Switzerland vs Tanzania
Switzerland vs Tanzania: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $849 in Switzerland and $15 in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Switzerland, by $834, or 57 times that in Tanzania.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Switzerland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Switzerland | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $849 | $15 |
| 2024 | $735 | $14 |
| 2023 | $714 | $15 |
| 2022 | $647 | $14 |
| 2021 | $633 | $12 |
| 2020 | $666 | $11 |
| 2019 | $588 | $11 |
| 2018 | $558 | $11 |
| 2017 | $550 | $10 |
| 2016 | $549 | $10 |
| 2015 | $549 | $10 |
| 2014 | $567 | $10 |
| 2013 | $626 | $9 |
| 2012 | $577 | $8 |
| 2011 | $632 | $7 |
| 2010 | $529 | $6 |
| 2009 | $527 | $5 |
| 2008 | $540 | $5 |
| 2007 | $470 | $4 |
| 2006 | $447 | $4 |
| 2005 | $470 | $4 |
| 2004 | $476 | $3 |
| 2003 | $448 | $3 |
| 2002 | $398 | $4 |
| 2001 | $384 | $4 |
| 2000 | $391 | $4 |
| 1999 | $442 | $4 |
| 1998 | $492 | $4 |
| 1997 | $494 | $4 |
| 1996 | $600 | $3 |
| 1995 | $662 | $3 |
| 1994 | $560 | $2 |
| 1993 | $523 | $2 |
| 1992 | $605 | $4 |
| 1991 | $595 | $4 |
| 1990 | $608 | $3 |
| 1989 | $466 | $4 |
| 1988 | $499 | $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
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 in US dollarsSwitzerland: $7.15B in 2025Tanzania: $983M 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