Uganda vs Zambia
Uganda vs Zambia: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $26 in Uganda and $19 in Zambia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by $7, or 1.36 times that in Zambia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Uganda has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Zambia.
- In 2025, Uganda ranked 115 and Zambia ranked 122 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Uganda | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $26 | $19 |
| 2024 | $23 | $17 |
| 2023 | $20 | $18 |
| 2022 | $20 | $16 |
| 2021 | $23 | $11 |
| 2020 | $23 | $11 |
| 2019 | $15 | $16 |
| 2018 | $10 | $21 |
| 2017 | $9 | $20 |
| 2016 | $8 | $18 |
| 2015 | $8 | $23 |
| 2014 | $9 | $28 |
| 2013 | $9 | $25 |
| 2012 | $10 | $24 |
| 2011 | $18 | $22 |
| 2010 | $19 | $20 |
| 2009 | $9 | $17 |
| 2008 | $10 | $22 |
| 2007 | $9 | $19 |
| 2006 | $8 | $17 |
| 2005 | $8 | $12 |
| 2004 | $7 | $9 |
| 2003 | $6 | – |
| 2002 | $6 | – |
| 2001 | $6 | – |
| 2000 | $6 | – |
| 1999 | $7 | $6 |
| 1998 | $7 | – |
| 1997 | $6 | $5 |
| 1996 | $6 | $4 |
| 1995 | $6 | $6 |
| 1994 | $5 | $7 |
| 1993 | $3 | $6 |
| 1992 | $3 | $12 |
| 1991 | $4 | $11 |
| 1990 | $6 | $18 |
| 1989 | $8 | $22 |
| 1988 | $9 | $12 |
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.
- 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
Uganda vs Zambia
Health
- Life expectancyUganda: 68.3 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityUganda: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityUganda: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionUganda: 4.92% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateUganda: 11.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationUganda: 48.7 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthUganda: 2.78% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateUganda: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationUganda: 31.9% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageUganda: 16.5 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overUganda: 2.2% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateUganda: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingUganda: 1.96% of GDP in 2025Zambia: 1.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsUganda: $1.2B in 2025Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military share of state spendingUganda: 9% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelUganda: 46,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerUganda: 0.2% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersUganda: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsUganda: 2 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsUganda: 4 million TIV in 2016Zambia: 2 million TIV in 1990