Mozambique vs Zambia
Mozambique vs Zambia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.87% of GDP in Mozambique and 1.26% of GDP in Zambia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 0.61 percentage points, or 1.48 times that in Zambia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mozambique has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Zambia.
- In 2025, Mozambique ranked 70 and Zambia ranked 98 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Mozambique | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.87 | 1.26 |
| 2024 | 2.12 | 1.33 |
| 2023 | 1.93 | 1.34 |
| 2022 | 2.21 | 1.12 |
| 2021 | 1.91 | 0.98 |
| 2020 | 2.02 | 1.17 |
| 2019 | 1.39 | 1.26 |
| 2018 | 1.31 | 1.44 |
| 2017 | 0.98 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 0.92 | 1.43 |
| 2015 | 0.83 | 1.75 |
| 2014 | 0.97 | 1.63 |
| 2013 | 0.92 | 1.36 |
| 2012 | 0.83 | 1.36 |
| 2011 | 0.81 | 1.32 |
| 2010 | 0.87 | 1.38 |
| 2009 | 0.69 | 1.73 |
| 2008 | 0.65 | 2.08 |
| 2007 | 0.63 | 2.06 |
| 2006 | 0.6 | 1.74 |
| 2005 | 0.7 | 1.85 |
| 2004 | 0.98 | 1.58 |
| 2003 | 0.91 | – |
| 2002 | 0.9 | – |
| 2001 | 0.9 | – |
| 2000 | 0.93 | – |
| 1999 | 0.9 | 1.65 |
| 1998 | 0.89 | – |
| 1997 | 0.86 | 1.01 |
| 1996 | 0.89 | 1.05 |
| 1995 | 1.09 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 2.46 | 1.72 |
| 1993 | 2.06 | 1.43 |
| 1992 | 2.13 | 2.71 |
| 1991 | 1.86 | 2.34 |
| 1990 | 2.39 | 3.41 |
| 1989 | 3.37 | 4.2 |
| 1988 | 3.01 | 2.39 |
| 1987 | 3.51 | 3.22 |
| 1986 | 3.21 | 3.66 |
| 1985 | 3.28 | 2.36 |
| 1984 | 4 | 3 |
| 1983 | 3.54 | – |
| 1982 | 2.82 | – |
| 1981 | 2.79 | – |
| 1980 | 1.86 | – |
- Estimate
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Mozambique vs Zambia
Health
- Life expectancyMozambique: 63.6 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMozambique: 5.9 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMozambique: 49.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMozambique: 3.9% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateMozambique: 17.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMozambique: 33.6 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthMozambique: 2.94% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMozambique: 4.76 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMozambique: 37.2% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageMozambique: 16.3 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMozambique: 2.8% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateMozambique: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsMozambique: $446M in 2025Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military spending per personMozambique: $13 in 2025Zambia: $19 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMozambique: 6% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMozambique: 11,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerMozambique: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMozambique: 0.08% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMozambique: 14 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsMozambique: 1 million TIV in 1977Zambia: 2 million TIV in 1990