Somalia vs Tanzania
Somalia vs Tanzania: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $10 in Somalia and $15 in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Tanzania, by $5, or 1.44 times that in Somalia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Tanzania has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Somalia.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Somalia | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $10 | $15 |
| 2024 | $11 | $14 |
| 2023 | $8 | $15 |
| 2022 | $7 | $14 |
| 2021 | $7 | $12 |
| 2020 | $6 | $11 |
| 2019 | $5 | $11 |
| 2018 | $5 | $11 |
| 2017 | $4 | $10 |
| 2016 | $3 | $10 |
| 2015 | $3 | $10 |
| 2014 | $5 | $10 |
| 2013 | $2 | $9 |
| 2012 | – | $8 |
| 2011 | – | $7 |
| 2010 | – | $6 |
| 2009 | – | $5 |
| 2008 | – | $5 |
| 2007 | – | $4 |
| 2006 | – | $4 |
| 2005 | – | $4 |
| 2004 | – | $3 |
| 2003 | – | $3 |
| 2002 | – | $4 |
| 2001 | – | $4 |
| 2000 | – | $4 |
| 1999 | – | $4 |
| 1998 | – | $4 |
| 1997 | – | $4 |
| 1996 | – | $3 |
| 1995 | – | $3 |
| 1994 | – | $2 |
| 1993 | – | $2 |
| 1992 | – | $4 |
| 1991 | – | $4 |
| 1990 | – | $3 |
| 1989 | $1 | $4 |
| 1988 | $7 | $5 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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
Somalia vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancySomalia: 58.8 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySomalia: 10.1 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySomalia: 66.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSomalia: 3.79% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateSomalia: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSomalia: 18.4 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSomalia: 3.57% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSomalia: 6.13 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSomalia: 55.1% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageSomalia: 15.5 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSomalia: 2.6% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateSomalia: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSomalia: 1.54% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSomalia: $193M in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSomalia: 20.8% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSomalia: 14,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerSomalia: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSomalia: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSomalia: 2 million TIV in 2025Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025