Tanzania vs Uganda

Tanzania vs Uganda: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.16% of GDP in Tanzania and 1.96% of GDP in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by 0.8 percentage points, or 1.69 times that in Tanzania.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Tanzania vs Uganda: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 1.16% of GDP in Tanzania and 1.96% of GDP in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by 0.8 percentage points, or 1.69 times that in Tanzania.
TanzaniaUgandaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Uganda has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Tanzania.
  • In 2025, Tanzania ranked 101 and Uganda ranked 64 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearTanzaniaUganda
20251.161.96
20241.171.97
20231.231.88
20221.191.85
20211.122.34
20201.082.47
20191.061.72
20181.11.15
20171.061.04
20161.091
20151.090.99
20141.020.92
20130.970.94
20120.911.18
20110.92.54
20100.92.46
20090.761.43
20080.71.35
20070.761.39
20060.791.5
20050.821.68
20040.991.77
20031.071.69
20021.31.64
20011.451.68
20001.491.77
19991.492.66
19981.62.44
19971.542.12
19961.562.21
19951.632.1
19941.292.02
19931.381.93
19922.111.66
19912.182.51
19902.052.97
19892.382.73
19882.452.46
19873.152.59
19865.752.91
19855.392.66
19845.252.63
19835.412.22
19825.51.98
19815.581.89
19804.522.22
19798.51.69
197810.111.97
19775.482.04
19764.693.19
19755.362.82
19745.363.63
19734.183.5
19723.434.06
19713.13.47
19702.31.97
19691.741.83
19681.471.79
19671.421.62
1966–1.44
1965–1.13
1964–0.65
1963–0.37
1962–0.11
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.

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