Switzerland vs Tanzania
Switzerland vs Tanzania: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $7.15B in Switzerland and $983M in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Switzerland, by $6.17B, or 7.27 times that in Tanzania.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Switzerland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1967.
- In 2025, Switzerland ranked 38 and Tanzania ranked 81 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Switzerland | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7.15B | $983M |
| 2024 | $6.54B | $930M |
| 2023 | $6.51B | $909M |
| 2022 | $6.33B | $838M |
| 2021 | $6.04B | $753M |
| 2020 | $6.53B | $698M |
| 2019 | $6.01B | $657M |
| 2018 | $5.6B | $650M |
| 2017 | $5.56B | $618M |
| 2016 | $5.52B | $615M |
| 2015 | $5.31B | $562M |
| 2014 | $5.1B | $484M |
| 2013 | $5.63B | $434M |
| 2012 | $5.18B | $376M |
| 2011 | $5.28B | $370M |
| 2010 | $5.14B | $344M |
| 2009 | $5.33B | $265M |
| 2008 | $5.33B | $238M |
| 2007 | $5.2B | $234M |
| 2006 | $5.17B | $224M |
| 2005 | $5.43B | $205M |
| 2004 | $5.52B | $190M |
| 2003 | $5.62B | $186M |
| 2002 | $5.77B | $205M |
| 2001 | $6.03B | $210M |
| 2000 | $6.18B | $180M |
| 1999 | $6.27B | $169M |
| 1998 | $6.77B | $170M |
| 1997 | $6.79B | $156M |
| 1996 | $7.05B | $146M |
| 1995 | $7.45B | $148M |
| 1994 | $7.36B | $115M |
| 1993 | $7.43B | $123M |
| 1992 | $8.36B | $187M |
| 1991 | $8.61B | $187M |
| 1990 | $8.92B | $172M |
| 1989 | $8.41B | $208M |
| 1988 | $8.25B | $215M |
| 1987 | $7.9B | $236M |
| 1986 | $8.21B | $252M |
| 1985 | $8.66B | $237M |
| 1984 | $7.87B | $234M |
| 1983 | $7.79B | $263M |
| 1982 | $7.69B | $307M |
| 1981 | $7.38B | $319M |
| 1980 | $7.39B | $278M |
| 1979 | $7.43B | $587M |
| 1978 | $7.11B | $699M |
| 1977 | $7.1B | $362M |
| 1976 | $7.49B | $293M |
| 1975 | $6.61B | $278M |
| 1974 | $7.01B | $295M |
| 1973 | $7.03B | $225M |
| 1972 | $7.26B | $174M |
| 1971 | $7.12B | $149M |
| 1970 | $6.85B | $108M |
| 1969 | $6.66B | $76.1M |
| 1968 | $6.24B | $71.6M |
| 1967 | $6.55B | $74.6M |
| 1966 | $6.72B | – |
| 1965 | $6.39B | – |
| 1964 | $6.34B | – |
| 1963 | $5.85B | – |
| 1962 | $5.62B | – |
| 1961 | $5.08B | – |
| 1960 | $4.36B | – |
| 1959 | $4.66B | – |
| 1958 | $4.81B | – |
| 1957 | $4.51B | – |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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
Switzerland vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancySwitzerland: 84 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySwitzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySwitzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSwitzerland: 96.7% in 2022Tanzania: 11.3% in 2022
- DepressionSwitzerland: 3.71% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateSwitzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSwitzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSwitzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSwitzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSwitzerland: 85.7% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageSwitzerland: 42.3 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSwitzerland: 19.6% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateSwitzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSwitzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personSwitzerland: $849 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSwitzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSwitzerland: 20,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerSwitzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSwitzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSwitzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025