Mali vs Uganda

Mali vs Uganda: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending in 2025: 14.8% of government spending in Mali and 9% of government spending in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mali, by 5.8 percentage points, or 1.64 times that in Uganda.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Mali vs Uganda: Military share of state spendingMilitary share of state spending in 2025: 14.8% of government spending in Mali and 9% of government spending in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mali, by 5.8 percentage points, or 1.64 times that in Uganda.
MaliUgandaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Mali has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Uganda.
  • In 2025, Mali ranked 16 and Uganda ranked 32 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearMaliUganda
202514.89
202416.610.6
202314.99.7
202212.410
202112.611.3
20201312.1
201911.99.4
201813.97.4
201713.26.7
201611.66.9
201511.36.8
20147.66.9
20135.97
20127.78.7
2011616.8
20106.816
20096.210.4
20087.710.8
20076.310.9
20066.311.3
20056.412
20046.511.7
20036.810.6
20026.410.1
20017.110.7
20007.612
1999–13.9
1998–13.5
1997–12
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Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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