Angola
Military share of state spending in Angola
Military share of state spending in Angola: 6% of government spending in 1996 and 5.9% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 5.9% of government spending
- Since 1996
- −0.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 57 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 27.4% of government spending in 1999, the lowest 4.4% of government spending in 2024.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Angola |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 4.4 |
| 2023 | 5.9 |
| 2022 | 5.8 |
| 2021 | 6.7 |
| 2020 | 7.5 |
| 2019 | 8.5 |
| 2018 | 9.5 |
| 2017 | 10.4 |
| 2016 | 12.4 |
| 2015 | 11.5 |
| 2014 | 12.9 |
| 2013 | 12 |
| 2012 | 8.7 |
| 2011 | 8.7 |
| 2010 | 10.6 |
| 2009 | 10.5 |
| 2008 | 6.8 |
| 2007 | 8.2 |
| 2006 | 12.3 |
| 2005 | 13.9 |
| 2004 | 11.7 |
| 2003 | 10.9 |
| 2002 | 9.2 |
| 2001 | 10.8 |
| 2000 | 12.9 |
| 1999 | 27.4 |
| 1998 | 6.2 |
| 1997 | 13.9 |
| 1996 | 6 |
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.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.4% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.26B in 2025
- Military spending per person$38 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel117,000 people in 2020
- National power0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports84 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 2002