Tanzania vs United Arab Emirates

Tanzania vs United Arab Emirates: Military spending in US dollars

Military spending in US dollars: $983M in Tanzania in 2025 and $27.8B in United Arab Emirates in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by $27.3B, or 58 times that in Tanzania.

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

Tanzania vs United Arab Emirates: Military spending in US dollarsMilitary spending in US dollars: $983M in Tanzania in 2025 and $27.8B in United Arab Emirates in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by $27.3B, or 58 times that in Tanzania.
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What the numbers say

  • United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1997.

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearTanzaniaUnited Arab Emirates
2025$983M–
2024$930M–
2023$909M–
2022$838M–
2021$753M–
2020$698M–
2019$657M–
2018$650M–
2017$618M–
2016$615M–
2015$562M–
2014$484M$27.8B
2013$434M$29.5B
2012$376M$24.1B
2011$370M$24.4B
2010$344M$22.5B
2009$265M$17.9B
2008$238M$15.2B
2007$234M$12.5B
2006$224M$11.8B
2005$205M$11.9B
2004$190M$13B
2003$186M$11.7B
2002$205M$11.1B
2001$210M$12.3B
2000$180M$12.8B
1999$169M$9.37B
1998$170M$9.06B
1997$156M$7.68B
1996$146M–
1995$148M–
1994$115M–
1993$123M–
1992$187M–
1991$187M–
1990$172M–
1989$208M–
1988$215M–
1987$236M–
1986$252M–
1985$237M–
1984$234M–
1983$263M–
1982$307M–
1981$319M–
1980$278M–
1979$587M–
1978$699M–
1977$362M–
1976$293M–
1975$278M–
1974$295M–
1973$225M–
1972$174M–
1971$149M–
1970$108M–
1969$76.1M–
1968$71.6M–
1967$74.6M–
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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.

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