Côte d’Ivoire vs Liberia
Côte d’Ivoire vs Liberia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 0.77% of GDP in Côte d’Ivoire and 0.85% of GDP in Liberia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Liberia, by 0.08 percentage points, or 1.1 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Liberia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
- In 2025, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 126 and Liberia ranked 121 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire | Liberia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.77 | 0.85 |
| 2024 | 0.76 | 0.71 |
| 2023 | 0.86 | 1.42 |
| 2022 | 0.87 | 1.31 |
| 2021 | 0.88 | 0.85 |
| 2020 | 0.96 | 0.42 |
| 2019 | 0.89 | 0.42 |
| 2018 | 1.04 | 0.41 |
| 2017 | 0.97 | 0.4 |
| 2016 | 1.25 | 0.45 |
| 2015 | 1.24 | 0.48 |
| 2014 | 1.07 | 0.47 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 2012 | 1.1 | 0.57 |
| 2011 | 1.01 | 0.57 |
| 2010 | 1.13 | 0.43 |
| 2009 | 1.25 | 0.41 |
| 2008 | 1.1 | 0.23 |
| 2007 | 1.15 | 0.26 |
| 2006 | 1.09 | 0.35 |
| 2005 | 1.06 | 0.85 |
| 2004 | 1.1 | 0.35 |
| 2003 | 1.01 | – |
| 1997 | 0.58 | – |
| 1996 | 0.61 | – |
| 1994 | 0.73 | 29.73 |
| 1993 | 0.97 | 18.98 |
| 1992 | 1.02 | 10.13 |
| 1991 | 0.99 | 7.18 |
| 1990 | 0.96 | – |
| 1989 | 1.33 | – |
| 1988 | 1.25 | 2.41 |
| 1987 | 1.22 | 2.29 |
| 1986 | 1.05 | 2.9 |
| 1985 | 1 | 2.95 |
| 1984 | 1.03 | 2.94 |
| 1983 | 1.12 | 4.71 |
| 1982 | 1.14 | 5.02 |
| 1981 | 1.09 | 3.11 |
| 1980 | 1.16 | 1.49 |
| 1979 | 1.12 | 1.16 |
| 1978 | 1.1 | 1.24 |
| 1977 | 0.79 | 1.15 |
| 1976 | 1.12 | 1.07 |
| 1975 | 1.18 | 0.95 |
| 1974 | 1.34 | 0.93 |
| 1973 | 1.13 | 0.97 |
| 1972 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| 1971 | 1.5 | 1.19 |
| 1970 | 1.18 | 1.1 |
| 1969 | 1.15 | 0.99 |
| 1968 | 1.16 | 1.1 |
| 1967 | 1.31 | 1.17 |
| 1966 | 1.26 | 1.15 |
| 1965 | 1.32 | 1.18 |
| 1964 | 1.14 | – |
| 1963 | 1 | – |
| 1962 | 1.28 | – |
- Estimate
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.
- 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
Côte d’Ivoire vs Liberia
Health
- Life expectancyCôte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023Liberia: 62.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Liberia: 8.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Liberia: 55.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCôte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017Liberia: 3.8% in 2017
- Suicide rateCôte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Liberia: 13.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCôte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023Liberia: 5.49 million people in 2023
- Population growthCôte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023Liberia: 2.2% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCôte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Liberia: 3.95 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCôte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025Liberia: 56.1% in 2025
- Median ageCôte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023Liberia: 18.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCôte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023Liberia: 3.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCôte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Liberia: -0.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsCôte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025Liberia: $40.3M in 2025
- Military spending per personCôte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025Liberia: $8 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Liberia: 3.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCôte d’Ivoire: 27,000 people in 2020Liberia: 2,000 people in 2020
- National powerCôte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Liberia: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCôte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020Liberia: 0.09% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCôte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025Liberia: 0 TIV in 2025