Côte d’Ivoire vs Uganda: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $721M in Côte d’Ivoire and $1.2B in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by $477M, or 1.66 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
Côte d’IvoireUganda
Watch it change on the mapUS dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Latest figures
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Côte d’Ivoire | $721M 2025 | $691M | 87 of 151 |
| Uganda | $1.2B 2025 | $382M | 77 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Uganda has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
- In 2025, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 87 and Uganda ranked 77 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire | Uganda |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $721M | $1.2B |
| 2024 | $658M | $1.12B |
| 2023 | $706M | $999M |
| 2022 | $674M | $988M |
| 2021 | $663M | $1.18B |
| 2020 | $682M | $1.16B |
| 2019 | $628M | $787M |
| 2018 | $681M | $514M |
| 2017 | $596M | $433M |
| 2016 | $728M | $397M |
| 2015 | $691M | $382M |
| 2014 | $535M | $344M |
| 2013 | $443M | $325M |
| 2012 | $445M | $387M |
| 2011 | $366M | $759M |
| 2010 | $437M | $765M |
| 2009 | $457M | $358M |
| 2008 | $384M | $364M |
| 2007 | $384M | $330M |
| 2006 | $352M | $323M |
| 2005 | $340M | $334M |
| 2004 | $355M | $333M |
| 2003 | $337M | $291M |
| 2002 | – | $271M |
| 2001 | – | $252M |
| 2000 | – | $250M |
| 1999 | – | $258M |
| 1998 | – | $226M |
| 1997 | $178M | $178M |
| 1996 | $178M | $180M |
| 1995 | – | $168M |
| 1994 | $186M | $148M |
| 1993 | $211M | $120M |
| 1992 | $213M | $117M |
| 1991 | $217M | $177M |
| 1990 | $213M | $182M |
| 1989 | $223M | $180M |
| 1988 | $208M | $199M |
| 1987 | $215M | $199M |
| 1986 | $208M | $206M |
| 1985 | $214M | $192M |
| 1984 | $213M | $148M |
| 1983 | $211M | $91.8M |
| 1982 | $218M | $131M |
| 1981 | $206M | $172M |
| 1980 | $225M | $196M |
| 1979 | $225M | $144M |
| 1978 | $234M | $189M |
| 1977 | $171M | $239M |
| 1976 | $217M | $345M |
| 1975 | $190M | $389M |
| 1974 | $214M | $417M |
| 1973 | $162M | $554M |
| 1972 | $225M | $703M |
| 1971 | $186M | $554M |
| 1970 | $138M | $324M |
| 1969 | $128M | $306M |
| 1968 | $120M | $298M |
| 1967 | $121M | $243M |
| 1966 | $112M | $213M |
| 1965 | $113M | $159M |
| 1964 | $100M | $91M |
| 1963 | $72.7M | $49.9M |
| 1962 | $79.8M | $13.8M |
- Estimate
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