Angola
Military spending in Angola
Military spending in Angola: 0% of GDP in 1985 and 1.4% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 1.4% of GDP
- Since 1985
- +1.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 89 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 22.25% of GDP in 1987, the lowest 0% of GDP in 1985.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Angola |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.4 |
| 2024 | 1.03 |
| 2023 | 1.43 |
| 2022 | 1.43 |
| 2021 | 1.39 |
| 2020 | 1.81 |
| 2019 | 1.77 |
| 2018 | 1.96 |
| 2017 | 2.51 |
| 2016 | 2.73 |
| 2015 | 3.11 |
| 2014 | 4.7 |
| 2013 | 4.46 |
| 2012 | 3.24 |
| 2011 | 3.26 |
| 2010 | 4.18 |
| 2009 | 4.71 |
| 2008 | 3.57 |
| 2007 | 3.11 |
| 2006 | 3.76 |
| 2005 | 3.69 |
| 2004 | 3.47 |
| 2003 | 3.76 |
| 2002 | 2.87 |
| 2001 | 4.52 |
| 2000 | 6.39 |
| 1999 | 17.33 |
| 1998 | 2.64 |
| 1997 | 5.97 |
| 1996 | 2.45 |
| 1995 | 4.71 |
| 1994 | 5.71 |
| 1993 | 17.52 |
| 1992 | 5.68 |
| 1991 | 7.1 |
| 1990 | 17.46 |
| 1989 | 19.43 |
| 1988 | 21.98 |
| 1987 | 22.25 |
| 1986 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending in US dollars$1.26B in 2025
- Military spending per person$38 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.9% of government spending 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