Madagascar vs Mali
Madagascar vs Mali: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $111M in Madagascar and $883M in Mali, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mali, by $772M, or 7.98 times that in Madagascar.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mali has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Madagascar.
- In 2025, Madagascar ranked 131 and Mali ranked 82 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Madagascar | Mali |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $111M | $883M |
| 2024 | $122M | $933M |
| 2023 | $108M | $811M |
| 2022 | $106M | $631M |
| 2021 | $107M | $690M |
| 2020 | $99.5M | $676M |
| 2019 | $86.7M | $554M |
| 2018 | $80.4M | $523M |
| 2017 | $74.3M | $530M |
| 2016 | $73.2M | $429M |
| 2015 | $71.2M | $358M |
| 2014 | $74.4M | $214M |
| 2013 | $74.4M | $152M |
| 2012 | $74.8M | $152M |
| 2011 | $76.5M | $160M |
| 2010 | $68.3M | $157M |
| 2009 | $87.1M | $149M |
| 2008 | $121M | $143M |
| 2007 | $115M | $129M |
| 2006 | $95.2M | $124M |
| 2005 | $98.8M | $115M |
| 2004 | $110M | $110M |
| 2003 | $111M | $101M |
| 2002 | $95.5M | $88.1M |
| 2001 | $121M | $88.5M |
| 2000 | $97.2M | $88M |
| 1999 | $96.3M | $75.9M |
| 1998 | $103M | $67.2M |
| 1997 | $106M | $67.9M |
| 1996 | $83.4M | $58.4M |
| 1995 | $57.6M | $62.1M |
| 1994 | $62.7M | $57.9M |
| 1993 | $74.6M | $54.1M |
| 1992 | $48.8M | – |
| 1991 | $82.7M | – |
| 1990 | $79.9M | $58M |
| 1989 | $76.4M | $60.5M |
| 1988 | $79.5M | $58.8M |
| 1987 | $85.4M | $59.5M |
| 1986 | $85.7M | $49.5M |
| 1985 | $96.6M | $50.3M |
| 1984 | $101M | $45.5M |
| 1983 | – | $46.3M |
| 1982 | – | $48.6M |
| 1981 | $129M | $44.8M |
| 1980 | $137M | $47.5M |
| 1979 | $147M | $55.3M |
| 1978 | $114M | $48.1M |
| 1977 | $111M | $58.7M |
| 1976 | $83.6M | $59.6M |
| 1975 | $71.9M | $50.6M |
| 1974 | $74.9M | $36.6M |
| 1973 | $66.6M | $35.7M |
| 1972 | $63.4M | $36.3M |
| 1971 | $58.2M | $29.7M |
| 1970 | $58.5M | $38.2M |
| 1969 | $60.3M | $33.5M |
| 1968 | $59.7M | $29.5M |
| 1967 | $55.9M | $28.4M |
| 1966 | $52.8M | $27.8M |
| 1965 | $51.5M | $30.5M |
| 1964 | $47.3M | – |
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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
Madagascar vs Mali
Health
- Life expectancyMadagascar: 63.6 years in 2023Mali: 60.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMadagascar: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Mali: 7.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMadagascar: 45 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mali: 60.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMadagascar: 3.71% in 2017Mali: 3.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateMadagascar: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Mali: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMadagascar: 31.2 million people in 2023Mali: 23.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthMadagascar: 2.45% a year in 2023Mali: 2.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMadagascar: 3.97 births per woman in 2023Mali: 5.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMadagascar: 32.9% in 2025Mali: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageMadagascar: 18.9 years in 2023Mali: 15.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMadagascar: 3.3% in 2023Mali: 2.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateMadagascar: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Mali: -1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMadagascar: 0.62% of GDP in 2025Mali: 3.87% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personMadagascar: $4 in 2025Mali: $38 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMadagascar: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Mali: 14.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMadagascar: 22,000 people in 2020Mali: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerMadagascar: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Mali: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMadagascar: 0.15% of the labour force in 2020Mali: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMadagascar: 3 million TIV in 2025Mali: 64 million TIV in 2025