Uganda vs Zimbabwe

Uganda vs Zimbabwe: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.96% of GDP in Uganda and 0.56% of GDP in Zimbabwe, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by 1.39 percentage points, or 3.47 times that in Zimbabwe.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Uganda vs Zimbabwe: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 1.96% of GDP in Uganda and 0.56% of GDP in Zimbabwe, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by 1.39 percentage points, or 3.47 times that in Zimbabwe.
UgandaZimbabweHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Uganda has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Zimbabwe.
  • In 2025, Uganda ranked 64 and Zimbabwe ranked 136 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearUgandaZimbabwe
20251.960.56
20241.970.35
20231.880.21
20221.851
20212.341.57
20202.470.98
20191.720.65
20181.151.18
20171.041.47
201611.74
20150.991.89
20140.921.89
20130.941.87
20121.181.86
20112.541.41
20102.460.82
20091.43–
20081.35–
20071.39–
20061.51.99
20051.681.45
20041.772.71
20031.692.04
20021.646.31
20011.682.55
20001.773.05
19992.662.24
19982.442.53
19972.123
19962.212.88
19952.13.18
19942.023.12
19931.933.3
19921.663.8
19912.513.98
19902.974.1
19892.734.93
19882.465.21
19872.595.82
19862.915.5
19852.665.49
19842.635.68
19832.225.56
19821.985.12
19811.894.86
19802.226.63
19791.698.52
19781.977.99
19772.046.54
19763.194.63
19752.823.4
19743.632.98
19733.52.63
19724.062.18
19713.472.29
19701.972.44
19691.832.42
19681.792.07
19671.621.36
19661.441.32
19651.131.19
19640.65–
19630.37–
19620.11–
  • Highly uncertain

Each country on its own

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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