 2.34 |
| 1990 | 1.38 | 3.41 |
| 1989 | 2.73 | 4.2 |
| 1988 | 3.56 | 2.39 |
| 1987 | 1.83 | 3.22 |
| 1986 | 2.96 | 3.66 |
| 1985 | 2.82 | 2.36 |
| 1984 | 2.95 | 3 |
| 1983 | 3.13 | – |
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.
- 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 Zambia
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
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Military
- Military spending in US dollarsChad: $598M in 2025Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Zambia: $19 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Zambia: 2 million TIV in 1990