Ghana vs Mozambique: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.48% of GDP in Ghana and 1.87% of GDP in Mozambique, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 1.39 percentage points, or 3.91 times that in Ghana.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Mozambique has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1980.
In 2025, Ghana ranked 141 and Mozambique ranked 70 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

Year	Ghana	Mozambique
2025	0.48	1.87
2024	0.35	2.12
2023	0.4	1.93
2022	0.34	2.21
2021	0.38	1.91
2020	0.35	2.02
2019	0.34	1.39
2018	0.33	1.31
2017	0.31	0.98
2016	0.29	0.92
2015	0.39	0.83
2014	0.49	0.97
2013	0.4	0.92
2012	0.59	0.83
2011	0.44	0.81
2010	0.28	0.87
2009	0.34	0.69
2008	0.29	0.65
2007	0.37	0.63
2006	0.26	0.6
2005	0.26	0.7
2004	0.28	0.98
2003	0.3	0.91
2002	0.26	0.9
2001	0.26	0.9
2000	0.44	0.93
1999	0.33	0.9
1998	0.33	0.89
1997	0.29	0.86
1996	0.29	0.89
1995	0.34	1.09
1994	0.43	2.46
1993	0.42	2.06
1992	0.38	2.13
1991	0.37	1.86
1990	0.28	2.39
1989	0.43	3.37
1988	0.44	3.01
1987	0.89	3.51
1986	0.9	3.21
1985	1	3.28
1984	0.59	4
1983	0.34	3.54
1982	0.54	2.82
1981	0.74	2.79
1980	0.77	1.86
1979	0.65	–
1978	0.85	–
1977	1.25	–
1976	1.57	–
1975	1.72	–
1974	1.58	–
1973	1.37	–
1972	1.43	–
1971	1.7	–
1970	2.12	–
1969	2.5	–
1968	2.66	–
1966	2.23	–
1965	1.73	–
1964	1.92	–
1963	2.02	–
1962	2	–
1961	2.1	–
1960	1.71	–
1959	1.03	–
1958	1	–

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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.

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