Côte d’Ivoire vs Zambia
Côte d’Ivoire vs Zambia: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $24 in Côte d’Ivoire and $19 in Zambia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by $5, or 1.25 times that in Zambia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Côte d’Ivoire has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Zambia.
- In 2025, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 116 and Zambia ranked 122 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $24 | $19 |
| 2024 | $21 | $17 |
| 2023 | $22 | $18 |
| 2022 | $20 | $16 |
| 2021 | $22 | $11 |
| 2020 | $21 | $11 |
| 2019 | $19 | $16 |
| 2018 | $22 | $21 |
| 2017 | $19 | $20 |
| 2016 | $24 | $18 |
| 2015 | $23 | $23 |
| 2014 | $22 | $28 |
| 2013 | $18 | $25 |
| 2012 | $18 | $24 |
| 2011 | $16 | $22 |
| 2010 | $17 | $20 |
| 2009 | $19 | $17 |
| 2008 | $17 | $22 |
| 2007 | $16 | $19 |
| 2006 | $13 | $17 |
| 2005 | $13 | $12 |
| 2004 | $13 | $9 |
| 2003 | $11 | – |
| 1999 | – | $6 |
| 1997 | $6 | $5 |
| 1996 | $7 | $4 |
| 1995 | – | $6 |
| 1994 | $6 | $7 |
| 1993 | $11 | $6 |
| 1992 | $12 | $12 |
| 1991 | $12 | $11 |
| 1990 | $12 | $18 |
| 1989 | $11 | $22 |
| 1988 | $12 | $12 |
- 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
Côte d’Ivoire vs Zambia
Health
- Life expectancyCôte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCôte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateCôte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCôte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthCôte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCôte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCôte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageCôte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCôte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateCôte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025Zambia: 1.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCôte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCôte d’Ivoire: 27,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerCôte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCôte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCôte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsCôte d’Ivoire: 1 million TIV in 1971Zambia: 2 million TIV in 1990