Tanzania vs Uganda
Tanzania vs Uganda: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 5.8% of government spending in Tanzania and 9% of government spending in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by 3.2 percentage points, or 1.55 times that in Tanzania.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Uganda has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1997.
- In 2025, Tanzania ranked 62 and Uganda ranked 32 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Tanzania | Uganda |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.8 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6.1 | 10.6 |
| 2023 | 6.5 | 9.7 |
| 2022 | 6.2 | 10 |
| 2021 | 6.1 | 11.3 |
| 2020 | 6.2 | 12.1 |
| 2019 | 6.1 | 9.4 |
| 2018 | 6.4 | 7.4 |
| 2017 | 6.4 | 6.7 |
| 2016 | 6.5 | 6.9 |
| 2015 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| 2014 | 5.9 | 6.9 |
| 2013 | 5.2 | 7 |
| 2012 | 4.7 | 8.7 |
| 2011 | 4.7 | 16.8 |
| 2010 | 4.5 | 16 |
| 2009 | 3.9 | 10.4 |
| 2008 | 3.9 | 10.8 |
| 2007 | 4.3 | 10.9 |
| 2006 | 4.4 | 11.3 |
| 2005 | 4.4 | 12 |
| 2004 | 4.8 | 11.7 |
| 2003 | 5.8 | 10.6 |
| 2002 | 7.9 | 10.1 |
| 2001 | 9.7 | 10.7 |
| 2000 | 8.9 | 12 |
| 1999 | 8.6 | 13.9 |
| 1998 | 10.3 | 13.5 |
| 1997 | 9.9 | 12 |
| 1996 | 9.6 | – |
| 1995 | 8.6 | – |
| 1994 | 6.4 | – |
| 1993 | 6.9 | – |
| 1992 | 9.9 | – |
| 1991 | 12.7 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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
Tanzania vs Uganda
Health
- Life expectancyTanzania: 67 years in 2023Uganda: 68.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Uganda: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uganda: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterTanzania: 11.3% in 2022Uganda: 18.7% in 2022
- DepressionTanzania: 3.69% in 2017Uganda: 4.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateTanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Uganda: 11.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023Uganda: 48.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthTanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023Uganda: 2.78% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023Uganda: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTanzania: 36.9% in 2025Uganda: 31.9% in 2025
- Median ageTanzania: 17.2 years in 2023Uganda: 16.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTanzania: 3% in 2023Uganda: 2.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateTanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Uganda: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025Uganda: 1.96% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsTanzania: $983M in 2025Uganda: $1.2B in 2025
- Military spending per personTanzania: $15 in 2025Uganda: $26 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelTanzania: 28,000 people in 2020Uganda: 46,000 people in 2020
- National powerTanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Uganda: 0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020Uganda: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025Uganda: 2 million TIV in 2025