Madagascar vs Zambia
Madagascar vs Zambia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 0.62% of GDP in Madagascar and 1.26% of GDP in Zambia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Zambia, by 0.64 percentage points, or 2.04 times that in Madagascar.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Zambia has been higher since 1999, when it overtook Madagascar.
- In 2025, Madagascar ranked 132 and Zambia ranked 98 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Madagascar | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.62 | 1.26 |
| 2024 | 0.71 | 1.33 |
| 2023 | 0.65 | 1.34 |
| 2022 | 0.65 | 1.12 |
| 2021 | 0.68 | 0.98 |
| 2020 | 0.67 | 1.17 |
| 2019 | 0.55 | 1.26 |
| 2018 | 0.53 | 1.44 |
| 2017 | 0.51 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 0.5 | 1.43 |
| 2015 | 0.52 | 1.75 |
| 2014 | 0.56 | 1.63 |
| 2013 | 0.58 | 1.36 |
| 2012 | 0.59 | 1.36 |
| 2011 | 0.62 | 1.32 |
| 2010 | 0.57 | 1.38 |
| 2009 | 0.74 | 1.73 |
| 2008 | 0.96 | 2.08 |
| 2007 | 0.96 | 2.06 |
| 2006 | 0.98 | 1.74 |
| 2005 | 1.07 | 1.85 |
| 2004 | 1.25 | 1.58 |
| 2003 | 1.33 | – |
| 2002 | 1.31 | – |
| 2001 | 1.44 | – |
| 2000 | 1.22 | – |
| 1999 | 1.21 | 1.65 |
| 1998 | 1.35 | – |
| 1997 | 1.48 | 1.01 |
| 1996 | 1.24 | 1.05 |
| 1995 | 0.86 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 0.93 | 1.72 |
| 1993 | 1.12 | 1.43 |
| 1992 | 0.77 | 2.71 |
| 1991 | 1.3 | 2.34 |
| 1990 | 1.23 | 3.41 |
| 1989 | 1.21 | 4.2 |
| 1988 | 1.35 | 2.39 |
| 1987 | 1.43 | 3.22 |
| 1986 | 1.55 | 3.66 |
| 1985 | 1.78 | 2.36 |
| 1984 | 1.87 | 3 |
| 1981 | 2.98 | – |
| 1980 | 2.77 | – |
| 1979 | 2.93 | – |
| 1978 | 2.42 | – |
| 1977 | 2.31 | – |
| 1976 | 1.88 | – |
| 1975 | 1.64 | – |
| 1974 | 1.67 | – |
| 1973 | 1.52 | – |
| 1972 | 1.49 | – |
| 1971 | 1.32 | – |
| 1970 | 1.35 | – |
| 1969 | 1.51 | – |
| 1968 | 1.55 | – |
| 1967 | 1.55 | – |
| 1966 | 1.54 | – |
| 1965 | 1.59 | – |
| 1964 | 1.46 | – |
| 1963 | 1.46 | – |
| 1962 | 1.54 | – |
| 1961 | 1.5 | – |
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.
- 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 Zambia
Health
- Life expectancyMadagascar: 63.6 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMadagascar: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMadagascar: 45 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMadagascar: 3.71% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateMadagascar: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMadagascar: 31.2 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthMadagascar: 2.45% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMadagascar: 3.97 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMadagascar: 32.9% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageMadagascar: 18.9 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMadagascar: 3.3% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateMadagascar: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsMadagascar: $111M in 2025Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military spending per personMadagascar: $4 in 2025Zambia: $19 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMadagascar: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMadagascar: 22,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerMadagascar: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMadagascar: 0.15% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMadagascar: 3 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024