Somalia vs Zambia
Somalia vs Zambia: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $10 in Somalia and $19 in Zambia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Zambia, by $8, or 1.82 times that in Somalia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Zambia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Somalia ranked 137 and Zambia ranked 122 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Somalia | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $10 | $19 |
| 2024 | $11 | $17 |
| 2023 | $8 | $18 |
| 2022 | $7 | $16 |
| 2021 | $7 | $11 |
| 2020 | $6 | $11 |
| 2019 | $5 | $16 |
| 2018 | $5 | $21 |
| 2017 | $4 | $20 |
| 2016 | $3 | $18 |
| 2015 | $3 | $23 |
| 2014 | $5 | $28 |
| 2013 | $2 | $25 |
| 2012 | – | $24 |
| 2011 | – | $22 |
| 2010 | – | $20 |
| 2009 | – | $17 |
| 2008 | – | $22 |
| 2007 | – | $19 |
| 2006 | – | $17 |
| 2005 | – | $12 |
| 2004 | – | $9 |
| 1999 | – | $6 |
| 1997 | – | $5 |
| 1996 | – | $4 |
| 1995 | – | $6 |
| 1994 | – | $7 |
| 1993 | – | $6 |
| 1992 | – | $12 |
| 1991 | – | $11 |
| 1990 | – | $18 |
| 1989 | $1 | $22 |
| 1988 | $7 | $12 |
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.
- 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 Zambia
Health
- Life expectancySomalia: 58.8 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySomalia: 10.1 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySomalia: 66.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSomalia: 3.79% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateSomalia: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSomalia: 18.4 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSomalia: 3.57% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSomalia: 6.13 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSomalia: 55.1% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageSomalia: 15.5 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSomalia: 2.6% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateSomalia: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSomalia: 1.54% of GDP in 2025Zambia: 1.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSomalia: $193M in 2025Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSomalia: 20.8% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSomalia: 14,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerSomalia: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSomalia: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSomalia: 2 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024