Madagascar vs Zimbabwe: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 0.62% of GDP in Madagascar and 0.56% of GDP in Zimbabwe, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 0.05 percentage points, or 1.1 times that in Zimbabwe.
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Watch it change on the mapChange since 1965, percentage points · SIPRI
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 0.62 2025 | 0.52 | 132 of 151 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.56 2025 | 1.89 | 136 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Madagascar has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Zimbabwe.
- In 2025, Madagascar ranked 132 and Zimbabwe ranked 136 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Madagascar | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.62 | 0.56 |
| 2024 | 0.71 | 0.35 |
| 2023 | 0.65 | 0.21 |
| 2022 | 0.65 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0.68 | 1.57 |
| 2020 | 0.67 | 0.98 |
| 2019 | 0.55 | 0.65 |
| 2018 | 0.53 | 1.18 |
| 2017 | 0.51 | 1.47 |
| 2016 | 0.5 | 1.74 |
| 2015 | 0.52 | 1.89 |
| 2014 | 0.56 | 1.89 |
| 2013 | 0.58 | 1.87 |
| 2012 | 0.59 | 1.86 |
| 2011 | 0.62 | 1.41 |
| 2010 | 0.57 | 0.82 |
| 2009 | 0.74 | – |
| 2008 | 0.96 | – |
| 2007 | 0.96 | – |
| 2006 | 0.98 | 1.99 |
| 2005 | 1.07 | 1.45 |
| 2004 | 1.25 | 2.71 |
| 2003 | 1.33 | 2.04 |
| 2002 | 1.31 | 6.31 |
| 2001 | 1.44 | 2.55 |
| 2000 | 1.22 | 3.05 |
| 1999 | 1.21 | 2.24 |
| 1998 | 1.35 | 2.53 |
| 1997 | 1.48 | 3 |
| 1996 | 1.24 | 2.88 |
| 1995 | 0.86 | 3.18 |
| 1994 | 0.93 | 3.12 |
| 1993 | 1.12 | 3.3 |
| 1992 | 0.77 | 3.8 |
| 1991 | 1.3 | 3.98 |
| 1990 | 1.23 | 4.1 |
| 1989 | 1.21 | 4.93 |
| 1988 | 1.35 | 5.21 |
| 1987 | 1.43 | 5.82 |
| 1986 | 1.55 | 5.5 |
| 1985 | 1.78 | 5.49 |
| 1984 | 1.87 | 5.68 |
| 1983 | – | 5.56 |
| 1982 | – | 5.12 |
| 1981 | 2.98 | 4.86 |
| 1980 | 2.77 | 6.63 |
| 1979 | 2.93 | 8.52 |
| 1978 | 2.42 | 7.99 |
| 1977 | 2.31 | 6.54 |
| 1976 | 1.88 | 4.63 |
| 1975 | 1.64 | 3.4 |
| 1974 | 1.67 | 2.98 |
| 1973 | 1.52 | 2.63 |
| 1972 | 1.49 | 2.18 |
| 1971 | 1.32 | 2.29 |
| 1970 | 1.35 | 2.44 |
| 1969 | 1.51 | 2.42 |
| 1968 | 1.55 | 2.07 |
| 1967 | 1.55 | 1.36 |
| 1966 | 1.54 | 1.32 |
| 1965 | 1.59 | 1.19 |
| 1964 | 1.46 | – |
| 1963 | 1.46 | – |
| 1962 | 1.54 | – |
| 1961 | 1.5 | – |
- Highly uncertain
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.
- 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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