Germany vs Tanzania
Germany vs Tanzania: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $1,346 in Germany and $15 in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by $1,331, or 91 times that in Tanzania.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Germany has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1991.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Germany | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,346 | $15 |
| 2024 | $1,017 | $14 |
| 2023 | $813 | $15 |
| 2022 | $670 | $14 |
| 2021 | $676 | $12 |
| 2020 | $639 | $11 |
| 2019 | $588 | $11 |
| 2018 | $559 | $11 |
| 2017 | $513 | $10 |
| 2016 | $484 | $10 |
| 2015 | $468 | $10 |
| 2014 | $551 | $10 |
| 2013 | $547 | $9 |
| 2012 | $541 | $8 |
| 2011 | $560 | $7 |
| 2010 | $533 | $6 |
| 2009 | $552 | $5 |
| 2008 | $558 | $5 |
| 2007 | $494 | $4 |
| 2006 | $438 | $4 |
| 2005 | $435 | $4 |
| 2004 | $435 | $3 |
| 2003 | $401 | $3 |
| 2002 | $337 | $4 |
| 2001 | $314 | $4 |
| 2000 | $323 | $4 |
| 1999 | $375 | $4 |
| 1998 | $377 | $4 |
| 1997 | $378 | $4 |
| 1996 | $445 | $3 |
| 1995 | $471 | $3 |
| 1994 | $417 | $2 |
| 1993 | $429 | $2 |
| 1992 | $488 | $4 |
| 1991 | $463 | $4 |
| 1990 | – | $3 |
| 1989 | – | $4 |
| 1988 | – | $5 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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
Germany vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancyGermany: 81.4 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGermany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGermany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGermany: 99.9% in 2022Tanzania: 11.3% in 2022
- DepressionGermany: 3.96% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateGermany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGermany: 84.6 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthGermany: 0.35% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGermany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGermany: 82.1% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageGermany: 45.2 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGermany: 22.8% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateGermany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGermany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGermany: $107B in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGermany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGermany: 183,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerGermany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGermany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGermany: 1.63 billion TIV in 2025Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025