Chad vs Zimbabwe
Chad vs Zimbabwe: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $598M in Chad and $134M in Zimbabwe, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chad, by $465M, or 4.48 times that in Zimbabwe.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Chad has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Zimbabwe.
- In 2025, Chad ranked 92 and Zimbabwe ranked 126 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Chad | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $598M | $134M |
| 2024 | $558M | $98.4M |
| 2023 | $406M | $64.9M |
| 2022 | $412M | $172M |
| 2021 | $387M | $193M |
| 2020 | $388M | $106M |
| 2019 | $300M | $79.9M |
| 2018 | $304M | $87.3M |
| 2017 | $290M | $78.2M |
| 2016 | $408M | $83M |
| 2015 | $288M | $85.9M |
| 2014 | $446M | $81.9M |
| 2013 | $839M | $79.2M |
| 2012 | – | $71.9M |
| 2011 | $724M | $46.5M |
| 2010 | $784M | $23.8M |
| 2009 | $878M | – |
| 2008 | $757M | – |
| 2007 | $569M | – |
| 2006 | $324M | $30.1M |
| 2005 | $87.8M | $32.5M |
| 2004 | $86.4M | $43.3M |
| 2003 | $72.9M | $70.4M |
| 2002 | $71.9M | $224M |
| 2001 | $60.8M | $62.1M |
| 2000 | $54.1M | $47.1M |
| 1999 | $47.7M | $37.4M |
| 1998 | $32.3M | $37.7M |
| 1997 | $34.4M | $27.6M |
| 1996 | $47.5M | $25.6M |
| 1995 | $41.7M | $24.4M |
| 1994 | $56M | $26.6M |
| 1993 | $71.6M | $26M |
| 1992 | $55.2M | $31M |
| 1991 | – | $38.1M |
| 1990 | $55.2M | $36.7M |
| 1989 | $106M | $36.5M |
| 1988 | $131M | $34.9M |
| 1987 | $67.1M | $33.4M |
| 1986 | $104M | $32.8M |
| 1985 | $90.6M | $32.8M |
| 1984 | $98.1M | $32.1M |
| 1983 | $101M | $37.7M |
| 1982 | – | $35M |
| 1981 | – | $31.4M |
| 1980 | – | $37.6M |
- Highly uncertain
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 Zimbabwe
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 62.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Zimbabwe: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zimbabwe: 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChad: 6.2% in 2022Zimbabwe: 26.5% in 2022
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Zimbabwe: 3.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Zimbabwe: 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Zimbabwe: 16.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Zimbabwe: 1.68% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Zimbabwe: 40.5% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Zimbabwe: -6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Zimbabwe: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Zimbabwe: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Zimbabwe: 5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Zimbabwe: 51,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Zimbabwe: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Zimbabwe: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Zimbabwe: 20 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Zimbabwe: 4 million TIV in 2001