Mali vs Somalia

Mali vs Somalia: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 3.87% of GDP in Mali and 1.54% of GDP in Somalia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mali, by 2.33 percentage points, or 2.51 times that in Somalia.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Mali vs Somalia: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 3.87% of GDP in Mali and 1.54% of GDP in Somalia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mali, by 2.33 percentage points, or 2.51 times that in Somalia.
MaliSomaliaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Mali has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Somalia.
  • In 2025, Mali ranked 12 and Somalia ranked 83 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearMaliSomalia
20253.871.54
20244.251.66
20233.851.27
20223.091.16
20213.381.17
20203.41.14
20192.750.83
20182.820.97
20173.030.75
20162.590.65
20152.360.68
20141.520.94
20131.160.44
20121.2–
20111.24–
20101.38–
20091.42–
20081.47–
20071.36–
20061.39–
20051.38–
20041.42–
20031.42–
20021.27–
20011.3–
20001.48–
19991.49–
19981.41–
19971.5–
19961.43–
19951.5–
19941.44–
19931.56–
19901.96–
19892.111.53
19882.2117.44
19872.1216.96
19862.0328.95
19852.140.05
19841.970.14
19831.980.24
19822.110.29
19811.960.61
19802.080.55
19792.970.97
19783.211
19773.130.46
19762.910.52
19753.170.52
19742.870.73
19732.660.51
19722.380.45
19711.920.48
19702.230.5
19692.180.42
19681.990.41
19672.40.39
19662.410.35
19652.520.3
19642.870.33
19632.650.29
19622.890.25
19612.70.23
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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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