Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.85% of GDP in Liberia and 0.37% of GDP in Sierra Leone, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Liberia, by 0.48 percentage points, or 2.3 times that in Sierra Leone.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Liberia has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Sierra Leone.
In 2025, Liberia ranked 121 and Sierra Leone ranked 144 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

Year	Liberia	Sierra Leone
2025	0.85	0.37
2024	0.71	0.66
2023	1.42	0.6
2022	1.31	0.58
2021	0.85	0.6
2020	0.42	0.49
2019	0.42	0.38
2018	0.41	0.47
2017	0.4	0.68
2016	0.45	0.71
2015	0.48	0.58
2014	0.47	0.75
2013	0.5	0.47
2012	0.57	0.52
2011	0.57	0.53
2010	0.43	0.6
2009	0.41	0.7
2008	0.23	0.6
2007	0.26	0.84
2006	0.35	0.89
2005	0.85	0.86
2004	0.35	0.97
2003	–	1.28
2002	–	1.36
2001	–	1.72
2000	–	1.58
1999	–	1.09
1998	–	0.64
1997	–	0.48
1996	–	0.85
1995	–	1.24
1994	29.73	1.25
1993	18.98	1.31
1992	10.13	1.69
1991	7.18	1.28
1990	–	0.82
1989	–	0.52
1988	2.41	0.3
1987	2.29	0.25
1986	2.9	0.35
1985	2.95	0.22
1984	2.94	0.3
1983	4.71	0.36
1982	5.02	0.43
1981	3.11	0.54
1980	1.49	0.59
1979	1.16	1.11
1978	1.24	1
1977	1.15	1.09
1976	1.07	1.09
1975	0.95	1.03
1974	0.93	1.21
1973	0.97	1.04
1972	1.1	0.95
1971	1.19	0.9
1970	1.1	0.94
1969	0.99	0.87
1968	1.1	0.8
1967	1.17	0.8
1966	1.15	0.69
1965	1.18	0.72
1964	–	0.78
1963	–	0.76
1962	–	0.71
1961	–	0.73

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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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